New military resiliency training coming soon?
The next generation of military resiliency training may have arrived.
View ArticlePJs get Bronze Stars with 'V' for ambush rescues
Twenty-five soldiers - both American and Afghan - were going door to door Dec. 10, 2012, to clear an Afghan village of insurgent threats. Air Force pararescuemen at Kandahar Air Field watched via live...
View ArticleMARSOC unit gets new training for Africa mission
Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command is looking for extremely skilled, native North African role players to help train its operators ahead of a deployment to the region, a move in keeping...
View ArticleU.S. helicopter makes emergency landing in Japan
A U.S. Navy helicopter made an emergency landing near Tokyo on Monday, injuring two crewmembers, U.S. and Japanese officials said.
View ArticleU.S. takes aim at China, ups naval aid to S.E. Asia
Taking clear aim at China's growing aggressiveness in territorial disputes with its smaller neighbors, U.S.
View ArticleU.S., Manila ink pact to repair ash-covered cemetery
U.S. and Philippine officials signed an agreement Monday for Washington to restore a cemetery north of Manila where the graves of thousands of American service members and dependents have been covered...
View ArticleLast Australian combat troops leave Afghanistan
The last remaining Australian combat troops in Afghanistan were headed home on Monday, as Australia's military involvement in the 12-year-old conflict draws to a close.
View ArticleBuilding on MCMAP: Proposed research focuses on hand-to-hand skills,...
The Marine Corps wants to reshape how its troops are taught to think and act amid the stress and chaos of combat, and leaders are looking at the service's popular martial arts curriculum as the conduit...
View ArticleMoscow: Missiles in western Russia legitimate
The deployment of short-range missiles in western Russia doesn't violate any international agreements, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
View ArticleFederal judge rules against NSA spying
A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance program that collects millions of Americans' telephone records may be unconstitutional.
View ArticleGeneral officer nominations, assignments announced
The Defense Department announced Dec. 13 that the president has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen.
View Article28-year sentence in $100M vets charity scam
A judge handed down a 28-year prison sentence Monday to a man convicted of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud.
View ArticleArmy will cut almost 4,000 captains, majors
Almost 19,000 captains and majors will be screened by separation and early retirement boards this spring as part of the ongoing drawdown of the active-duty Army.
View ArticleArmy captain charged in pedestrian soldier death in Tenn.
An Army captain has been charged in connection with another soldier who was found dead from a hit-and-run wreck Saturday morning on Tylertown Road.
View ArticleArmy fires Ellerson after 5 years, no wins vs Navy
Army fired coach Rich Ellerson on Sunday after five seasons at West Point and no victories against Navy.
View ArticleNavy helicopter makes emergency landing in Japan; 2 injured
A Navy helicopter made an emergency landing near Tokyo on Monday, injuring two crewmembers, U.S. and Japanese officials said.
View ArticlePentagon's sexual-assault prevention chief steps down
The director of the Pentagon's sexual-assault prevention efforts is retiring after a year in which estimates of sexual misconduct spiked and he was implicated in an effort to cover up abuse at a...
View ArticleReport: New trash incinerators in Afghanistan never used by U.S.
The U.S. paid $5.4 million for two never-used trash incinerators at Forward Operating Base Sharana in eastern Afghanistan, potentially exposing troops to hazardous fumes from open-air burn pits used to...
View ArticleSoldiers to stay on Navy ships for Pacific exercises
Sailors working in the Pacific can expect to bunk with Army helicopter crews soon, if all goes according to plan.
View ArticleChina paper: Cowpens harassed China fleet during drill
An official Chinese newspaper on Monday accused the U.S. Navy of harassing a Chinese squadron earlier this month, shortly before a near collision that marked the two nations' most serious sea...
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