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STAFF BLOGNIE ROCKS!What is Armed Forces Day?
May 19 is Armed Forces Day. What is it and how did it originate? President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members f...
5/14/12 at 11:46 AM Armed Forces Day 2011 5/16/11 at 10:37 AM
Armed Forces Day 5/10/10 at 12:00 AM
THE NEW FORTYWhere is the sense in it all?
Can you hear me screaming? Can you feel veterans' pain? Can you see the cost of their patriotism? Can you taste the families' tears? Can you smell the fresh dirt that covers their graves? A veter...
4/26/12 at 8:22 PM Where the tragedy began... 3/24/12 at 9:53 PM
The 12 Days Before Christmas - 216 Veteran Suicides. 12/13/11 at 8:05 AM
STAFF BLOGCAPITOL CHATTERLegislative notebook: Synthetic drug bill passes Senate
By Danielle Nordine and Don Davis Consequences for selling synthetic drugs soon could be stronger in Minnesota. The state Senate unanimously approved a bill Monday that would make the sale of synthe...
4/2/12 at 11:00 PM Federal money to help military voting 1/6/12 at 5:15 PM
Lack of post-deployment help upsets Iraqi war veteran 12/19/11 at 5:37 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONSFit to Fight
I just got done watching an installment on a television morning show. The title of the piece was Unfit to Fight. It told how a high percentage of America's population does not fit into the mil...
3/11/12 at 6:59 AM Coming Home 7/21/11 at 12:26 PM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWSUND to host U.S Army War College discussion on national security March 19
A University of North Dakota campus and community discussion national security issues, featuring senior military officers from the U.S. Army War College, is being held at 7 p.m., Monday, March 19, in ...
3/6/12 at 2:59 PM
STAFF BLOGCOMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKENDisabled veterans to hunt deer Thursday and Friday at Camp Grafton
The annual deer hunt for disabled veterans is scheduled for Thursday and Friday at Camp Grafton near Devils Lake. Seven veterans have registered for this years hunt, the North Dakota National Guard ...
11/16/11 at 11:22 AM
STAFF BLOGTHE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYONDSneak peak: The impact of 9/11 10 years later
DICKINSON, N.D. Naomi Obrigewitch knew an hour after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that her life in Dickinson was about to change. It started to dawn on me that I have a husband in the mi...
9/8/11 at 9:21 AM VIDEO: National 9/11 Flag event honors North Dakota heroes 8/13/11 at 12:11 PM
Potter military presser 9/3/10 at 12:09 PM
THE BOOK NOOKReview of 'Dress Gray' by William A. Ekberg and Susie Ekberg Risher
Editors note: Gail Gabrielson is one of our Book Nook bloggers and writes The Book Bag blog. Below is an excerpt from her review of Dress Gray by William A. Ekberg and Susie Ekberg Risher. Read her r...
7/20/11 at 9:58 AM
FLICKERTALES FROM THE HILLHoeven seeks Air Force Academy applicants
FARGO - As a newly sworn-in member of the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, North Dakota Republican Sen. John Hoeven wants to recruit high school students from his home state to apply for the mil...
7/15/11 at 3:10 PM Hoeven visits Cuba, wants Gitmo detention facility open permanently 6/14/11 at 4:45 PM
Hoeven appointed to Air Force Academy oversight board 5/12/11 at 2:25 PM
STAFF BLOGPRAIRIE FIREConrad, Franken, Klobuchar join Senate group in urging troop drawdown in Afghanistan
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and a bipartisan group of more than two dozen senators are calling on President Barack Obama to begin a sizable and sustained reduction of military forces in Afghanistan ne...
6/20/11 at 4:34 PM Conrad, Hoeven back legislation expanding protection for military funerals 4/14/11 at 2:42 PM
Klobuchar pushes for legislation to assist sexual trauma victims in the military 3/28/11 at 11:29 AM
DIRTY LAUNDRYThey've gone away
I met the young wife of a soldier the other day as she stood by a road trying to catch a last glimpse of her husband as he rode by in a bus. He was leaving on a year-long deployment, and she was waiti...
6/3/11 at 3:04 PM Letters from the past 2/7/11 at 5:32 AM
The Guide to Coming Home 2/4/10 at 11:44 PM
STAFF BLOGTHE AREA VOICES COMMUNITYMilitary blogs: an update
An update now on the post I wrote just before Memorial Day. I threw out a question, "Wouldn't it be great for someone to write a blog to honor our fallen soldiers?" I heard a resounding "YES" from so...
6/2/11 at 3:08 PM Help wanted: A blogger to write about military heroes 5/27/11 at 11:29 AM
More proof of the changing news game... 5/2/11 at 4:55 PM
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWSDefense Secretary Gates to address NDSU spring commencement
Fargo, N.D.February 2 -- North Dakota State University President Dean L. Bresciani announced today that U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will be the guest speaker at NDSUs spring commencement...
2/2/11 at 9:31 AM
THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE OF TOWNMilitary Wisdom Most Don't Hear
A friend passed the information posted below on to me in hopes I could help enlighten the general public to the military frame of mind...or, shall we say, military attempts at humor. Hmmmm! These are...
11/19/10 at 9:21 AM
THE DULLUM FILEToys for Troops
Buddy Scott Hansen brings his Toys for Troops Comedy Tour to the American Legion in Fisher, Minnesota this Saturday night at 8 pm. Don't miss it....
11/16/10 at 7:48 AM
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