Agreement reached to sell billions in Apache helicopters to Iraq
A key congressional panel has finally removed obstacles to the White House's plan to sell 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Iraq, along with spare parts and maintenance, in a massive $6.2 billion...
View ArticleNavy: Jet-crash pilot listed in good condition
The F/A-18 pilot who ejected into the ocean 45 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., on Jan. 15 has been upgraded to good condition, a Naval Air Force Atlantic spokesman said.
View ArticleObama hiking minimum wage for new federal contracts
President Obama will sign an executive order setting the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts at $10.10 an hour, the White House said Tuesday. The president will announce the increase...
View ArticleIG: Literacy lags among Afghan troops
Despite spending more than $200 million, NATO's efforts to to teach Afghan soldiers and police reading, writing and arithmetic have failed to reach many of their goals, according to a report released...
View ArticleTop admiral outlines future of at-sea information-sharing
Nearly 200 warships will have brand-new computer networks in the next eight years, the Navy says. That means more bandwidth for missions, more security - and, possibly, more online access for sailors...
View ArticleSenate panel lambasts changes to military pensions
Senators on Tuesday bashed changes to veterans' pensions that would reduce the cost-of-living adjustments.
View ArticleMedical officers chosen for ILE courses
Attached are the names, branches and specialties of the Army Medical Department officers selected for attendance at Intermediate Level Education courses in 2014 and 2015.
View ArticleCoast Guard seizes $37M worth of cocaine
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded 2,500 pounds of cocaine valued at $37 million that was seized in a historic multi-national operation in the Caribbean, officials said Tuesday.
View ArticleAirman pleads guilty to toddler son's murder
A senior airman accused of discarding his 14-month-old son in a ravine after finding him dead a year ago in their Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., home has pleaded guilty to murder, child...
View ArticleCBS, CNN don't appeal tape release in Academy sex assault case
CBS and CNN have let a 72-hour window lapse to appeal a military judge's order releasing un-aired interview footage of a woman at the center of a sexual assault case.
View ArticleDeployed troops to get free pizza on Super Bowl Sunday
A nonprofit has sent 10,000 deep-dish pizzas to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Oman for Super Bowl Sunday.
View ArticleF-16 upgrade dropped from U.S. budget proposal, sources say
A major F-16 upgrade program is likely to be left out of the president's fiscal 2015 budget request, according to multiple sources.
View ArticleDate set for master sergeant promotion list
A selection list containing the names of Regular Army soldiers recommended for promotion to master sergeant will be released Feb. 4.
View ArticleMarine says he was 'devastated' by word of retrial
A Marine sergeant said he was devastated when he learned the Corps will retry after twice-overturned murder convictions - the latest twist in a nearly decade-old Iraq war crime case.
View ArticleLawsuit: KBR transported soldiers' ice in unsanitized morgue trailers
The Justice Department is suing KBR and two foreign companies for allegedly defrauding the Army.
View ArticleArmy leaders preview lighter, faster service
Taken separately, several speeches, briefings and interviews conducted by Army leadership over the past two weeks don't necessarily look like anything special.
View ArticleSource shares 'raunchy exchange' between Army officers about Republican...
A top commander with the 82nd Airborne Division was disciplined after he called a female lawmaker 'smoking hot' and jokingly referred to masturbation in an email to two high-ranking officers.
View ArticleMore airmen implicated in nuke cheating probe
The cheating scandal inside the Air Force's nuclear missile corps is expanding, with the number of service members implicated by investigators now roughly double the 34 reported just a week ago,...
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