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Air Force orders search for obscene materials at Ohio base’s work areas
Air Force officials started hunting this week for obscene material in all work areas at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
12:17 December 7, 2012![A Navy special warfare specialist assigned to Seal Team 17, a unit comprised of both active and reserve component members based in Coronado, Calif., climbs into the turret gunner position during a mobility training exercise through a simulated city in December 2010. Eddie Harrison/Defense Department null](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121207182550im_/http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.199744.1354898532!/image/1059868519.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_400/1059868519.jpg)
Special Operations Command leads propaganda fight
The military's Special Operations Command has become an emerging player in the Pentagon's propaganda efforts to confront violent extremists around the world, according to documents and a new report from a non-partisan think tank.
11:45 December 7, 2012
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