STARS AND STRIPES DAILY HEADLINES

 

Veterans team uses combat skills to help typhoon victims U.S. veterans with deployment skills honed in Iraq and Afghanistan are helping save lives amid the carnage wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.   US reduces number of drone strikes Six months after President Barack Obama vowed to change his administration’s approach to lethal drone missile strikes, the pace of aerial attacks has fallen sharply, thanks in part to stricter targeting criteria.   Afghan boy aided by Army recovers from surgery A 7-year-old Afghan boy born with his bladder outside of his body awoke from corrective surgery just in time to say goodbye to the U.S. Army officer who helped make it possible.   Loyalties in Mexican state divided between drug cartel, vigilantes In this city in western Mexico, sympathy runs strong for the Knights Templar, a cult-like drug cartel that has used extortion and intimidation to control much of the local economy and undermine government.   Judge: Army officer allowed to blame twin in sex assault trial A judge says an Army artillery officer linked by DNA to a string of sexual assaults on young girls will be allowed to blame his twin brother at trial for attacks in two states.   Moving military freight runs in officer's family As director of logistics for U.S. Central Command, Army Maj. Gen. Aundre Piggee oversees one of the most massive moving jobs ever undertaken by the U.S. military — hauling about $6 billion worth of equipment, and more than 100,000 men and women, safely out of Afghanistan.   Flights to Gitmo, and justice Inside Courtroom II at Camp Justice on the sprawling Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba, eight visitors filed into a glass-protected gallery. It was a little after 9 a.m. on Oct. 22, before the start of a hearing for five men accused of plotting attacks in the United States. Jim Jenca, a 52-year-old married father of two from Levittown, took a seat in the front row.   Army officer linked to sex assaults allowed to blame twin, judge says A judge says an Army officer linked by DNA to several sexual assaults on young girls will be allowed to blame his twin brother at trial for attacks in two states.   Afghan villagers find bodies of 6 beheaded workers Afghan villagers discovered the beheaded bodies of six government contractors Sunday in the country's restive south, the apparent victims of insurgents who regularly target state projects, officials said.   Addition of 7th Division helps limit JBLM woes Three years ago Joint Base Lewis-McChord wore a reputation as the “nation’s most troubled” military installation and a “base on the brink,” according to some outside media observers. Murders of innocents in Afghanistan, controversies over behavioral health diagnoses, and crimes committed at home dominated headlines as soldiers cycled through repeat combat tours.   2 Civil War museums in Va. team up for new center The Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center are joining forces to build a $30 million museum in Richmond with the goal of creating the top Civil War museum in the nation 150 years after the deadliest conflict fought on U.S. soil.