At Fort Gordon, bomb-making aims to save lives
Brian Clayson has more than a dozen explosives outside his Fort Gordon office.
View ArticleFamily reunited with Marine's WWII medals
A Kentucky family has regained possession of a batch of medals earned by their forebear during World War II after thinking the honors were lost to history.
View ArticlePT belt wear now a leadership decision at 2nd ID
It could be an end of an era for the much-maligned PT belt.
View ArticleHasan joins 5 murderers on military's only death row
The last man executed at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was John Bennett, hanged in 1961 for raping and choking an 11-year-old Austrian girl in 1954.
View ArticleSenators question trustworthiness, knowledge of VA financial advisers
The financial experts accredited by the Veterans Affairs Department to help low-income veterans apply for pensions may not be qualified or have the veteran's best interests at heart, says a group of...
View ArticleMilitary practice bomb lands in tavern parking lot
Maryland officials say a military practice bomb landed in a Queen Anne's County tavern parking lot.
View ArticleDrum soldier killed in Afghanistan
A Fort Drum, N.Y., soldier was killed Wednesday when insurgents launched a complex attack on a NATO base in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.
View ArticleKerry: Syrian regime planned for chemical attack
Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. knows, based on intelligence, that the Syrian regime carefully prepared for days to launch a chemical weapons attack.
View ArticleFormer Gunston Hall CMC retires in wake of harassment report
The former top enlisted sailor aboard the amphibious dock landing ship Gunston Hall is retiring after a Navy investigation revealed a pattern of sexual harassment.
View ArticleHasan arrives at Fort Leavenworth prison
Officials at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, say Nidal Hasan has arrived to begin his incarceration on the prison's death row.
View ArticleWhite House makes case for imminent Syria strike
A military strike on Syria appeared imminent Friday as President Obama and his administration publicly rolled out in great detail its case for why the regime of Bashar al-Assad should be punished for...
View ArticleMabus' choice to lead NCIS had been Obama's pick for ATF
The Navy's top civilian has tapped a former naval officer and veteran lawman to head the 2,500-person Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which provides security and leads criminal and...
View ArticleFort Bliss soldier faces immigrant smuggling charge
A criminal complaint says Carlos Manuel Vives Feliciano and Gerald Espinoza helped transport groups of Mexican immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally from a border town in New Mexico to...
View ArticleWhite House makes case for imminent Syria strike
A strike on Syria appeared imminent Friday as the Obama administration publicly rolled out its case that the regime of Bashar al-Assad should be punished for using chemical weapons against civilians....
View Article3rd AF commander warned about overturning sex assault verdict
One week before Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin overturned a high-profile sex assault conviction of an Aviano Air Base, Italy, inspector general, he received what would turn out to be a prophetic warning about...
View ArticleAF plans cut in tuition assistance funding in 2014
The Air Force is poised to cut tuition assistance next year, as it prepares to enact tough new rules for fiscal 2014. But it remains to be seen exactly how steep those cuts will be.
View ArticleDoD health affairs chief meets with still-troubled Tricare West contractor
Headaches continue for physicians and military health care beneficiaries in the Tricare West Region as contract manager UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans struggles to meet the demands of its...
View ArticleObama orders 1 percent military raise for January
In the midst of discussion about launching a U.S. military strike on Syria, President Obama moved Friday to reduce the size of January's military raise.
View ArticleOfficial: San Antonio joins destroyers in the eastern Med
The amphibious transport dock San Antonio, carrying elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has joined the five Navy destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, a defense official confirmed...
View ArticleOfficial: Ship carrying Marines arrives in Med
The amphibious transport dock San Antonio, carrying elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has joined the five Navy destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, a defense official confirmed...
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