Armed Forces

Harbaugh to be honored by U.S. Army

2012-05-22 16:15:00

Ravens coach John Harbaugh will be honored tomorrow for his support of the U.S. Army. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the Chief of Staff of the Army, will present Harbaugh with one of five Outstanding Civilian Service Awards during a ceremony at Joint Base...

Supporting "troops"

2012-05-19 12:31:00

The other day I heard a radio news reader describe an attack in Afghanistan in which "a troop" was killed. Now troop�is a word with a good deal of elasticity in it, but you can stretch it too far.� A core meaning of the word in the singular is a military...

Robert T. Barry, salesman

2012-05-15 14:25:00

Robert T. Barry, a retired Exxon Oil Co. salesman and avid sports fan, died Friday from congestive heart failure at his Mays Chapel home. He was 83. The son of a lawyer and a homemaker, Robert Thomas Barry was born in Baltimore and raised on Dukeland...

Baltimore firm develops automatic rifle for military, SWAT

2012-05-14 17:07:00

The Army's next-generation carbine may come out of a Highlandtown machine shop best known for making high-volume bottling equipment for major drink makers. Adcor Industries Inc. learned this month that it was among a handful of weapons makers selected to...

Aberdeen Proving Ground salutes the armed forces

2012-05-11 10:07:00

Starting Monday, Aberdeen Proving Ground will continue a long-standing American tradition this year with an Armed Forces Week celebration (May 14-19) and a concentrated Armed Forces Day celebration this Wednesday, May 16. This year's celebration will...

Terps earn highest seed among 4 Md. women's teams

2012-05-07 06:43:00

Before Sunday night's NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament brackets were announced, Maryland appeared headed for a top-four seed, but the dominoes had to fall just right for Loyola and Towson to earn their first-round home games. Navy will take...

To Romney's chagrin, Obama is no Jimmy Carter

2012-05-08 03:00:00

As Mitt Romney continues his quest for the silver bullet that will wipe out all the deep reservations about his qualifications to be president, the man who still owns the job is demonstrating every day why incumbency gives him a major advantage in...

50 years ago: Harford's new congressman to serve at-large

2012-05-07 11:19:00

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 10, 1962: For the first time, in 1962, Harford County voters were able to vote for two congressman. Because of Maryland's population growth at the 1960 census, the state gained another congressman....

APG to observe Armed Forces Day on May 16

2012-05-08 14:51:32

Aberdeen Proving Ground will host an Armed Forces Day Celebration on the grounds of the APG Museum on Wednesday, May 16, as part of Armed Forces Week, May 14-19. APG's Armed Forces Week theme, "Heroes on the Home Front," recognizes local heroes, both...

As Afghanistan drawdown looms, concerns about Pakistan

2012-05-07 17:21:00

Back from a visit to Kabul, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger expressed confidence in relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan. It's Pakistan that concerns him. "A lot of terrorists are being trained and harbored in Pakistan," said Ruppersberger, the top...

Digest: Mount de Sales grad Church paces Gettysburg in NCAAs

2012-05-09 21:29:00

Women's college lacrosse Church's 7 points pace Gettysburg in 1st round Hannah Church (Mount de Sales) and Katie Blumenthal each contributed seven points as host Gettysburg (18-1) won, 22-7, over Cabrini (10-9) in the first round of the NCAA Division...

A surprise reunion, a friendship resumed

2012-04-28 14:45:00

In 26 years as a Marine, Sgt. Maj. Brian Taylor has lost several comrades. But he never forgot that "puny little squiggly kid" from West Baltimore who "just had all of this motivation and no direction." Taylor had been a mentor to Sgt. Maurice Bease in...

U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea participate in a military drill in Paju near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, north of Seoul.

2012-05-22 00:00:00

Internally displaced Congolese from Kisigari walk through the village of Kabindi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Rutshuru territory.

2012-05-21 00:00:00

A Yemeni military policeman shows his bloodied gloves as he and colleagues collect evidence at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Sanaa.

2012-05-21 00:00:00