7 tips for acing promotion exams
The clock is ticking. The spring 2014 advancement exams start in less than a month and for those hoping to earn a crow or put on your next petty officer chevron, it's time to hit the books.
View ArticleMarine helo pilot earns DFC from British allies
A pilot from Camp Pendleton, Calif., has become just the second Marine aviator since World War II to receive the British Distinguished Flying Cross.
View Article'Relentless' in Afghanistan: Four Marines get medals after 6-day battle
The mood was calm as two platoons with Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, conducted a nighttime air assault into Qaleh-ye Gaz, a rural town in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
View ArticleAs Iraq hands out election IDs, unrest rages on
Iraqi election officials began handing out new, computerized voter identification cards Saturday across the capital as the country prepares for its first nationwide election since the withdrawal of...
View ArticleEyewitnesses respond to claims challenging Peralta's MoH account
Explosive new claims that challenge the truth of the accounts that made fallen Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta a candidate for the military's highest honor are sending shock waves through the Marine Corps...
View ArticleArmy's U.S. bobsled brakeman has a complex role
Watching a four-man bobsled lurch to life gives novice viewers the impression that it's simply a matter of run, push, jump and hunker down for an 85-mph ride.
View ArticleArmy's U.S. bobsled brakeman has a complex role
Watching a four-man bobsled lurch to life gives novice viewers the impression that it's simply a matter of run, push, jump and hunker down for an 85-mph ride.
View ArticleUSA-1 sled in 4th after first two runs
Steve Holcomb hit the wall on turn 5 in his second run Saturday night, enough of a driving mistake to drop the defending gold medalist and his team to fourth in Olympic four-man bobsled after the first...
View ArticleU.S. flags at military bases must be all-American
Here's a Stars and Stripes shocker: Prior to Friday, flags bought by the Defense Department weren't necessarily 100 percent American-made.
View ArticleNuke test scores fell flat during alleged cheating
Last summer, when dozens of nuclear missile officers allegedly cheated on exams, test scores were among the lowest of the year, according to Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press.
View ArticleMoH candidate thrilled at honor for Vietnam actions
Former Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, one of the three living Medal of Honor candidates who will soon receive the award, is getting the honor for taking out enemy bunkers with grenades and rescuing...
View ArticleDevice would use electricity to make airmen's brains work faster
The Air Force is looking into building a device that sends an electric current to the brain to help airmen learn faster and ward off fatigue.
View ArticleNYPD gets ex-military dog, a 1st for the force
The New York Police Department is welcoming a newcomer that's the first of his kind for the nation's largest police department: a former military service dog.
View ArticleFire rules revamped for shipyards after blaze
An arsonist damaged the dry-docked attack submarine Miami beyond repair in 2012, unleashing a super-hot blaze that took crewmembers and firefighters 12 hours to extinguish.
View ArticleArmy ID's Bragg paratrooper killed in training exercise
The Army on Saturday identified the paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division who was killed in a training accident on Fort Bragg, N.C.
View ArticleTaliban suspends talks to swap Gitmo prisoners for American POW
Afghanistan's Taliban said Sunday it has suspended 'mediation' with the United States to exchange captive Sgt.
View ArticleTaliban checkpoint attack kills 21 Afghan soldiers
Hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked army checkpoints in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, killing 21 soldiers in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at...
View ArticleRetirement Medal moves forward
Sgt. 1st Class Steven Janotta never imagined his idea for an Army retirement medal would garner so much attention.
View ArticleVietnam veteran glad to receive Medal of Honor
Former Sgt. Santiago Erevia remembers the day in May 1969 when his Army unit came under heavy enemy fire in Vietnam.
View ArticleAt annual symposium, Army focuses on boosting tech
At this year's annual Army symposium, the doom and gloom of last year has been replaced by a new message.
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