Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks in one of the nation's biggest leak...
View ArticleDetails emerge in Great Barrier Reef bomb drops
While investigations by Australian and U.S. authorities are still underway and a final report has not been released, several key details have emerged surrounding the jettisoning of weapons on...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: What it really means to be called 'plankowner'
In a service steeped in tradition and ceremony, the title 'plankowner' stands out.
View ArticleDempsey details reasons U.S. military shouldn't intervene in Syria
The Obama administration is opposed to even limited U.S.
View ArticleWest Point combat casualties are high in post-9/11 era
West Point graduates have accounted for a higher percentage of U.S. military combat deaths in the post-9/11 war on terrorism than in all but one major American conflict since the academy's founding in...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: Iraq vets brew beer 'with the freedom we fought for'
Two Iraq War veterans eager to slake a growing American thirst for craft beer are setting up a brewery less than a mile from the main runway for the Navy's East Coast master jet base. Their beers have...
View ArticleFailing the AF tape test will no longer mean automatic failure of PT test
The Air Force is keeping the tape test but giving some airmen who fail the abdominal circumference portion of the PT test a second chance, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said today in a message to airmen.
View ArticleCorps considers ending retirement guarantee for passed over staff sergeants
A guaranteed 20-year career and retirement benefits for enlisted Marines who make staff sergeant could become a thing of the past.
View ArticleNearly half of soldiers say Army isn't committed to them
Almost 50 percent of soldiers don't believe the Army is committed to them, according to an annual leadership survey.
View ArticleDOD: Bragg soldier killed in Afghanistan
A 37-year-old soldier from Virginia has been killed in an enemy attack in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.
View ArticleNSA collected thousands of domestic emails
The nation's top intelligence official on Wednesday declassified three secret U.S.
View ArticleFormer Marine sentenced for faking battle injuries to defraud charities
A former Marine has been sentenced to 4½ years in federal prison for conning charities out of thousands of dollars to feed his dream of playing on the pro golf tour.
View ArticleCmdr. praised as command is changed on Providence
A Navy officer whose submarine crew was twice asked to stay out at sea longer during a recent deployment was praised Wednesday at a change of command ceremony for the Providence.
View ArticleUSNA commandant sounds off: Football, equality and Annapolis in the '80s
Capt. Bill Byrne, the new U.S. Naval Academy commandant, has a message for the 4,500 midshipmen under his command:
View ArticleCamp Lejeune commander to host town hall
The commanding general of Camp Lejeune is scheduled to sit down with Defense Department employees and their families to discuss a variety of topics.
View ArticleNew medical building opening at Fort Drum
A new wellness center is opening at Fort Drum for soldiers and their families.
View ArticleFormer AF test pilot, astronaut Fullerton dies at 76
C. Gordon Fullerton, a former astronaut who flew on two space shuttle missions and had an extensive career as a research and test pilot for NASA and the Air Force, died Wednesday, the space agency...
View ArticleErotic novel causes stir at Gitmo war court
A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 terror attack said Wednesday that guards gave his client a contraband copy of the erotic novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey' apparently as a joke...
View ArticleLawmakers join event for former Marine held in Iran
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin said he hopes the election of a new president in Iran will lead to the release of a former Marine imprisoned there for two years on spying charges.
View ArticleFormer Army medic accused of killing soldier testifies
Benjamin Schweitzer took the stand in his own defense Wednesday afternoon and gave the jury a firsthand glimpse into what happened on March 15, 2012, when he shot Sgt. 1st Class Frederic Nicholas '
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