MREs get chefs' TLC
Oh, those boring brown bags of bland military-issued field food. No wonder so many MREs end up unopened at the bottom of rucksacks and kit bags after exercises and deployments.
View ArticleTrial date set for N.C. airman accused of starving infant
An Oct. 15 trial date has been set for a senior airman accused of starving to death his 15-month-old son at his home on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., earlier this year and dumping his body on a...
View ArticleNew data link enables stealthy comms for F-35
Pentagon officials have long identified the F-35 joint strike fighter as key to the future of America's defense, in large part due to stealth capabilities that should allow the plane to travel in...
View ArticleFederal judge questions government drone program
A federal judge expressed deep reservations Friday about the authority of the government to carry out targeted killings of Americans in counterterrorism drone strikes abroad and appeared to reject a...
View ArticleOfficer promotions dip in August
There will be 219 promotions to the grades of chief warrant officer 3 through colonel in August, but the meager monthly authorization includes an initial round of advancements off the new Army...
View ArticleReserve component selections for captain announced
The Army has announced that these National Guard and Reserve officers have been selected for promotion to the rank of captain.
View ArticleMarine sentenced to death for S. Calif. murders
A former Marine was sentenced to death Friday for the murders of a fellow Marine and his wife in what a judge called an attack of 'savage brutality' on their Southern California home.
View ArticleCemeteries join fight to mark veterans' graves
John Yates, an African-American soldier who enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 13, lies in an unmarked grave in the 170-year-old Wesleyan Cemetery in Northside.
View ArticleAccused leader of Ga. militia gets life sentence
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia soldier accused of running an anti-government militia has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a double slaying.
View ArticleDoD, VA failing to treat military sexual trauma, veterans testify
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments are failing to provide adequate mental health services to troops and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual assault - a deficiency...
View ArticleWitness: Manning said he had no allegiance to U.S.
A former supervisor of Pfc. Bradley Manning testified Friday that Manning told her the American flag meant nothing to him and he had no allegiance to the United States.
View ArticleFort Bliss: Contaminated bunker not a threat
Fort Bliss officials downplayed the threat of radiation exposure Friday related to a contaminated bunker on the West Texas military post.
View ArticleMoH recipient returning to N. Korea in search of 1st black Navy pilot's remains
Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy's first black pilot, Ensign Jesse Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding.
View ArticleMarine ordered freed in Iraq war crime case
The U.S. Marine Corps released a sergeant Friday whose murder conviction was overturned in a major blow to the military's prosecution of Iraq war crimes.
View ArticleNew 3-star takes command of III MEF in Japan
The general who oversaw the Corps' renewal of the unit deployment program, the arrival of the first Osprey squadron in Japan and a major humanitarian assistance mission following a deadly tsunami...
View ArticlePentagon reverses course, will make Marine available to discuss Benghazi
Pentagon officials reversed course Friday, saying they will make a retiring Marine who held a key military post during the deadly attacks on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, available to...
View ArticleNew tanker conducts CDR
The Air Force's new tanker conducted its Critical Design Review (CDR) earlier this month and is on track to deliver a final report 'well in advance' of a Sept. 24 due date, the service said in a...
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