Longtime key House staffer John Chapla dies
The Jan. 5 death of Vietnam combat veteran and longtime House Armed Services Committee staff member John D. Chapla has left the influential panel without its longtime expert on military personnel and...
View ArticleMilitary brass immune to pension rate cuts
Top military brass will keep their specially boosted pensions despite the December budget deal that trimmed pension rates for other military retirees, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
View ArticleMarine deserter sentenced for fatal Oregon attack
A Marine Corps deserter and son of Christian missionaries was sentenced Wednesday to at least 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing a motel maid in Pendleton and trying to beat a woman to death on a...
View ArticleMan with 48 bombs in Ohio is a guardsman
A man being held Wednesday on $1 million bond in central Ohio after police say they found bombs and other weapons in his vehicle is a specialist in the Indiana National Guard, trained as an...
View ArticlePentagon on watch for disruptive technology worldwide
Concerned about the surge of potentially disruptive technological advances in China and around the world, the Pentagon is creating a program to track and analyze patents and other signs of emerging...
View ArticleDefense: No evidence Minn. man plotted attack
The defense attorney for a Minnesota militia member indicted in what authorities once called a 'terror plot' to blow up a police station said in court documents Wednesday that his client is not as...
View ArticleAfghan soldier who murdered Marine awaits execution
An Afghan soldier who killed a Marine lance corporal in a green-on-blue attack in 2012 is now awaiting execution in Afghanistan after being convicted of murder by a local court, according to Marine...
View ArticlePeralta's damaged rifle becomes a focus in Medal of Honor push
The congressman pushing for Sgt. Rafael Peralta to receive the military's highest combat valor honor says the fallen Marine's busted-up rifle, preserved in storage at the National Museum of the Marine...
View ArticleElectronic attack squadron CO fired
The commanding officer of an electronic attack squadron attached to the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower was fired Wednesday after Navy investigators reported he had made inappropriate racial...
View ArticleCBO suggests tough defense spending cuts
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has proposed six ways to reduce defense spending ranging from deep cuts to the military services to controversial reductions in pay and benefits.
View Article2 destroyers heading to Hawaii in summer home-port shift
Two San Diego-based destroyers are scheduled to shift their home ports to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, this summer to plus up basing there, Naval Surface Force Pacific said Tuesday.
View ArticleArmy announces new assignments for generals
The Army announced today new assignments for several general officers:
View ArticleSoldiers on manhunt tonight for this 'Lone Target'
Discovery Channel calls it 'the ultimate chase in a real-life game of cat-and-mouse.' There's a man on the run, with little more than a canteen. In pursuit are the world's foremost military and law...
View ArticleFormer SEAL evades expert trackers in 'Lone Target'
Discovery Channel calls it 'the ultimate chase in a real-life game of cat-and-mouse.' There's a man on the run, with little more than a canteen. In pursuit are the world's foremost military and law...
View ArticleFort Hood soldier death under investigation
Officials at Fort Hood, Texas, are investigating the death of a soldier who died Monday from an apparent gunshot wound.
View Article2 Lejeune Marines killed in N.C. crash
Authorities say two Marines from New York were killed in a traffic incident in Craven County.
View Article2 crew members dead, 1 missing after Norfolk helicopter crash
Two crew members are dead and a third remains missing after the Wednesday-morning crash of a Norfolk, Va.-base MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia Beach, the...
View ArticleHagel: 'Lonely work' performed by missileers is important, appreciated
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he's worried about morale among the Air Force missileers who work in isolation manning nuclear weapons silos and launch pads.
View ArticleHagel: COLA cuts won't impact disabled vets
Speaking to amputees and burn victims at a military hospital in San Antonio, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the new law that will slash future retirement benefits for veterans will be changed to...
View ArticleArmy to reduce authorized soldier count in Alaska
The U.S. Army has largely spared Alaska from personnel reductions tied to federal budget cuts.
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