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Red River Radio
9:52 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Military Affairs Council Helps Barksdale AFB Weather Sequestration

The liaison organization between Barksdale Air Force Base and the Shreveport-Bossier community is preparing to roll out a $100,000 scholarship program for Barksdale airmen enrolled in college programs. The Shreveport-Bossier Military Affairs Council raised the dollars in haste when it learned that the military tuition assistance program would be cut due to automatic spending cuts by Congress. The tuition assistance has since been reinstated.

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7:00 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Veterans Advocate Pushes For More Jobs

Paul Rieckhoff discusses veterans issues.

Amid the parties and hoopla that come with a Super Bowl, there is some serious business going on behind the scenes. There’s a drive under way to get more jobs for veterans.

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3:00 pm
Thu January 17, 2013

Barksdale AFB Airman Arrested in Child Porn Case

An airman stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base is facing possible federal charges after police say he was in possession of child pornography.

The Times reports 21-year-old Issac Boger, of Auburn, Ind., was arrested on a warrant from Springhill Police Department for distribution of child pornography.

Police say Boger was arrested following an execution of a search warrant at Boger's residence on the base last Thursday.

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1:00 pm
Sat January 12, 2013

Bunkers Needed for Explosives After Evacuation

Authorities say they have run out of bunkers at a Louisiana military base for some of the millions of pounds explosives that caused a town's evacuation after the material was found haphazardly stored.

Webster Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton says authorities are searching for more bunker space to store a military propellant called M6. The material could have to be moved out of state.

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7:00 am
Fri January 11, 2013

National World War II Museum Set To Open New Pavilion

Credit Eileen Fleming / WWNO
B-17 on display

New pavilion opening.

The National World War II Museum in New Orleans will be opening a new pavilion that highlights the military equipment that helped the Allied victory. The 26,000-square-foot glass-fronted Freedom Pavilion-Boeing Center addition will open this weekend.

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