Hooking up, via Craigslist, in Afghanistan
Agents with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Afghanistan are tracking service members who are hooking up in the war zone via Internet sites such as Craigslist and busting those who violate...
View ArticleVerdict likely Tuesday in WikiLeaks court-martial
A military judge says she expects to announce a verdict Tuesday in the court-martial of an Army private charged with aiding the enemy for giving U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks.
View Article4 years and 1 million vets later, VA still determining how well new GI Bill...
The Post-9/11 GI Bill celebrates its fourth anniversary on Thursday, having paid a combined $30 billion for the education and training of about 1 million service members, veterans and family members.
View ArticleSoldier-mayor blows the whistle on war fraud
Leave it to a stubborn, small-town Iowa mayor to step up and help Congress thwart fraud in its decade-long, $100 billion reconstruction of war-torn Afghanistan.
View ArticleDoD: Playboy, Penthouse are not indecent
Adult magazines including Playboy, Penthouse and Nude are permitted for sale on military installations because they do not meet the definition of indecent material under federal law, a top Pentagon...
View ArticleWave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 58
More than a dozen explosions, mainly from car bombs, ripped through marketplaces, parking lots, a cafe and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 58 people and pushing the country's death...
View ArticleGillibrand continues effort to upend military sex assault laws
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who helped force the military to allow gays in its ranks, is determined to upend laws governing how the armed services handle an epidemic of sexual assaults.
View ArticlePosthumous intel award given to 2 sailors who died with SEALs
Rare honor for fallen warriors
View ArticleAirman charged with lewd acts, exposure at Texas Bible camp
An Air Force combat cameraman at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been charged with committing lewd acts and exposing himself at a Texas Bible camp for youth in April.
View ArticleBud Day 'bravest man I've ever known,' says McCain
Retired Air Force Col. George 'Bud' Day was 'the bravest man I ever knew, and I've know more than a few,' Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Monday. 'No one had more guts.'
View ArticleTrial set in killing of Fort Riley soldier
A November trial has been set for a Manhattan man charged with killing a Fort Riley soldier and wounding four other people earlier this year.
View ArticleNavy vet fails to make it to N. Korea war site
A decorated Korean War veteran from Massachusetts left North Korea on Monday without fulfilling his mission: to travel to the Chosin Reservoir battleground where he was hoping to locate the remains of...
View ArticleOfficials: Body recovered from lake is Wainwright soldier
Alaska State Troopers say searchers have recovered the body of a 32-year-old man believed to have drowned at the Chena Lakes Recreation Area.
View ArticleMarines ready for next phase of Afghanistan withdrawal
The next steps of the Marine Corps' withdrawal from Afghanistan are about to get underway as the last regimental combat team headquarters and a one-star general return to the U.S. in August.
View ArticleSFCs face biggest QSP screening yet
Selection boards that meet in October to recommend sergeants first class for promotion will dothe biggest retention screening yet under the Qualitative Service Program.
View ArticleSquadron groundings affecting readiness, pilot careers
The grounding of Air Force combat squadrons will not only have an effect on the long-term readiness of the fleet but also on the careers of pilots and maintainers whose planes were idle.
View ArticleBragg lieutenant charged with the deaths of 2 Afghans
The court-martial for a first lieutenant charged with the deaths of two Afghan men is scheduled to begin Tuesday at Fort Bragg, N.C., officials announced.
View ArticleOdierno backs lower pay raise for troops
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno on Monday said he favors the president's recommended 1 percent pay raise for troops over Congress' 1.8 percent recommendation.
View ArticlePentagon likely to reduce number of furlough days
Defense department civilians will likely face up to five fewer unpaid furlough days than originally planned, as Pentagon leaders scrimp to find up to $900 million in savings in the final months of the...
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