Bradley Manning says he wants to live as a woman
Three years after Bradley Manning rocked the Pentagon by leaking a mountain of secrets, the soldier created a whole new set of potential complications for the military Thursday when he announced he...
View ArticleEditorial: PT changes needed now
For the past three years, Air Force leadership has updated policy guidance on physical training every six months, usually to clarify confusion over PT test rules.
View ArticleDorr: Vietnam vets still victims
Becky Sager cries all night. She wonders how many years her battle with the Veterans Affairs Department is taking from her life. VA is always on her mind as she watches her husband, Ben, '
View ArticleLike a spaceship: USS Minnesota finds unique test site in Brevard
The Naval Ordnance Test Unit at Port Canaveral was among the first places the USS Minnesota visited as it began its sea trials and prepared for its commissioning Sept. 7 in Norfolk, Va.
View ArticleEditorial: Chiefs deserve details
Your top enlisted leader put out a strong warning to chiefs this month - just over a week into the selectee training season:
View ArticleEditorial: Keep PTSD aid on track
The White House has launched a media blitz touting a collaboration between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and large university and medical research centers to help veterans suffering...
View ArticleBales apologizes for Afghan massacre
The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians during pre-dawn raids last year apologized for the first time for his '
View ArticleEditorial: Clear embattled CO now
Lt. Col. Christopher Dixon, the commander whose scout snipers recorded the infamous urination video, has remained in administrative limbo since the scandal erupted 19 months ago. His promotion was...
View ArticleU.S. pressed to react to violence in Syria, Egypt
The U.S. is poised to suspend another major weapons shipment to Egypt amid deep divisions within the Obama administration over whether to cut off aid to the military-backed government.
View Article1-star who led Afghan prisons during Koran burnings reassigned again
The Air Force brigadier general who was the deputy commander of the organization running prisons in Afghanistan during the accidental burning of Korans last year has been reassigned again.
View ArticleMain U.S. targets in Syria are military sites
The expected U.S. missile strike against Syria will be aimed at forces linked to chemical weapons as well as broader military targets, according to military officials and defense analysts.
View ArticleColonel promotions, Active Guard Reserve
Seq # Name Branch 36 Anderson, John C CA 31 Benner, Scott Keith CA 23 Buck, Kenneth Melvin LG 50 Cook, Samuel Ray LG 28 Davenport, John H LG 3 Davidson, Robert Shawn LG 4 Dinenna, David William MP 20...
View ArticleArmy announces Guard and Reserve promotions to O-6
The following National Guard and Army Reserve lieutenant colonels have been recommended for promotion by the fiscal 2013 Army Promotion List Reserve of the Army colonel board that convened Jan. 23.
View ArticleMoH recipient Carter inducted into Pentagon Hall of Heroes
By his own admission, Staff Sgt. Ty Carter had trouble fitting in when he first arrived at Black Knight Troop.
View ArticleReserve, FTS chief selectees announced
The following Selected Reserve and full-time support sailors have been selected to advance to chief petty officer, the Navy announced today in a fleetwide message, NAVADMIN 213/13.
View ArticleFort Hood gunman won't call witnesses, testify
The Army psychiatrist who fatally shot 13 people at Fort Hood decided not to present any evidence during his trial's penalty phase on Tuesday even though jurors are deciding whether to sentence him to...
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