Afghan security deal to be OK'd 'in timely manner'
The Afghan ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday he's certain a security agreement for a training and counterterrorism mission there after 2014 will be signed 'in a timely manner.'
View ArticleSoldier charged with 2nd Pa. home invasion robbery
. A Maryland soldier already charged in a central Pennsylvania home invasion and assault of two 17-year-old boys now faces an attempted homicide charge connected to a second home invasion on the same...
View ArticleU.S. orders staff out of South Sudan amid unrest
The State Department is ordering non-emergency U.S. personnel to leave South Sudan and is suspending normal operations at its embassy due to political and social unrest.
View ArticleJapan's hawks unveil sweeping defense upgrades
Moving from decades-long pacifism, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday said Japan will significantly boost defense spending for drones, fighter jets and naval destroyers to challenge the growing...
View ArticleDeal boosts funding for flying hours
Congressional agreements cut Air Force end strength in 2014 but provide funding for more flying hours. They also protect the A-10 and the Block 30 version of the RQ-4, two aircraft the service has...
View ArticleNov. sex crime sentences range from no jail to 10 years
A former airman first class at Kirkland Air Force Base, N.M., was sentenced Nov.
View Article3 former Special Forces soldiers plead guilty in Army fraud case
Three former Special Forces soldiers have pleaded guilty to charges of using inside bid information to win more than $50 million in Army contracts in Afghanistan in a case that shows how easily...
View ArticleUSS Nimitz returns to home port in Everett
The aircraft carrier Nimitz has returned to its home port in Everett, completing a nine-month deployment in which it saw action in the Afghanistan War.
View ArticleFormer Marine receives Silver Star for Afghanistan heroics
An ex-Marine from Prior Lake has received one of the military's top honors.
View ArticleHave Afghan forces intentionally surrendered turf in Sangin to the Taliban?
U.S. and Afghan officials are investigating reports Afghan forces have given the Taliban control of multiple checkpoints in Sangin, where hundreds of Marines were wounded or killed during a difficult,...
View ArticleBoredom sets in as brass, Congress hash out budget
The budget turmoil that has forced squadron groundings, government shutdowns and countless negotiations over what the Air Force can and cannot afford has had a surprising result: Airmen are bored.
View ArticleArmy to separate up to 2,000 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 ArticleNavy investigator pleads guilty in bribery case
A senior U.S. Navy criminal investigator has pleaded guilty to bribery charges stemming from a multi-million dollar fraud probe targeting an Asian defense contractor.
View ArticleSailor dies in Germany; first OEF-related Navy death in 3 months
A reservist assigned to a Louisiana-based Seabee unit deployed to Afghanistan died Dec. 11 in Germany, a Defense Department news release announced Tuesday - the first sailor death related to Operation...
View ArticleFamily of slain Marine want alleged shooter tried in U.S.
The family of a Marine killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan last year said agents from Naval Criminal Investigative Service visited their home this month to answer questions about the incident.
View ArticleCorps: Marine officer kept classified docs to pen book
A Reserve Marine officer hailed for trying to inform colleagues about a corrupt Afghan official with Taliban ties also illegally kept classified information so he could use it to write a memoir, Marine...
View ArticleAir Force announces rollbacks to speed separations
The Air Force on Tuesday is releasing a list of more than 90 enlisted airmen who will be separated by the end of May - as much as a year early - through date-of-separation rollbacks.
View ArticleActive-duty Marines to lead training mission in Central America
JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, Va. - Twenty Marines will deploy to Central America as the region's new security cooperation team, the first active-duty team to work for an extended...
View ArticleTraining head: T-X requirements under review
The newly appointed head of Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) acknowledged last week that funds for a replacement trainer won't be coming in the near future, but said the T-X program...
View ArticleBAH rates up 5 percent in 2014; program changes on horizon
Big changes to Basic Allowance for Housing rates are under consideration for down the road inside the Pentagon, but for now many troops can rest easy knowing that they will receive the standard uptick...
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