File this under PC gone wild.
Protests from female soldiers have led to the Swedish military removing the penis of a heraldic lion depicted on the Nordic Battlegroup’s coat of arms. 
“We were given the task of making sure the willy disappeared,” Christian Braunstein from the army’s ‘tradition commission’ told Göteborgs-Posten.
“We were forced to cut the [...]

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Italy (CNN) — A U.S. Black Hawk military helicopter with 10 people on
board crashed Thursday in northeastern Italy. Police in Treviso said
five people died, but local fire officials said four were killed.
The fire department said two of the injured were still
trapped in the helicopter and the rest had been taken to hospitals, two
in serious [...]

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 The Military should accept anyone willing to die for their country!
The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation.
When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com, a networking [...]

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 Was the lastest show of force by Russia a hoax? The Russians call the device the “Father of All Bombs,” This Wired Article questions that Claim.
“All that is alive merely evaporates.”
That’s how a Russian official described the effects of what is reportedly the world’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb, tested on September 11. A video released [...]

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