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• Veterans’ back pay deadline extended

  October 8, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 The deadline for military service members, veterans and their beneficiaries to apply for retroactive stop-loss pay has been extended through Dec. 3, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.

• Idaho guardsmen heading to Iraq

  April 27, 2010 in City on Page A5 BOISE – More than 2,700 members of the Army National Guard in Idaho, Montana and Oregon will be sent to Iraq for a yearlong deployment this fall. The members of … 1

• 1,500 Idaho guardsmen to be deployed to Iraq

  April 26, 2010 in Idaho More than 2,700 members of the Army National Guard in Idaho, Montana and Oregon are being sent to Iraq in a year-long deployment this fall. 3

• Spokane soldier killed in Afghanistan

  October 30, 2009 in City A decorated Spokane soldier was among the seven U.S. servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan this week, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. 6