June 18, 1863: New science of embalming preserves dead for long trips home
A grim new practice invented here in the nation's capital is making it possible for those killed in battle to be preserved for long shipments home for burial among friends and family.
View ArticleVA Gulf War panel members walk out to protest changes
Three members of a Veterans Affairs Department advisory committee on Persian Gulf War illnesses walked out of a meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday to protest planned changes to the board's makeup -...
View ArticleMarines won't let women in the infantry until at least 2015
The Marine Corps won't allow women to serve in the infantry until at least 2015, according to a new plan outlining how the service will conform to a landmark Pentagon decision allowing female troops...
View ArticleAF resumes moves to Colorado
Permanent change of station and temporary duty assignments to Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever Air Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and the U.S. Air Force Academy have been restored, Air...
View ArticleU.S., Afghans, Taliban to begin peace talks in Qatar
Afghanistan officials will open a U.S.-backed office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as early as Tuesday to facilitate direct peace talks with the Taliban, according to three senior administration officials.
View ArticleSpec Ops may need to be exempt from integrating women, SOCOM official says
Special Operations Command may require special exemptions from the Pentagon's plan to open all military jobs to women by 2016, a top SOCOM general said Tuesday.
View ArticleAF may use V-22s for combat rescue mission
The future of a long-stymied Air Force effort to buy new combat search-and-rescue helicopters is once again uncertain as top-level generals are intensely debating the type of aircraft and which arm of...
View ArticleJournalist who took down Army four-star dies in car wreck
Michael Hastings, whose stunning 2010 report for Rolling Stone led to the removal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as head of coalition forces in Afghanistan, died in a fiery car crash Tuesday in Los...
View ArticleNavy holding hearing on deaths of divers in Md.
Two members of a Navy dive unit are facing involuntary manslaughter and dereliction-of-duty charges in the drowning deaths of two divers at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore.
View ArticleChild welfare workers resign as probe into airman's daughter's death continues
The Texas child welfare agency under investigation for its mishandling of a toddler's death last year has disciplined two employees after discovering one of them had 'an inappropriate relationship'...
View ArticleMaine man gets 3 years for stealing VA benefits
A Maine man has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently obtaining veterans' disability benefits from the federal government.
View ArticleFort Belvoir to open East Coast's largest Exchange
Fort Belvoir is unveiling a new, 270,000-square-foot post exchange that military officials say is the largest of its kind on the East Coast and an example of the military's effort to rebrand and...
View ArticleNavy gets new weather forecasting system
Get ready for smoother sailing. A new weather prediction system developed by the Office of Naval Research is making forecasts more accurate and allowing sailors to better plan operations around the...
View ArticlePapp: CG eyes stronger ties with China
While the Defense Department may have a tenuous relationship with China, the Coast Guard has forged a bond with the country that's getting stronger.
View ArticleFormer Marine to be reunited with bomb dog
Rhode Island state police will hold a ceremony this week that will reunite a retired Marine injured in an explosion in Afghanistan with the bomb-detecting dog he used to command.
View ArticleTravelers hosts baby shower for 40 military wives
The Travelers Championship golf tournament has served as host for a giant baby shower.
View ArticleHonor proposed for Puerto Rico-based Army unit
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has introduced a bill to recognize an Army infantry regiment that was made up almost entirely of soldiers from Puerto Rico who fought in World War I, World War II and the...
View Article2 convicted in Dix terror plot ask judge to reconsider
Two brothers convicted of planning to attack military personnel on installations in New Jersey and elsewhere are asking a judge to vacate their convictions, saying their lawyers made key mistakes in...
View Article16 dead: Militants infiltrate U.N.'s Somalia office
Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pickup rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N.
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