Carrier Harry S. Truman deploys to Middle East
The Harry S. Truman is deploying to the Middle East after being delayed for several months due to budget cuts.
View ArticleAlcohol is the 'lone common denominator'
Alcohol is a common denominator among some of the Navy's worst problems, including suicides and sexual assaults. So sailors should not be surprised to see the Navy taking more offensive actions to curb...
View ArticleVeteran Marine pilots: Don't retire EA-6B Prowler yet
Retired Marine pilots who served in the electronic warfare community are challenging the service's plan to deactivate the EA-6B Prowler in 2019.
View ArticleNew order presses commanders to prevent, track abusive behavior
The Marine Corps has updated its anti-hazing order to reflect the commandant's emphasis on holding commanders accountable for misdeeds within their units and to satisfy congressional demands that the...
View ArticleFormer staff sergeant stabbed to avoid PT test
A former staff sergeant at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., tried to get out of her physical training test by recruiting someone to stab her in the stomach.
View ArticleNavy releases six months of court-martial results
The Navy released the results of 135 special and general courts-martial - every one convened by the service from January through June - on Monday, the first data released in what will be a running...
View ArticleWhite House issues veto threat of defense funding bill
A veto of a $512.5 billion defense funding bill was threatened Monday by the White House budget office, not so much because of complaints about the level of defense spending but because the Obama...
View Article7 injured in Navy training accident in Va.
Four sailors and three civilian instructors were injured Monday morning when an inflatable boat collided with a ship near the Virginia coast during a training exercise, the Navy said.
View ArticleLCS Freedom suffers propulsion loss at sea
The littoral combat ship Freedom suffered a temporary loss of propulsive power Saturday while operating near Singapore, the US Navy reported, but the ship never lost all power.
View ArticleChanging the Korean tour
One-year individual tours to South Korea may soon be replaced by deployments of trained and equipped combat units that will go for upwards of nine months at a time.
View ArticleHagel: DoD must 'fundamentally reshape' itself
The Pentagon must 'fundamentally reshape' itself to adapt for a future of strategic and budgetary challenges, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday.
View ArticleJoint Chiefs chairman outlines costs, risks on Syria
Establishing a no-fly zone to protect Syrian rebels would require hundreds of US aircraft at a cost as much as $1 billion per month and no assurance that it would change the momentum in the 2-year-old...
View ArticleWar friend hopes to jar amnesia victim's memory
Four decades ago, two mechanics bonded under the hood of an aircraft, hidden in the belly of a massive ship, far off the coast of a country embroiled in war.
View ArticleTyndall airman faces child porn charges
A member of the Air Force is being charged with multiple child pornography charges.
View ArticleFormer Fort Polk soldier convicted of rape
A former Fort Polk soldier has been convicted of raping a gas station attendant at knifepoint near Mandeville in 2010.
View ArticleSpec ops board to screen junior officers for transfer
Junior officers of the Regular Army who want to transfer to Special Forces, civil affairs or psychological operations have until March 31 to submit an application packet for the special ops accessions...
View ArticleTesting of M9 replacement to start next year
There is good news and better news for soldiers eager to replace the M9 service pistol.
View ArticleNATO: Bomb kills 3 service members in Afghanistan
NATO says a roadside bomb has killed three of its service members in eastern Afghanistan.
View ArticleAGR sgt., staff sgt. promotions announced
Names and cutoff scores for Active Guard and Reserve promotions as of Aug. 1 were released today:
View ArticlePolice: Man detained with gun at Mich. guard base
Authorities say a man carrying a handgun was detained by military police at an entrance to Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
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