Mattis offers insights on exercise that helped diffuse tension with Iran
A 2012 minesweeping exercise in the Arabian Gulf helped diffuse tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and buy time for U.S. diplomats to engage Iran, a former senior military commander in the Middle East...
View ArticleAyotte warns Air Force may violate law on A-10
New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is warning the Air Force that any attempt to cut the A-10 in 2014 may violate the law, a clear warning shot at the service as it prepares to release its 2015...
View ArticleMarine Corps to retry sergeant in Iraq war case
The Marine Corps announced Monday that it will retry a sergeant whose murder conviction in a major Iraq war crime case has been overturned twice by military courts in recent years.
View ArticleMarine Corps struggles with challenge of making women do pullups
Marine officials are uncertain whether women will be required to perform pullups with the development of new service-wide fitness standards, but a strongly worded message from the commandant encourages...
View ArticleOfficials: 2 attacks kill 7 people in Iraq
Authorities in Iraq say two separate attacks against the country's security forces have killed seven soldiers and police officers.
View ArticleW.Va. man gets probation in Guard diesel theft
A Putnam County man has been sentenced to two years' probation for buying diesel fuel stolen from a National Guard facility for a fraction of its market price.
View ArticleMilitary jets to practice scrambling for Super Bowl
Military jets will take to the sky as part of security for the Super Bowl.
View ArticleAlleged OBL bodyguard seeks release after 12 years at Gitmo
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner suspected of being an Osama bin Laden bodyguard is pleading for his release from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
View ArticleArmy vet, folk singer Pete Seeger dies in N.Y.
Buoyed by his characteristically soaring spirit, the surging crowd around him and a pair of canes, Pete Seeger walked through the streets of Manhattan leading an Occupy Wall Street protest in 2011.
View ArticleAgreement reached to sell billions in Apache helicopters to Iraq
A key congressional panel has finally removed obstacles to the White House's plan to sell 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Iraq, along with spare parts and maintenance, in a massive $6.2 billion...
View ArticleNavy: Jet-crash pilot listed in good condition
The F/A-18 pilot who ejected into the ocean 45 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., on Jan. 15 has been upgraded to good condition, a Naval Air Force Atlantic spokesman said.
View ArticleObama hiking minimum wage for new federal contracts
President Obama will sign an executive order setting the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts at $10.10 an hour, the White House said Tuesday. The president will announce the increase...
View ArticleIG: Literacy lags among Afghan troops
Despite spending more than $200 million, NATO's efforts to to teach Afghan soldiers and police reading, writing and arithmetic have failed to reach many of their goals, according to a report released...
View ArticleTop admiral outlines future of at-sea information-sharing
Nearly 200 warships will have brand-new computer networks in the next eight years, the Navy says. That means more bandwidth for missions, more security - and, possibly, more online access for sailors...
View ArticleGrandfather current troops, retirees on COLA cuts, DoD urges
The Pentagon opposes the pending reductions in annual retirement pay increases and believes changes in the military retirement system should come not from Congress but from a commission convened to...
View ArticleMore airmen implicated in nuke cheating probe
The number of U.S. Air Force service members implicated in a scandal involving alleged cheating on tests of nuclear missile launch operations has roughly doubled from the 34 initially cited, officials...
View ArticleSenate panel lambasts changes to military pensions
Senators on Tuesday bashed changes to veterans' pensions that would reduce the cost-of-living adjustments.
View ArticleArmy leaders preview lighter, faster service
Taken separately, several speeches, briefings and interviews conducted by Army leadership over the past two weeks don't necessarily look like anything special.
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