House panel seeks to boost funding to improve readiness
The U.S. House Armed Services Committee wants to boost Pentagon war funding for 2014 by $5 billion, aiming to boost military readiness.
View Article400 S.C. Guard troops return from Kosovo
Sgt. William Miles got new marching orders from his 3-year-old son and wife on Tuesday as he returned to South Carolina after nine months in Kosovo with his Army National Guard military police unit.
View ArticleNATO to discuss post-2014 Afghan war details
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said it will likely be the fall before he is ready to recommend how many troops the U.S. and its allies should keep in Afghanistan after combat troops leave in...
View ArticleNATO to send expert mission to Libya
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced Tuesday the alliance will send an expert mission to Libya at short notice to assess needs as the country faces a flow of insurgents from Mali.
View ArticleAfghans demand arrest of U.S. troops over killings
Hundreds of Afghans blocked a major highway south of Kabul on Tuesday, carrying freshly dug-up bodies they claimed were victims of torture by U.S. special operations forces and demanding the Americans...
View ArticlePapp: Changing Coast Guard culture on sexual assault does not require legal...
Criticism of the military justice system 'is not entirely unjustified,' but that doesn't mean unit commanders should be cut out of key decisions involving the prosecution and punishment in rape and...
View ArticleNew 6th Fleet commander nominated
The Defense Department announced today that President Obama has nominated a new leader of 6th Fleet.
View ArticleBurn-pit claimants will appeal judge's dismissal
Attorneys representing former troops and family members who say they were sickened by exposure to open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan are appealing a judge's dismissal of their cases.
View ArticleJune 4, 1863: Rebel hope for European recognition fades
With his recent Emancipation Proclamation freeing all southern-held slaves, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln has stymied British plans to throw their support to the Confederate cause, according to...
View ArticleHacker who turned Manning in takes witness stand
A one-time computer hacker who told authorities Pfc. Bradley Manning was giving information to WikiLeaks testified Tuesday the soldier never said he wanted to help the enemy during their online chats.
View ArticleFamilies left in dark about mortar blast investigation
The mother of a Marine killed in a tragic live-fire training accident in Nevada in March said she had to read about the results of the command investigation into the incident in the news, after they...
View ArticleUSAF missile crews cite morale-sapping pressures
Officers with a finger on the trigger of the Air Force's most powerful nuclear missiles are complaining of a wide array of morale-sapping pressures, according to internal emails obtained by The...
View ArticleMarine Corps ramps up aviation rotations to Japan
Two helicopter squadrons will head to Okinawa in June as III Marine Expeditionary Force ramps up the aviation component of the Unit Deployment Program.
View ArticleU.S. officials: Russia rejects Syria chemical arms evidence
The Obama administration came back empty-handed after a diplomatic delegation to Moscow last month presented intelligence suggesting that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical...
View ArticleAlaska-based paratrooper injured when chute malfunctions
An Alaska-based paratrooper is conscious and alert after a parachute malfunctioned during a training exercise.
View ArticleHouse passes measures boosting veterans' programs
The House on Tuesday passed the first of 12 spending bills for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, a popular measure providing more money for veterans' programs like health care.
View ArticleAmos: One sexual assault can 'undermine everything'
The Marine Corps is attacking sexual assault in the ranks but it needs the chain of command to remain fully involved in the prosecution of rape and assault cases, Gen. James Amos said Tuesday.
View Article3 Campbell soldiers killed in Afghanistan attacks
Three Fort Campbell soldiers were killed in Afghanistan this week in separate improvised explosive device attacks.
View ArticlePentagon: Campbell soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Defense Department on Tuesday announced the death in Afghanistan of a soldier assigned to Fort Campbell, Ky.
View Article2 Army generals deny outside pressure in sex case
Army generals denied they were pressured to charge and prosecute a colleague who faces a court-martial on several charges that include forcible sodomy, indecent acts, violating orders and adultery.
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