U.S., Manila ink pact to repair ash-covered cemetery
U.S. and Philippine officials signed an agreement Monday for Washington to restore a cemetery north of Manila where the graves of thousands of American service members and dependents have been covered...
View ArticleLast Australian combat troops leave Afghanistan
The last remaining Australian combat troops in Afghanistan were headed home on Monday, as Australia's military involvement in the 12-year-old conflict draws to a close.
View ArticleBuilding on MCMAP: Proposed research focuses on hand-to-hand skills,...
The Marine Corps wants to reshape how its troops are taught to think and act amid the stress and chaos of combat, and leaders are looking at the service's popular martial arts curriculum as the conduit...
View ArticleMoscow: Missiles in western Russia legitimate
The deployment of short-range missiles in western Russia doesn't violate any international agreements, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
View ArticleFive new conditions presumed service-connected in TBI victims
The Veterans Affairs Department has added five medical conditions to a list of illnesses that, if they are diagnosed in a patient with a service-connected brain injury, automatically are presumed to be...
View ArticleFederal judge rules against NSA spying
A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance program that collects millions of Americans' telephone records may be unconstitutional.
View ArticleGeneral officer nominations, assignments announced
The Defense Department announced Dec. 13 that the president has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen.
View Article28-year sentence in $100M vets charity scam
A judge handed down a 28-year prison sentence Monday to a man convicted of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud.
View ArticleArmy will cut almost 4,000 captains, majors
Almost 19,000 captains and majors will be screened by separation and early retirement boards this spring as part of the ongoing drawdown of the active-duty Army.
View ArticleArmy captain charged in pedestrian soldier death in Tenn.
An Army captain has been charged in connection with another soldier who was found dead from a hit-and-run wreck Saturday morning on Tylertown Road.
View ArticleArmy fires Ellerson after 5 years, no wins vs Navy
Army fired coach Rich Ellerson on Sunday after five seasons at West Point and no victories against Navy.
View ArticleNavy helicopter makes emergency landing in Japan; 2 injured
A Navy helicopter made an emergency landing near Tokyo on Monday, injuring two crewmembers, U.S. and Japanese officials said.
View ArticlePentagon's sexual-assault prevention chief steps down
The director of the Pentagon's sexual-assault prevention efforts is retiring after a year in which estimates of sexual misconduct spiked and he was implicated in an effort to cover up abuse at a...
View ArticleReport: New trash incinerators in Afghanistan never used by U.S.
The U.S. paid $5.4 million for two never-used trash incinerators at Forward Operating Base Sharana in eastern Afghanistan, potentially exposing troops to hazardous fumes from open-air burn pits used to...
View ArticleSoldiers to stay on Navy ships for Pacific exercises
Sailors working in the Pacific can expect to bunk with Army helicopter crews soon, if all goes according to plan.
View ArticleAs NORAD Tracks Santa, critics track NORAD
The U.S. and Canadian military will entertain millions of kids again this Christmas Eve with second-by-second updates on Santa's global whereabouts. But there's something new this year: public criticism.
View ArticleChina paper: Cowpens harassed China fleet during drill
An official Chinese newspaper on Monday accused the U.S. Navy of harassing a Chinese squadron earlier this month, shortly before a near collision that marked the two nations' most serious sea...
View ArticleLeaders push voluntary exits to trim force by 1,900
The most sweeping force cuts since the end of the Cold War have begun. And airmen must start thinking right away about whether they want to leave voluntarily or risk getting caught up in an involuntary...
View ArticleGuardsman accused of taking Army IDs to stay in custody
An Iraq war veteran accused of stealing identification information of roughly 400 members of his former Army unit so he could make fake IDs for his militia was ordered Monday to remain in federal custody.
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