'Captain America' lauds airmen, airpower
Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh morphed into airpower incarnate - by donning a Captain America mask featuring a huge 'A'- during a Sept. 17 speech at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference.
View ArticleMarine Corps preparing for broader operations, more crises
The Marine Corps is developing new units and partnerships across the globe as it shifts from fighting in Afghanistan to responding to a variety of crises and hostilities in other regions.
View ArticleNATO: 3 international troops killed in Afghan attack
An Afghan wearing a security forces uniform turned his weapon against foreign troops Saturday, killing three in eastern Afghanistan, NATO and Afghan officials said, in another apparent attack by a...
View ArticleGunman's employer sought Navy consulting work day after rampage
A little more than 24 hours after an IT contractor shot a dozen workers at the Washington Navy Yard, the company's CEO told the Navy secretary he had the experience to help improve military security.
View ArticleAmos: Child care services could be reduced, eliminated due to budget cuts
Thousands of Marine families might have to scramble to find new child care options if the sequestration budget cuts continue.
View ArticlePromotions to stay steady despite plan for end strength cuts
Some enlisted ranks will be trimmed to meet the target for the Army's newly accelerated drawdown blueprint, which calls for the active component to reach 490,000 soldiers by the end of fiscal 2015, two...
View ArticleReno man faces 5 years for Army housing fraud
A 56-year-old Reno man who served in the U.S. Army in South Korea over the past decade faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding the Defense Department out of $64,000 by...
View ArticleDebris from lost Drum-based drone recovered
A search of Lake Ontario's eastern shore has turned up some pieces of a multimillion-dollar, New York-based military drone that crashed during a training flight this week.
View ArticleIn Philippines, battered town gets busy rebuilding
People swept dirt from the pews and wiped clean the mud-covered, ornate tile floors of a church. The sound of hammers hitting nails and the buzzing of chain saws reverberated in the streets. Debris was...
View ArticlePentagon seeking vaccine for bioterror disease threat
Decades after it stopped using the animal-borne virus that causes the disease Q fever as a biological weapon, the Pentagon is still trying to develop a vaccine to protect troops from the highly...
View ArticleVA offers dental insurance to vets, some family members
The Veterans Affairs Department is now offering dental insurance to veterans enrolled in VA health care and to some family members of vets.
View ArticleIssa, Duckworth bill would restrict definition of 'veteran'
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to make small business owner Braulio Castillo one of the last of his kind.
View ArticleSenator: Army abandons single-vendor strategy for next-gen radios
The Army is changing its strategy for buying battlefield radios to allow for multiple contract awards rather than selecting a single vendor, according to a key senator.
View ArticleMilitary advocates to commission: Be careful with pay, benefits changes
A number of prominent associations that support the military and veterans communities urged a commission tasked with recommending ways to overhaul the military retirement and compensation systems to...
View ArticleNavy kickbacks schemer from Ga. to be sentenced
A Georgia man who pleaded guilty for his role in an $18 million kickback scheme that targeted the U.S. Navy is due to be sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island.
View ArticleCG commandant talks budget, readiness and retention
It's been 4½ years since Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp took the helm of the service, and each year, he said, he's declared it the service's worst budget year yet. This year is no different.
View ArticleNavy kickbacks schemer from Ga. gets probation
A Georgia man who pleaded guilty for his role in an $18 million kickback scheme that targeted the U.S. Navy was sentenced Friday to serve three years of probation by a federal judge in Rhode Island.
View ArticleKehler hands over STRATCOM leadership
Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler officially handed over leadership of U.S. Strategic Command on Friday to Navy Adm. Cecil Haney.
View ArticleIG: U.S. employed insurgent-backing contractors
A contractor accused of helping insurgents make improvised explosive devices for use against NATO forces was allowed to work on a facility in Afghanistan run by the coalition last year.
View Article'Force for good': Sailors provide disaster relief to Philippines
'Operate forward' is a Navy tenet - one that was quickly demonstrated in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.
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