American Legion seeking vets' input for PTSD, TBI survey
The American Legion is seeking veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder to participate in an online survey to learn more about their injuries, treatment and care.
View ArticleNavy marks upcoming debut of 6th USS Detroit
The U.S. Navy is holding a ceremony Friday to mark the upcoming launch of the sixth warship named for the city of Detroit.
View ArticleCustoms and Border Protection offers adventure and familiar mission
Roaring across no-man's land on their all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and horses, members of the U.S. Border Patrol pursued and apprehended some 365,000 illegal immigrants in 2012.
View ArticleAir Force seeks comment on expanded Mont. training site
The Air Force is moving forward with its 2008 proposal to expand a bomber training site, most of which is over southeastern Montana.
View ArticleJob reboot: Retired colonel indulges his passion as a ski instructor
Ski lifts bob up the mountain into a soupy mid-winter fog. Below dangling skis, the snowpack is thin and icy.
View ArticleEx-soldier who killed Iraqi family hangs self
A medical examiner said Wednesday that a former soldier hanged himself at a federal prison where he was serving life sentences for raping and killing a teenage Iraqi girl and using a shotgun to slay...
View ArticleSocial Security officials announce expedited claims for vets with 100%...
Veterans with a 100 percent disability rating will get their Social Security claims processed faster, thanks to a change announced by the agency Wednesday.
View ArticleKnox soldier pleads guilty to taking bribes
A soldier based at Fort Knox pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking $57,000 from an Afghan trucking company as part of a scheme to divert loaded fuel trucks from an American military outpost.
View ArticleAide: Congress will fight to fund Combat Rescue Helo
There's still two weeks to go before the Pentagon's 2015 budget proposal becomes public, but Congress already may be gearing up for a fight over the future of the Air Force's Combat Rescue Helicopter...
View ArticleAir Force swaps BlackBerrys for Apple devices
The Air Force is replacing 5,000 of its BlackBerry devices with Apple smartphones, in a broader move to eradicate the legacy devices in favor of more modern commercial technologies.
View ArticleAnother soldier suspended in casket photo controversy
A second Wisconsin National Guard member has been suspended in an investigation stemming from a photograph showing soldiers clowning around by an empty flag-draped casket, a Guard spokesman said...
View ArticleDaughter of two Marines featured in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Hannah Ferguson doesn't just have two Marines as parents - her mom served as a drill instructor and her dad as a sniper.
View ArticleArmy looking to past lessons to fund future needs
If one were to lay all of the 43,000 shipping containers the US Army sent home from Afghanistan last year end to end, they would stretch from Washington, D.C., all the way down to Fort Bragg, N.C.
View ArticleFormer soldier claims government recouped cost of his gear that was lost 10...
A former soldier from Texas has been portrayed as victim in the media for battling the government over a 10-year-old charge for missing Army gear. What hasn't been reported until now, however, is his...
View ArticleObama threatens consequences for Ukraine violence
President Obama on Wednesday urged Ukraine to avoid violence against peaceful protesters or face consequences, as the United States considered joining European partners to impose sanctions aimed at...
View ArticleArmy emphasizes speed as it plans for uncertain future
There was a singular moment late last year during a briefing for senior Army leaders on the service's just-concluded yearly war game when one general laid out the future challenges facing the force.
View Article10 Marine colonels nominated for first star
President Obama nominated 10 Marine colonels for promotion to brigadier general Wednesday, according to an announcement from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
View Article2 U.S. security officers found dead in Seychelles
Two American security officers have been found dead on a ship made famous when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, according to a statement by Seychelles police on Wednesday.
View ArticleTaliban say they discussed prisoner swap with U.S.
Washington has held indirect talks with the Taliban over the possible transfer of five senior Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for a U.S. soldier captured nearly five years ago, a...
View ArticlePentagon confirms 'errant strike;' investigations find no blame
The Pentagon on Wednesday confirmed the authenticity of a video that shows an errant Air Force bomb strike that occurred danger-close to a U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan.
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