Today's Headlines from Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes, the U.S. Military's Independent News Source: Sunday, November 22, 2009
Top headlines from Stars and Stripes. See the rest of today's news at www.stripes.com In Golestan, changing mission could mean troops must move on When U.S. Marines first entered this stark, scenic valley nearly two years ago, their mission was to build up local security forces and eliminate the Taliban resistance. Marine commanders are wondering: Now that they have been committed to Golestan for the past two years, how can they just leave? Army unit to return to region of deadly battle The 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment is heading back to the same region where it took part in the Army's deadliest battle in Afghanistan. USO to focus on women For years, the United Service Organizations has been sending care packages filled with items such as DVDs, phone cards, beef jerky and playing cards. But now, some of the boxes will contain items specifically for women in the war zones As separation rates plummet, military getting more selective Fewer servicemembers are retiring or leaving the military than at any time in the past five years, according to Defense Department data. Nine hurt as military plane makes emergency landing in Mali A military aircraft carrying U.S. Africa Command personnel was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday in Mali, causing non-life-threatening injuries to the nine people aboard the cargo plane, AFRICOM reported Friday. Calls for 14th murder count in Fort Hood case The already high-profile military trial of Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan could become yet more complex and politically charged if he faces a 14th murder count. Stop-loss application process hits snag, delays extra pay Carleton King says the Army still owes him $500 for each of the 18 months he was stop-lossed from November 2007 to May 2009.Right now, he is getting by on $400 a week in unemployment benefits as he looks for work with police departments in the Washington, D.C., area. Web library offers troops downrange more books The Army in Europe is bringing its library collections to deployed troops using a host of online services.The program allows troops to browse Army library collections, download videos, check out books and get them delivered by mail, according to Stacy Graham, the Army's Europe Region librarian. Navy details impact of Guam move It's 8,600 Marines, not 8,000, moving to Guam. That doesn't count the estimated 9,000 sailors and Marines expected to visit the island for an average of two months each year. Evidence points to soldier in fatal crash Faced with such evidence as blood and hair found on the damaged front end of a car he drove Nov. 7, a U.S. soldier has admitted he may have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run, his Japanese lawyer said.
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