Embezzlement ring scandal leads to Marine Corps policy changes
The Marine Corps is tightening its travel and expense policies in response to an embezzlement scandal involving reservists that hit headlines late last year.
View ArticleMont. politician reprimanded by Army after investigation
Lieutenant governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Walsh was formally reprimanded by the Army in 2010 for using his position as Montana's adjutant general to solicit National Guard troops to join...
View ArticleColo. Guard recruiter charged with theft
An Army National Guard recruiter in Colorado has been charged with fraudulently collecting $28,000 in referral bonuses for recruits.
View ArticleSuspect charged in JBLM soldier's stabbing death
The Pierce County prosecutor has charged a Puyallup, Wash., man with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who intervened when a woman was being attacked.
View ArticleInvestigation: Mortar explosion that killed 7 Marines result of double-loaded...
A newly released command investigation into the horrific mortar explosion last spring that killed seven Marines and wounded eight more concludes that the accident occurred when a Marine double-loaded...
View ArticleNo bail for airman held in wife's slaying at Nellis
A local judge ordered a Nellis Air Force Base airman held without bail to await the filing of criminal charges in the slaying of his wife at their home at the base outside North Las Vegas.
View ArticleMan, two children found dead in Fort Hood residence
The bodies of a man and two children, described by authorities as military dependents, were discovered Tuesday morning in an on-post residence at Fort Hood, Texas, officials said.
View ArticleFormer defense contractor indicted in stolen F-35 documents case
A federal grand jury indicted a former Connecticut man who attempted to ship boxes of stolen information on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Iran.
View ArticleDespite violent unrest in Thailand, U.S. troops remain in place for Cobra...
About 5,000 U.S. troops are forging ahead with a multinational military exercise in Thailand despite widespread disorder in the capital, Bangkok, where officials declared a state of emergency Tuesday...
View ArticleAmid cheating investigation, raises considered for missileers
While the Air Force investigates the biggest cheating scandal in the history of the nuclear missile force, top Defense Department officials are considering the possibility of raises for those officers...
View ArticleLawsuit: Botched childbirth operation ruined Army wife's opera career
An opera singer and Army wife claims in a lawsuit her career is threatened by damage to her digestive and reproductive systems after an Army nurse allegedly botched a childbirth operation.
View ArticleWhat would a smaller military look like and how would it fight?
USA Today reported over the weekend that the Army has been told to plan to lop off 100,000 soldiers if the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration continue until the end of the decade.
View ArticleWhat would a smaller military look like and how would it fight?
USA Today reported over the weekend that the Army has been told to plan to lop off 100,000 soldiers if the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration continue until the end of the decade.
View ArticleDestroyer sailors rescue mariner in Singapore Strait
Sailors from the destroyer Spruance pulled a Filipino mariner to safety Sunday in the Singapore Strait, the Navy said in a Monday news release.
View ArticleAirman thwarts smash-and-grab heist in N.J.
Authorities say a member of the Air Force thwarted a nearly $26,000 smash-and-grab robbery at a store in southern New Jersey.
View ArticleMan gets 6 years for theft from Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange
A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for a drug offense, identity theft and attempting to steal $17,000 worth of electronics from the Navy Exchange at Pearl Harbor.
View ArticleThree Holloman airmen killed in car crash
Alamogordo police say a car was traveling at high speed when it failed to negotiate a curve and rolled over, killing three airmen from Holloman Air Force Base.
View ArticleBat caught at Lackland dorm not rabid
Experts say a bat caught inside an Air Force basic training dormitory in South Texas has tested negative for rabies.
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