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WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2007 – Thousands of U.S. troops took to the streets of the nation’s capital and to makeshift routes laid out on military outposts around the world during the Army Ten-Miler on Oct. 7. Army 1st Lt. Anthony R. Calingo finishes first in the Logistics Support Area Adder Ten-Miler in Iraq. Photo by Spc. Jamie Avila, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “This is the first 10-miler I’ve ever run,” Army Spc. Matthew Davis said after completing a “shadow” event at Logistics Support Area Adder, about 225 miles south of Baghdad. “It’s probably one of the...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2007 – Dozens of military amputees will be part of a record crowd of 26,000 to run the Army Ten-Miler on Oct. 7 at the Pentagon. “It’s hard to believe we are on our fourth year,” Army Maj. David Rozelle said. “Our first year it was just a few of us, our second was 12, and last year we doubled to 24. This year we will be our strongest yet with 30.” Rozelle is team captain of “Missing Parts in Action,” the tongue-in-cheek name for a group of military athletes recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2006 -- Two Army combat veterans who both lost something dear in the war against terrorism say they are determined to keep on battling, and proving it as they prepare to run the Army 10-Miler race tomorrow. Left to right: Army Spc. James Stuck, Capt. Matthew Scherer and Spc. Joseph Keck meet the press at a Washington, D.C., suburban hotel Oct. 6. Stuck and Keck are Army combat veterans who both lost limbs in the war against terrorism. They will compete in the Missing Parts in Action team that’s competing in the Army-10-Miler race held here...