Exclusive: General says more Marines could be based throughout Africa
Marine units that specialize in crisis response could be based in Africa in coming years as military leaders work with host nations that have shown interest in the U.S. posturing troops in their...
View ArticleGunman's doctor before rampage: 'No problem there'
The gunman who killed 12 people in last year's rampage at Washington's Navy Yard lied so convincingly to Veterans Affairs doctors before the shootings that they concluded he had no mental health issues...
View ArticleCongress looks at Navy contracting practices
The House Oversight Committee is looking into Navy contracting practices amid a widening federal probe into a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving a Singapore-based defense contractor accused...
View ArticleDonald Cook heads to Rota; 3 more DDGs to follow
The destroyer Donald Cook set sail from Norfolk, Va., for its new home port in Rota, Spain, on Friday, the first of four destroyers over the next two years to be forward-deployed to that nation.
View ArticleRichardson paratrooper collapses, dies after jump
An Alaska-based paratrooper has died after collapsing following a jump.
View ArticleVeteran's family questions Lodi police shooting
Sikh community members in the Central California city of Lodi are questioning why police shot and killed an Army veteran whose family and friends say suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.
View ArticleAfghanistan's presidential campaign to begin
The posters are printed. The rallies are organized. A televised debate is planned.
View ArticleNew uniform, same motivation: Former noncommissioned officer raves about jump...
A former enlisted Marine who left the Corps for the Air Force has written an essay, sure to spark debate, in which he says the Air Force encourages more innovative thinking, that airmen are every bit...
View ArticleDistance education would give reservists training, resources and mentorship -...
Marine reservists may soon be able to knock out some of their professional military education requirements, get help with their taxes, access family readiness and deployment health resources, and even...
View ArticleScout mission compromised by funding cut
Army leadership is betting that an 80 percent solution to its aerial scout needs will be good enough in the coming years, as it scraps its OH-58 Kiowa helicopter fleet in favor of a manned-unmanned...
View ArticleNavy plans faster cash for do-it-yourself movers
A simple change in how the Navy processes payouts to do-it-yourself movers will get cash into sailors' hands faster, the service said.
View ArticleAirman: Marines aren't that different
Marines and airmen might have opinions about what each other's service is like, but one devil dog who made the switch to the Air Force said both sides might be surprised to learn that they're not as...
View ArticleNavy christens ship named for astronaut John Glenn
The military on Saturday christened a Navy logistics ship in honor of John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth.
View ArticleNATO leaders say Afghan troops need more training
Afghanistan's police force and army still need more training to handle the country's security on their own, making it critical for a new security agreement to be signed to allow international forces to...
View ArticleU.N. says more than 733 Iraqis killed in January
The United Nations said Saturday that at least 733 Iraqis were killed during violence in January, even when leaving out casualties from an embattled western province.
View ArticleWar-zone crime ring led to prison time, murder and suicide
One minute, Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale, the respected commander of the 525th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, was attending a July 4 safety briefing at Fort Bragg, N.C. The next minute, he was shot dead by...
View ArticleAfghan presidential election campaign kicks off
Campaigning officially opened Sunday in Afghanistan's presidential election, with 11 candidates vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai in polls seen as a crucial test of whether Afghanistan can ensure...
View ArticlePlatform, personnel cuts likely in FY '15 Air Force budget
This close to the March 4 submission of the fiscal 2015 budget request, getting specifics from service officials can be like pulling teeth.
View ArticleAir Combat Command's challenge: Buy new or modernize older aircraft
After a tense budget battle last year, the Air Force is gearing up to defend what service officials have called a series of hard choices about what to keep and what to dump.
View Article'Presidents Own' leader looks back on time with elite Marine band
When Col. Michael Colburn was a 12-year-old euphonium player at a summer band camp in Vermont, he was in awe of one of the instructors there, Lucas Spiros, a principal in the United States Marine Band.
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