Former military trainer stops dog attack
A former military dog trainer says she used a spray can of disinfectant to induce two pit bulls to stop an attack on a beagle and its 72-year-old owner in Ewa Beach.
View ArticleSpecialty care waiver period extended through July 2 in Tricare's West Region
The Defense Department has extended a waiver period for Tricare health beneficiaries in the West Region to seek specialty care without having a referral through July 2.
View ArticleLa. Guard's top enlisted adviser fired
The Louisiana National Guard's highest officer has fired his top enlisted adviser for alleged sexual harassment.
View ArticleCleaning up shop: Marine Corps inspectors on fleetwide hunt for anything...
Marine inspectors have less than two weeks to roam all public working and community barracks spaces and root out anything that hints at being lewd, crude or just plain offensive to your co-workers.
View ArticlePanel passes 10-point plan on vet claims
A 10-point plan to improve veterans claims processing was approved Tuesday by a Senate subcommittee.
View Article6 Bronze Stars: Men cited for bravery under fire in Afghanistan
A corporal who continued to lead Marines in Afghanistan even after losing both legs below the knee was among half a dozen Marines and sailors who recently received the nation's fourth-highest combat...
View ArticleEditorial: Let go of unwanted C-130s
The all-but-obsolete C-130H is a symbol of the ridiculous situation lawmakers put Air Force leaders in. Those leaders, under intense pressure to slash $10.8 billion this year under sequestration, have...
View ArticleSpencer: Every airman deserves dignity and respect
While at Andrews Air Force Base a couple of weeks ago to recognize some of the airmen from the 11th Logistics Readiness Squadron for their contribution to the 'Airmen Powered by Innovation' campaign, I...
View ArticleDorr: New UH-72 Lakotas could better protect missile sites
An Army helicopter may be the solution to the Air Force's need for security at the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile sites.
View ArticleEditorial: A call for common sense
Inspectors across the Navy and Marine Corps are walking through workspaces, galleys, berthing spaces and even the heads, looking for anything that might be deemed 'offensive' and inappropriate.
View ArticleU.S. may need to fill 'gaps' in Afghan forces after 2014
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the Afghan military may need some operational support beyond the planned end of combat operations there in late 2014.
View ArticleJune 18, 1863: New science of embalming preserves dead for long trips home
A grim new practice invented here in the nation's capital is making it possible for those killed in battle to be preserved for long shipments home for burial among friends and family.
View ArticleVA Gulf War panel members walk out to protest changes
Three members of a Veterans Affairs Department advisory committee on Persian Gulf War illnesses walked out of a meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday to protest planned changes to the board's makeup -...
View ArticleMarines won't let women in the infantry until at least 2015
The Marine Corps won't allow women to serve in the infantry until at least 2015, according to a new plan outlining how the service will conform to a landmark Pentagon decision allowing female troops...
View ArticleAF resumes moves to Colorado
Permanent change of station and temporary duty assignments to Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever Air Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and the U.S. Air Force Academy have been restored, Air...
View ArticleU.S., Afghans, Taliban to begin peace talks in Qatar
Afghanistan officials will open a U.S.-backed office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as early as Tuesday to facilitate direct peace talks with the Taliban, according to three senior administration officials.
View ArticleSpec Ops may need to be exempt from integrating women, SOCOM official says
Special Operations Command may require special exemptions from the Pentagon's plan to open all military jobs to women by 2016, a top SOCOM general said Tuesday.
View ArticleAF may use V-22s for combat rescue mission
The future of a long-stymied Air Force effort to buy new combat search-and-rescue helicopters is once again uncertain as top-level generals are intensely debating the type of aircraft and which arm of...
View ArticleJournalist who took down Army four-star dies in car wreck
Michael Hastings, whose stunning 2010 report for Rolling Stone led to the removal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as head of coalition forces in Afghanistan, died in a fiery car crash Tuesday in Los...
View ArticleNavy holding hearing on deaths of divers in Md.
Two members of a Navy dive unit are facing involuntary manslaughter and dereliction-of-duty charges in the drowning deaths of two divers at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore.
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