For interpreters for U.S. forces, time may be running out to get visas
The Taliban came for Ehsan's life in the night a month ago, knocking on his father's door, asking for Ehsan to come out. Ehsan is gone, his father told them and refused to open up.
View ArticleSyria says it joined chemical treaty on Thursday
Syria says it became a full member of the convention banning the use of chemical weapons as of Thursday but the United Nations says it will take at least another 30 days.
View ArticleKerry talks tough in Syria encounter with Russia
Striking a tough tone, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened swiftly convened talks with Russia on Syria's chemical weapons Thursday by bluntly rejecting a Syrian pledge to begin a '
View ArticleSailor ordered recruits to sing children's songs, pleads guilty to hazing
A newly qualified recruit division commander at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Ill.
View ArticleObama: Changes to compensation should grandfather current troops
President Obama wants to consider sweeping changes to the military's retirement and compensation system, but he also said that all current troops should be grandfathered under the current retirement...
View ArticleO-6 advancement falls to lowest levels in 24 years
The promotion opportunities for lieutenant colonels hoping to become colonels will fall to the lowest levels in at least 24 years in 2013 as the Air Force tries to avoid creating logjams throughout the...
View ArticleHead of Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review will stay put until review...
The head of Air Force's planning for the Quadrennial Defense Review will stay on the job until the review is completed early next year, then move to a new position at Air University, an Air Force...
View ArticlePutin hails Syria's action on chemical weapons ban
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Syria's move to join an international convention banning chemical weapons has proven its good faith and reaffirmed a strong warning to the U.S. not to...
View ArticleRights group: Syrian regime behind mass killings
An international human rights group on Friday accused Syrian government forces and pro-regime militias of carrying out summary executions earlier this year that left at least 248 people dead in two...
View ArticleMahan returns to Va. following deployment
The USS Mahan is returning to Virginia following an eight-and-a-half-month deployment performing ballistic missile defense near Europe and responding to the crisis in Syria.
View ArticleArlington burial for WWII airmen from NY, Calif.
The recently identified remains of a World War II airman from upstate New York and a pilot from California will be buried as a group next week at Arlington National Cemetery.
View ArticleNavy: Summertime alcohol-related incidents cut in half
The Navy's anti-alcohol abuse program ramps up during the summer months, when sailors are more likely to be drinking at outdoor parties or holiday cookouts. This year's efforts, under the '
View ArticleAl-Qaida leader calls for attacks inside US
Al-Qaida's leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to...
View ArticleReport: Driver in crash that killed sailor had drugs in system
Prosecutors say toxicology tests show a man accused of killing four tourists in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 had cocaine and marijuana in his system.
View ArticleMob movie with French twist
Every family is dysfunctional in its own unique way. But there's unique, and then there's the Blake family.
View ArticleMabus says he's committed to LCS program
U.S. Navy leadership said it's committed to the Littoral Combat Ship program in the face of budgetary concerns and questions about the ship program.
View ArticleChaplain Corps colonel selections released
Thirteen Chaplain Corps lieutenant colonels have been recommended for active-duty promotion to colonel by a selection board that met June 5-6 at Fort Knox, Ky.
View ArticleFallen Air Guardsman remembered for bravery, kindness
On Sept. 11, more than 1,000 people came to witness the return of the first New York Air National Guardsman killed in Afghanistan, a young staff sergeant who lived and died doing what he loved.
View ArticleAfghan Taliban attack U.S. Consulate, kill 2 Afghans
Taliban militants unleashed car bombs at the U.S.
View ArticleU.N. official: Iranian exiles' deaths a wake-up call
The killing of dozens of members of an Iranian dissident group that the Iraqi government wants out of the country should be 'a wake-up call' to the international community, the acting U.N.
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