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National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Pentagon Trying to Close the Guardsmen Employer Data Gap As demands on the National Guard and reserves grow, the Defense Department and private sector are hungry for better data to assess the economic impact of deployments.
National Defense September 2004 Frank Colucci	Army Depends Heavily on National Guard Aviators If predictions that Army National Guard aviation units are not likely to see mass resignations prove to be accurate, it would be good news for the Army, which is struggling to meet growing demands for rotary pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan.
National Defense September 2004 Frank Colucci	Air Ambulance More Than a Life Saver Aerial medical evacuation and emergency services in hazardous terrain rank among the key Army National Guard contributions to U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, officials said.
National Defense September 2004 Harold Kennedy	At War, Navy Finds New Uses for Reserve Forces As part of its effort to reduce the strain of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy is moving to integrate its 83,000 reservists into active-duty operations. "We are moving away from the `weekend-warrior' culture," said Vice Adm. John G. Cotton, chief of the Naval Reserve.
National Defense September 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr.	Department of Homeland Security on the Right Track The Department of Homeland Security is taking aggressive steps to help the nation's state and local governments, as well as first responders, prepare for the worst-case scenario.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Technical Skills Shortage Hurts Pentagon's Bottom Line Unless current trends change, decision makers at the Defense Department may one day find that they lack a strategy for how to keep critical military programs from spinning out of control.
National Defense September 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Criticized for Not Learning From Past Wars Events in Iraq, particularly, prove that the U.S. Army needs to reform its educational institutions to teach officers analytical skills and cultural awareness, said a senior military strategist.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Central Command Reports Improvements in Logistics As a new round of troop rotations gets under way in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. military transportation officials expect fewer logistics hassles than seen previously.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Takes $35 Million Hit On Joint Common Missile As a result of funding cuts, the Army is unable to bring a second industry competitor into one of its largest missile programs.
National Defense September 2004 Roxana Tiron	Unconventional Weapons Can Help U.S. Troops Fight Insurgents in Iraq While researchers in the U.S. ponder how to advance from rubber bullets and tear gas to such cutting-edge technologies as directed energy, troops on the ground are demanding quick non-lethal alternatives for peacekeeping and crowd-control operations.
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