Ceremony planned for Army's new top recruiter
Fort Knox is preparing for a ceremony to welcome the new commander of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
View ArticleHunter Army Airfield getting new top officer
Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah has a new top officer taking charge.
View ArticleFort Carson hospital getting new sergeant major
The Fort Carson Medical Department Activity is getting a new command sergeant major.
View ArticleChange of command planned for Kodiak training center
A change of command ceremony is planned this week for the Coast Guard's North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center.
View ArticleEx-Lackland MTI gets 90 days for adultery
An ex-trainer at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been sentenced to three months in military jail for having a sexual relationship with a female recruit.
View ArticleMotorcycle bomb kills 2, wounds 15 in Afghanistan
A motorcycle bomb killed an Afghan soldier and a civilian Wednesday and wounded 15 other people in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
View ArticleMeetings set on transit extension to Naval Station Norfolk
Hampton Roads Transit is holding public workshops on a proposed extension of mass transit to Naval Station Norfolk.
View ArticleHelp former president celebrate birthday - with socks
Former President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 89th birthday Wednesday, and his library wants people to honor him with one of his new trademarks - very bright socks.
View ArticleResort cities fight for military conferences
The House Armed Services Committee is asking military conference planners to stop discriminating against resort cities.
View ArticleBill to revamp military justice faces uphill fight
Ambitious legislation to stanch the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces by overhauling the military justice system faces an uncertain future due to vigorous objections from senior...
View ArticleBills to lower vets' tuition face opposition from schools
Bipartisan legislation that would force public colleges and universities to charge only in-state tuition rates to troops and veterans - if they want to keep receiving GI Bill payments - is facing...
View ArticleGen. Kehler lays out vision for STRATCOM
The head of U.S. Strategic Command made the case this morning that STRATCOM cannot be viewed simply as the nuclear arm of the Pentagon.
View ArticleVA at 'tipping point' of breaking claims backlog
A top Veterans Affairs Department official reported Wednesday that VA may have broken the back of its claims backlog, the most vexing problem facing the department in the Post-9/11 era.
View ArticleTop military leader disputes diplomat on Benghazi
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says four members of Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to stand down after the attack last year on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
View ArticleGeorgia shuts 2 bases in Afghanistan after attacks
Georgia said Wednesday that the country has closed two of its bases in Afghanistan after 10 of its soldiers were killed by militant attacks within the last four weeks, but it will not reduce the number...
View ArticleArmy doctor sues Boy Scouts alleging abuse
An Army doctor filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Boy Scouts of America and its affiliates, alleging he was abused as a teenager by his troop's leader who had known proclivities toward child...
View ArticleOfficials: Obama aides split on arming rebels
President Barack Obama's top national security advisers met Wednesday to air their reservations about arming Syria's rebels, with officials acknowledging that the growing alarm over the Assad regime's...
View ArticleJune 12, 1863: Lincoln fires back on civil liberties
President Abraham Lincoln fired back at critics today who say the White House has overstepped presidential powers by curtailing basic civil liberties in the name of national security.
View ArticleTricare's West Region contractor shakes up its leadership
UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans Services has ousted its chief executive officer following the company's rocky transition in assuming management of the Tricare West Region contract two months ago.
View ArticleFort Hood soldier accused of paying for sex
Authorities on Wednesday charged a Fort Hood sergeant with paying for sex with a soldier in a prostitution scheme allegedly arranged by a low-level coordinator of the Texas Army post's sexual assault...
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