Read more Fort Irwin stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/522/fort-irwin.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 08:43:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66202/army-seeks-new-home-for-desert-tortoises.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=231738&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331220038' border='0' />The Army plans to evict more than 1,000 endangered desert tortoises to expand a tank training ground in the Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Times reports. Conservationists warn that the last effort to shift the tortoises proved disastrous: Many were wiped out by predators, and others traveled up to...Marines wait for a desert tortoise, endangered and protected from harm or harassment by federal law, to move off the road . http://www.newser.com/story/66202/army-seeks-new-home-for-desert-tortoises.htmlThu, 06 Aug 2009 03:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/835/army-uses-injured-to-inflate-manpower.htmlSam Gale RosenThe Army sent soldiers recovering from injuries—some still on crutches—to a desert training center in California, in an apparent attempt to pad manpower statistics. Witnesses describe tents at Fort Irwin packed with soldiers in no shape to train, or even to walk, but counted by the Pentagon as...http://www.newser.com/story/835/army-uses-injured-to-inflate-manpower.htmlMon, 26 Mar 2007 09:27:17 CDT