Marine combat engineer killed in Afghanistan
A California-based Marine died Dec. 11 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced today.
View ArticleOfficials: U.S. drone strike kills 13 in Yemen
Missiles fired by a U.S. drone slammed into a convoy of vehicles traveling to a wedding party in central Yemen on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, Yemeni security officials said.
View ArticleHagel: U.S. continues support of Syrian moderates
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that the U.S. will continue to support the moderate opposition in Syria, but non-lethal aid will be suspended until the U.S.
View ArticleTreatment courts take root with vets mentoring vets
Richard Sandoval joined the Marine Corps in 2003 to flee a childhood on the Miracle Mile in Tucson, Ariz., a violent strip of seedy motels, topless bars and dingy street corners where his father...
View ArticleRules clarified on health exams for other-than-honorable discharges
The fiscal 2014 compromise defense authorization bill would change part of a law that has allowed the services to skirt a requirement to provide mental health and medical exams to all combat troops...
View ArticleShaw Air Base places Nativity near chapel
Officials at Shaw Air Force Base have decided the best place for a Nativity scene is next to the installation's chapel.
View ArticleNorth Korea executes leader's uncle as a traitor
North Korea said Friday that it had executed Kim Jong Un's uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader's former mentor, long considered the country's No. 2...
View ArticleHouse OKs Pentagon policy bill
The House on Thursday - for the second time this year - approved a 2014 Pentagon policy bill, setting up a high-stakes showdown in a Senate that one veteran lawmaker called 'poisonous.'
View ArticleMissing American in Iran was on unapproved CIA mission
In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smugglers and organized crime figures.
View ArticleNimitz heads home after last stop in San Diego
The aircraft carrier Nimitz dropped off two embarked units in San Diego on Thursday after an 81/2-month cruise through the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf and the Pacific.
View ArticleCongress wants common camouflage uniform
Congress will try one more time to get the Pentagon to cease its uniform madness and adopt a common camouflage pattern for all four services.
View ArticleWeinstein named permanent commander of 20th Air Force
The Air Force on Thursday named Maj. Gen. Jack Weinstein permanent commander of 20th Air Force, in charge of the service's nuclear missile fleet.
View ArticleNCIS agent to plead guilty in Navy fraud case
A senior Navy investigator accused of tipping off an Asian defense contractor at the center of a multimillion-dollar fraud probe in exchange for prostitution services and luxury travel plans to plead...
View ArticleDefense bill aims to address sexual assault crisis
A defense policy bill that aims to deal with the epidemic of sexual assaults in the military is heading to the Senate, where it could get slowed by Republican outrage over majority Democrats' limits on...
View ArticleIran's fears of being a target cloud nuke talks
Assassinations, cyber-attacks and possible military strikes: As nuclear negotiations with Iran enter a crucial stage, Tehran is voicing fears that tougher oversight of its activities will increase the...
View ArticleMan gets life for killing Riley soldier at party
A Manhattan man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a Fort Riley soldier and injuring four others outside an apartment complex.
View ArticleHistory & top workouts from the former SEAL who inspired the CrossFit movement
CrossFit legend Dave Werner remembers that first grueling workout well. It was early 2003, and the former SEAL had made a pilgrimage to Santa Cruz, Calif., where a former gymnast-turned-fitness guru...
View ArticleIEDs won't die after Afghanistan, top general says
The Pentagon's multibillion dollar effort to combat makeshift bombs will continue even after the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan ends next year.
View ArticleWelsh: Budget deal doesn't end need for force cuts
The proposed budget deal for the next two years would not change the need to issue force management guidelines, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told reporters Friday.
View ArticleCongress to Hagel: Keep funding search-and-rescue helos
The Air Force's effort to recapitalize its fleet of search-and-rescue helicopters can't fall victim to budget cuts, 74 congressmen said in a Dec. 12 letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
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