Gallery: U.S. cancels Bright Star exercise with Egypt
President Obama said Thursday the U.S. military will cancel large-scale training exercises planned with the Egyptian military amid the ongoing violence in that country.
View ArticleNavy secretary mends fences in Morocco after U.S. troops sent home
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus began his tour of African countries Monday with a visit to Morocco, where just four months ago, officials abruptly canceled an annual training exercise and sent 1,400 U.S....
View ArticleVFA-101 makes first Lightning II flight
Strike Fighter Squadron 101, re-established in May 2012 as the fleet's first F-35 squadron, hit a major milestone Wednesday with its inaugural sortie in the jet's carrier variant.
View ArticleSub's top enlisted relieved for inappropriate relationship
The chief of the boat aboard a Bangor, Wash.-based submarine was relieved Thursday because of an inappropriate relationship.
View ArticleStates jockey to lure UAV industry
At this week's Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) annual conference, the show floor was packed with UAV models, video presentations and the ubiquitous free pens.
View ArticleCpl.'s sentence cut after he was forced to clean with a scrub pad
A Marine supply unit in North Carolina acted illegally by forcing a Marine to clean decks with a 'green scuzzy' scrub pad while he awaited trial, a military appeals court has ruled.
View ArticleIG reports on generals' misdeeds hard to access
At the Pentagon's Office of the Inspector General, investigative reports into the misdeeds of generals, admirals and top DoD civilian employees are available to the public only if you ask for them.
View ArticleMore than 500 majors promoted
Air Force releases names of majors selected for promotion as part of the 2013 Air Force Reserve Line and Health Professions Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Selection Boards.
View ArticleDeath toll from Egypt violence surges above 600
As the death toll soared past 600 on Thursday, weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied dead in a Cairo mosque near the flattened epicenter of Islamist support for...
View ArticleCNO: Navy plans to restructure flag billets
The Navy is executing a plan to restructure a number of flag officer billets - cutting and merging some, while reducing the rank of others, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jon Greenert announced in a...
View ArticlePentagon's top enlisted adviser backs off comments on common camouflage
The Pentagon's senior noncommissioned officer insists his comments made earlier this month critical of the hodgepodge of American camouflage patterns did not signal support for stripping Marines of...
View ArticleNew carrier Ford marks another milestone
Another milestone is being marked for the Navy's newest aircraft carrier.
View ArticleMovie review: Extreme dork violence: Kick-Ass 2 is crazy but sweet
Every kid dreams of being a superhero. Some kids just take the dream further than others.
View ArticleEmployer sued over Reserve airman's firing
The U.S. Attorney's Office is suing an employer on behalf of a military member whose job was terminated after he returned from required military training.
View ArticleEspionage trial begins for former sailor
A former sailor on trial for attempted espionage claims he gave classified information to what he believed were Russian spies in an attempt to catch them.
View ArticleReport: NSA spying broke privacy rules many times
The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the intelligence agency broad new powers in 2008, The...
View ArticleFormer exec of body armor firm gets 17 years for swindle
The founder of America's leading supplier of body armor to the U.S.
View Article4 bodies found on Indian sub; 14 more likely dead
Indian navy divers on Friday recovered four severely burned bodies of sailors who had been trapped inside a submarine damaged by twin explosions, officials said. The navy said it was doubtful that any...
View ArticleDeclassified CIA docs acknowledge that Area 51 exists
After years of government denials, the CIA is acknowledging in newly declassified documents the existence of Area 51, the mysterious site in central Nevada that has spawned top-secret tools, weapons...
View ArticleDover AFB 9/11 memorial to feature trade center steel
Twelve years ago today, steel beam C-145 was in place on the 81st floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower. Four weeks later, and 102 minutes after terrorists flew an airliner into the building on...
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