Courage, camaraderie inspire retired major
Retired Maj. Mike Banzet spent most of his Air Force career doing what he loved: flying. He was a crew chief on F-4s, F-16s and F-117s, and, after Officer Training School, he piloted KC-10s. He...
View ArticleArmy crafting gender-neutral standards for combat jobs
The Army has established gender-neutral physical standards for combat specialties. Scientists are validating the data and will use it to develop physical tests that will determine whether soldiers,...
View ArticlePJs get Bronze Stars with 'V' for ambush rescues
Twenty-five soldiers - both American and Afghan - were going door to door Dec. 10, 2012, to clear an Afghan village of insurgent threats. Air Force pararescuemen at Kandahar Air Field watched via live...
View ArticleAF: Now is the time to update records
With the new year fast approaching, Air Force Personnel Center officials recommend airmen double-check and, if necessary, update their contact information, secure Web account access and emergency records.
View ArticleN. Korean official: Purge won't hurt economic policy
A senior North Korean official said Sunday that the execution of leader Kim Jong Un's once-powerful uncle will not lead to changes in economic policies and vowed that the nation would push ahead with...
View ArticleCoast Guard wants barges to ship fracking water
The U.S. Coast Guard wants to allow barges filled with fracking wastewater to ply the nation's rivers on their way toward disposal. Many environmentalists are horrified, but industry groups say barge...
View ArticleMinister says Iran will continue nuclear talks
Iran's foreign minister said Sunday his country will continue nuclear negotiations with world powers, even after pulling out of expert-level talks to protest the U.S. targeting companies it says evaded...
View ArticleArmy: Combat schools closed to women until MOSs open
The media was abuzz last month with news that the first female Marines passed enlisted infantry basic training, but the Army is not yielding to any pressure to open its own infantry basic training to...
View ArticleHeroic Harrier pilot recalls chaotic ground attack at Camp Bastion
When 15 heavily armed insurgents stormed Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, last year, killing two Marines and laying waste to six AV-8B Harriers, Maj. Robb McDonald and his comrades rushed toward the sound of...
View ArticleNew military resiliency training coming soon?
The next generation of military resiliency training may have arrived.
View ArticleMinn. code talker gets Medal of Honor posthumously
Lex Porter died without ever revealing to his family that he was a code talker during World War II. So his family was surprised - and grateful - when the military decided to honor the late member of...
View ArticleBattle of Bulge survivor has vivid memories of carnage of war
Half frozen to death, crouched in a foxhole on the French side of the Rhine River, U.S. Army infantryman Jimmie Pierce gingerly raised the bayonet attached to his rifle toward the black sky.
View ArticleCIA Benghazi team clash led to 'stand down' report
CIA officers revealed a clash over how quickly they should go help the besieged U.S.
View ArticleNavy expands sonar testing despite troubling signs
The Navy plans to increase sonar testing over the next five years, even as research it funded reveals worrying signs that the loud underwater noise could disturb whales and dolphins.
View ArticleClimate change is new enemy for Kerry in Vietnam
From an American gunboat decades ago, John Kerry patrolled for communist insurgents along the winding muddy waters of the Mekong Delta. From those familiar waterways that eventually turned the young...
View ArticleOhio seeks 41 years for Navy vets charity scammer
A mysterious figure convicted of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud could spend the rest of his life in prison.
View ArticleGermany gets its 1st female defense minister
Germany's new government will feature the country's first female defense minister and the return of a respected former foreign minister, while Chancellor Angela Merkel's influential finance chief will...
View ArticleMARSOC unit gets new training for Africa mission
Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command is looking for extremely skilled, native North African role players to help train its operators ahead of a deployment to the region, a move in keeping...
View ArticleU.S. helicopter makes emergency landing in Japan
A U.S. Navy helicopter made an emergency landing near Tokyo on Monday, injuring two crewmembers, U.S. and Japanese officials said.
View ArticleU.S. takes aim at China, ups naval aid to S.E. Asia
Taking clear aim at China's growing aggressiveness in territorial disputes with its smaller neighbors, U.S.
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