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VIDEO: Indian soldiers in pensions fight

2015-09-04 02:16:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Indian former soldiers are saying they are being forced to live frugally in retirement because their pensions have been eroded by inflation.

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200 Soldiers Deployed Help Fight Western Wildfire

2015-08-18 16:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The U.S. Army mobilized soldiers on Monday to reinforce civilian firefighters stretched thin by dozens of major wildfires roaring largely unchecked across the West, with more than 100 homes reduced to ruins in several states. The 200 troops deployed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington, are to be organized into 10 firefighting crews of 20 each, all of whom will be sent to a single fire yet to be determined, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. Fire...

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