Fort Riley honoring 5 killed in Afghanistan helo crash
Five Fort Riley soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan are remembered by colleagues for their personalities, dedication and professionalism.
View ArticleEx-Navy worker pleads guilty to stealing from job
A former employee at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington has pleaded guilty to stealing equipment from her job and selling it to pawn shops.
View Article1 charge could be dropped in Naval Academy case
A lawyer for a woman at the center of a sexual assault case involving two U.S Naval Academy midshipmen says military prosecutors plan to recommend dropping a charge against one of the men.
View ArticleEnd of an era for 101st: Paratroopers lose jump status, but heritage - and...
Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are known for their World War II jump into Normandy, but about 70 years of parachute operations for the division will remain only in the...
View ArticleShrinking population triggers warrior care overhaul
The Army has announced it is shuttering Warrior Transition Units at five installations and eliminating 549 related jobs, saying the move is a response to declining numbers in the units as the Army...
View Article30 colonels nominated for 1-star; new assignments, promotions for 3 brigadier...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh today announced the following assignments:
View ArticleBribery scandal: How the Navy will investigate
As the fallout from a contracting scandal spreads, the Navy has moved to install a single authority to handle all cases of misconduct not pursued by U.S. prosecutors.
View Article'Culture of disrespect' fuels academy sex assaults
A culture of bad behavior and disrespect among athletes at U.S. military academies is one part of the continuing problem of sexual assaults at the schools, according to a new Defense Department report...
View ArticleLawmakers: Snowden's leaks may endanger U.S. troops
Two congressmen say a classified Pentagon report on former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden asserts that most of the documents he took concerned current militaryoperations.
View ArticleVA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets
There has been a sharp increase in the suicide rate among the youngest male veterans, and a smaller but still significant jump among women who served in the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs...
View ArticleU.S. to start training Libyan soldiers at midyear
The top U.S. military commander for Africa says the Pentagon is planning to begin training 5,000 to 8,000 Libyan soldiers by midyear to help bolster the nation's security. The U.S.
View ArticleNavy releases name of missing helicopter pilot
The Navy released the name of the crew member who remained missing following Wednesday's MH-53E helicopter crash off Virginia Beach, Va. - agreeing to a request from his wife that came after media...
View ArticleFort Knox sergeant pleads guilty to murder
A U.S. Army sergeant has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a civilian employee last year at Fort Knox.
View ArticleDrug probe undercuts Hagel pep talk to nuke force
Moments before he launched a carefully planned pep talk to members of the Air Force's nuclear missile force, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was undercut by yet another sign of trouble in their ranks: a...
View ArticleGates memoir fuels debate on Biden's foreign policy record
A forthcoming memoir by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is fueling a debate on Vice President Joe Biden's record on foreign policy and national security, areas that have long been viewed as...
View ArticleUSNA grad-turned-golf pro visits former ship in Hawaii
A day before he hit the links alongside fellow pro golfers Adam Scott, John Daly and Retief Goosen, a former Navy lieutenant stopped by his old ship.
View ArticleIraqi troops clash with al-Qaida militants in west
Fierce clashes erupted Friday between Iraqi special forces and al-Qaida-linked militants in a village in the embattled western Anbar province, officials said.
View ArticleOhio grand jury gets guardsman's explosives case
The case against an Indiana National Guardsman being held in central Ohio on explosives charges after police say they found nearly 50 bombs and four guns in his vehicle will go a county grand jury, a...
View ArticleReport: MC-12 crash in Afghanistan kills 2 NATO troops, 1 civilian
The U.S.-led international coalition in Afghanistan says two of its service members and one civilian employee have died in an aircraft accident.
View ArticleU.S. names militants involved in Benghazi attack
The Obama administration for the first time on Friday identified two militant groups in Libya, including one led by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, as being allegedly involved in the attack in...
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