Sniper prosecutions tainted, attorneys argue
The defense attorneys for two Marines facing courts-martial in connection to the notorious video showing scout snipers urinating on Taliban corpses in Afghanistan are calling on the Corps to drop the...
View ArticleLCS matures, new missile coming
While the first-in-class Freedom is beginning operations in the Western Pacific, the other littoral combat ships are continuing with testing and development
View ArticleDeployable Operations Group disbanded
The Coast Guard is dismantling its 6-year-old command charged with overseeing deployable specialized forces - everything from counterterrorism units to tactical law enforcement and maritime security...
View ArticleRape victim: Retaliation prevalent in military
Stacey Thompson had just been stationed at a Marine base in Japan when she said her sergeant laced her drinks with drugs, raped her in his barracks and then dumped her onto a street outside a nightclub...
View ArticleCommander says the Army is back in the Pacific
The Army is back in the Pacific region after more than a decade of deploying soldiers to Afghanistan and Iraq, the outgoing top Army commander in the region said.
View ArticleCommissioning set for Cutter Margaret Norvel
A commissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell will be held this weekend.
View ArticleFBI: Letter sent to Fairchild AFB being analyzed for ricin
Three poison-tainted, hand-addressed letters postmarked on the same day in Spokane, Wash., were mailed to President Barack Obama, a federal judge in Spokane and a post office in that city, the FBI says.
View ArticleNew commander named for 9th Air Force
Maj. Gen. H.D. Polumbo is taking command of the 9th Air Force in a scheduled ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base.
View ArticleSub base in Groton to swear in new commander
The Navy's submarine base in Groton is welcoming a new commanding officer.
View ArticleHagel to broach topic of cyberthreats with Chinese
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet with members of a Chinese delegation this weekend and likely talk about ongoing cyberthreats amid new reports that China used computer-based attacks to access...
View ArticleFather, son, prepare to deploy with Seabees
A father and son are preparing to deploy to the Middle East with their Naval Mobile Construction Battalion.
View ArticleResearch could lead to new battlefield splint
Researchers at the National Institute for Aviation Research, experts on aircraft composites, are closer to branching into another field of creativity.
View ArticleDelightful 'Now You See Me' keeps you guessing to the end
Magic is all about misdirection - the magician wants you to focus on the meaningless motions of his left hand while his right hand is busy setting up his next amazing trick.
View ArticleVictim's family wants Army vet's body exhumed, moved from military cemetery
Just weeks after his daughter-in-law was brutally gunned down during a shooting spree, Frank Koehl learned that her killer, who had committed suicide, was buried with military honors.
View ArticleAir Force: F-35 to be deployable in '16
The Air Force's F-35A joint strike fighter will finally reach its initial operational capability in December 2016, more than six years after the initial expected date, service officials said May 31.
View ArticleStudents make paracord bracelets to support Wounded Warriors
In Military History Club, University of Wyoming Lab School students watch war films, talk military history and make bracelets.
View ArticleCommunity works to spruce up battleship memorial
A Sioux Falls man is leading an effort to spruce up the South Dakota battleship memorial in time for a reunion of Navy veterans at the end of June.
View ArticleAmerican woman, 33, killed in Syria
A 33-year-old Flint, Mich., woman who converted to Islam after meeting an Arab immigrant was killed in Syria while fighting for opposition forces, family members told the Detroit Free Press on Thursday...
View ArticleAmbassador: Marine embassy guards should protect people, not paper
An influential diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq is calling on the State Department and Marine Corps to revise the primary mission of Marine Security Guards so they may...
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