Such a grid is being tested at the army's model forward operating base (FOB) in Fort Irwin, California, along with prototypes of a mobile, hybrid power station that combines solar panels and wind turbines with a conventional generator.

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The new-model French Army swept through Europe, country by country, fighting a new kind of warfare, one that depended on rapid movement and, crucially, on the concentrated manpower (and firepower) that those enormous numbers allowed.

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Jaafari himself says he is attracted by the "Turkish model" in which the army acts as a bulwark of the republic.

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But it is thought to be a Luger, an early model issued to the Swiss army before World War I, a collector's item.

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Busch says now she hears praise for the CAOs from new Gold Star families, and the Army is using the training course as a model for programs at other bases.

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An army of clone websites that copy the daily deal model and dilute the brands that are legitimate, Weintraub says.

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Bessbrook, a small, Quaker model village that because of the Troubles hosted a massive Army base, was devastated.

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In the second, a model is turned into an alien planet, complete with an army of clone soldiers surrounded by giant war machines and laser bolts.

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