Corps investigating photos allegedly showing Marines burning bodies in 2004
The Marine Corps is looking into several photographs posted on an entertainment gossip website on Wednesday that appear to show Marines burning Iraqi corpses.
View ArticlePACOM chief: Uncontested U.S. control of Pacific is ending
The four-star commander of U.S. Pacific Command says the era when the U.S. military enjoys uncontested control over the Pacific's blue water and its airspace is coming to an end.
View ArticleVA purchase, tracking of surgical implants is flawed, report says
Veterans are facing a deadly new threat that is coming not from faraway battlefields, but from stateside hospital rooms, according to the results of a Government Accountability Office investigation...
View ArticleReagan to replace GW in Japan; Roosevelt to San Diego
Plans to shuffle home ports for three aircraft carriers are part of the Navy's ongoing efforts to strengthen its Pacific presence, the fleet said in a Tuesday news release.
View ArticleMissing soldier shown in new Taliban video
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only U.S. soldier still missing in Afghanistan, is believed to still be alive after the military obtained a new video made by his captors, according to media reports.
View ArticleNavy announces verdicts of December courts-martial
As part of a pledge in 2013 to be 'active, open and transparent' when it comes to sexual assault prevention efforts, the Navy on Wednesday continued its monthly release of all courts-martial verdicts,...
View Article34 nuclear missile officers implicated in cheating investigation
Thirty-four missile officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., have been implicated in the largest occurrence of cheating in the Air Force's nuclear force, top Air Force leaders said Wednesday.
View ArticleGround combat vehicle budget slashed, cancellation more likely
Though long-touted as a 'must have' for the future Army, the Ground Combat Vehicle is all but canceled.
View ArticlePerkins gets nod for TRADOC command; Cone to retire
Lt. Gen. David Perkins is the Army's pick to lead its Training and Doctrine Command. He is commanding general of the Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
View ArticlePentagon cuts LCS buy to 32 ships
The office of the secretary of defense (OSD) has directed the Navy to limit its overall buy of littoral combat ships to a total of 32 ships, foregoing 20 more of the small, fast and controversial...
View ArticleNavy's new plan aims to lock in 8-month carrier deployments
From the standoff with Syria to the response to the typhoon-stricken Philippines two months later, the fleet showed its global might in late 2013.
View ArticleMARSOC Marines killed in insider attack to receive Navy Cross
Two Marines from the Corps' elite special operations unit will be awarded the Navy Cross this week for heroism during an insider attack in Afghanistan in 2012.
View ArticleNavy: Divers recover body of missing pilot
The Navy says it has recovered the body of a pilot who had been missing since a helicopter crashed last week off the coast of Virginia.
View ArticleSources: Armed Services chairman Buck McKeon to retire
Rep. Howard 'Buck' McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has decided to retire after 11 terms.
View ArticleFour-star: Marine Corps not threatened by Army's Pacific strategy
The Army's new amphibious strategy for the Pacific has raised hackles among some who feel the service is encroaching on turf claimed by the Marine Corps and Navy. But Assistant Commandant of the Marine...
View ArticleMan sentenced for hit-and-run of Army recruiters
A Minneapolis man who struck two U.S. Army recruiters with his vehicle - dragging one of his victims for almost a mile before the man freed himself - was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 16 years in prison.
View ArticleIraqi army retakes western town seized by gunmen
Iraqi airstrikes pounded a town near Fallujah that had been seized by al-Qaida linked militants and commandos swept in Wednesday to clear the area, senior military officials said.
View ArticleObama's NSA announcements just the starting point
President Obama's blueprint for overhauling the government's sweeping surveillance program is just the starting point. The reality is few changes could happen quickly without unlikely agreements from a...
View ArticleC-17s to launch second airlift in support of Central African Republic
Air Force C-17s this week will begin their second airlift mission in support of operations in the Central African Republic.
View ArticleGovernors call on DoD to protect Guard from 'disproportionate' cuts
The nation's governors are getting in front of the fiscal 2015 budget rollout and already calling to protect the Air National Guard from 'disproportionate and damaging' cuts.
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