Hooking up, via Craigslist, in Afghanistan
Agents with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Afghanistan are tracking service members who are hooking up in the war zone via Internet sites such as Craigslist and busting those who violate...
View ArticleVerdict likely Tuesday in WikiLeaks court-martial
A military judge says she expects to announce a verdict Tuesday in the court-martial of an Army private charged with aiding the enemy for giving U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks.
View Article4 years and 1 million vets later, VA still determining how well new GI Bill...
The Post-9/11 GI Bill celebrates its fourth anniversary on Thursday, having paid a combined $30 billion for the education and training of about 1 million service members, veterans and family members.
View ArticleSoldier-mayor blows the whistle on war fraud
Leave it to a stubborn, small-town Iowa mayor to step up and help Congress thwart fraud in its decade-long, $100 billion reconstruction of war-torn Afghanistan.
View ArticleDoD: Playboy, Penthouse are not indecent
Adult magazines including Playboy, Penthouse and Nude are permitted for sale on military installations because they do not meet the definition of indecent material under federal law, a top Pentagon...
View ArticleFDA puts black box warning on mefloquine
The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it is requiring the antimalarial drug mefloquine, once marketed as Lariam in the U.S., to carry the agency's strongest warning on the drug's potential...
View ArticleWave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 58
More than a dozen explosions, mainly from car bombs, ripped through marketplaces, parking lots, a cafe and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 58 people and pushing the country's death...
View ArticleGillibrand continues effort to upend military sex assault laws
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who helped force the military to allow gays in its ranks, is determined to upend laws governing how the armed services handle an epidemic of sexual assaults.
View ArticlePosthumous intel award given to 2 sailors who died with SEALs
Rare honor for fallen warriors
View Article2 Fort Eustis soldiers killed in Afghanistan
The Army says two soldiers based at Fort Eustis in Virginia have been killed in Afghanistan.
View ArticleAirman charged with lewd acts, exposure at Texas Bible camp
An Air Force combat cameraman at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been charged with committing lewd acts and exposing himself at a Texas Bible camp for youth in April.
View ArticleBud Day 'bravest man I've ever known,' says McCain
Retired Air Force Col. George 'Bud' Day was 'the bravest man I ever knew, and I've know more than a few,' Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Monday. 'No one had more guts.'
View ArticleTrial set in killing of Fort Riley soldier
A November trial has been set for a Manhattan man charged with killing a Fort Riley soldier and wounding four other people earlier this year.
View ArticleNavy vet fails to make it to N. Korea war site
A decorated Korean War veteran from Massachusetts left North Korea on Monday without fulfilling his mission: to travel to the Chosin Reservoir battleground where he was hoping to locate the remains of...
View ArticleSergeants Major Symposium discusses budget cuts, promotion opportunities and...
Cuts to the Corps' budget, a new safety course for ground troops and promotion opportunities are high on the agenda for this year's Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Symposium in Arlington, Va., from...
View ArticleWainwright soldier dies in boating mishap
Officials say a 23-year-old soldier based at Alaska's Fort Wainwright has died in a boating accident in in the Copper Center area.
View ArticleNew combat helmets coming for deploying Marines
The Corps' next-generation helmet, rated to stop high-velocity rifle rounds at point-blank range, is set for fielding before the new year, according to Marine officials.
View ArticleOfficials: Body recovered from lake is Wainwright soldier
Alaska State Troopers say searchers have recovered the body of a 32-year-old man believed to have drowned at the Chena Lakes Recreation Area.
View ArticleMarines ready for next phase of Afghanistan withdrawal
The next steps of the Marine Corps' withdrawal from Afghanistan are about to get underway as the last regimental combat team headquarters and a one-star general return to the U.S. in August.
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