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BUTLERVILLE, Ind., June 23, 2008 – The scene in Building 7 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center here was chilling. Marines from Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move between buildings during training, June 10, 2008, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, in Butlerville, Ind. The Marines were using the facility during the 26th MEU's realistic urban training exercise, part of the MEU's predeployment training period. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron J. Rock  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Visitors were greeted by the sounds of a screaming man, covered in blood and missing his legs just...

US will send F-15 jets to S. Korea SEOUL - A squadron of American F-15E fighters based in Alaska will fly to South Korea next month for temporary deployment aimed at enhancing United States firepower on the Korean peninsula. The US jets will be in South Korea for up to three months of training 'to get accustomed to geographical features of the peninsula', a US military spokesman said yesterday. 'The deployment is part of US military enhancement plans announced earlier,' the spokesman added. He was apparently referring to US promises to enhance air and sea capabilities to defend South Korea...

<p>July 2 (Bloomberg) -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led peacekeepers in Bosnia-Herzegovina discovered an illegal military training camp in the divided Balkan republic and seized a ``large quantity'' of equipment, Agence France-Presse reported.</p> <p>The camp, located about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital, Sarajevo, is inside the Muslim-Croat Federation, one of the two autonomous entities that make up Bosnia, AFP said. The other is the majority-Serb Republika Srpska.</p>