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VFW Asks Airlines to Waive Bag Fees for Troops The VFW is calling on airlines to allow servicemembers traveling on orders to check a third piece of luggage without paying a $100 fee. VFW President George Lisicki made the request in a letter Friday to the head of the Air Transport Association of America. Watchful: Security Aboard USNS Wright 'Marines Need to get Back to Basics' CLB-22 Becomes Asset to 22nd MEU Anti-IED Office Under Fire Faced with continued criticism from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Congress, the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) is attempting to addresses concerns over its internal control standards. Report: Sadr to Disarm Mahdi Army Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr intends to disarm his once-dominant Mahdi Army militia and remake it as a social-services organization, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Panel Blasts DoD's Response to Sexual Assault Claims House members infuriated by slow progress on the military's response to sexual assault claims accused defense leaders of a cover-up and tossed a senior department official from a hearing on the issue. Military Works to Curb Sex with Minors The court-martial of Airman 1st Class Nathaniel N.F. DaSilva sheds light on the challenges military officials face in preventing improper interaction between young servicemembers and the teenagers that live close by. Korean Mud Festival may Ban US Troops The manager of a popular South Korean beach festival said Tuesday that drunken and rowdy U.S. troops are such a problem that organizers have considered banning servicemembers from the event. Report: Anbar Wants Handover Delay The Anbar Provincial Council appealed Saturday for the American military to delay its handover of provincial security responsibilities to Iraqi forces until at least the end of the year, according to a report in Sunday editions of The New York Times.