Hasan passes on closing argument; Hood shooting case goes to jury
The Army psychiatrist on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood passed on his final chance to address jurors before they started deliberating Thursday, even after prosecutors insisted they...
View ArticleOfficials name command sergeant major to 3rd Army
Command Sgt. Maj. Ronnie Kelley is the choice as top senior enlisted officer for the U.S. Army Central and the 3rd Army.
View ArticleSergeant, staff sergeant list for September is out
The Army announced Thursday which enlisted soldiers have been selected for promotion to sergeant and staff sergeant in September.
View ArticleBradley Manning says he wants to live as a woman
Three years after Bradley Manning rocked the Pentagon by leaking a mountain of secrets, the soldier created a whole new set of potential complications for the military Thursday when he announced he...
View ArticleEditorial: PT changes needed now
For the past three years, Air Force leadership has updated policy guidance on physical training every six months, usually to clarify confusion over PT test rules.
View ArticleDorr: Vietnam vets still victims
Becky Sager cries all night. She wonders how many years her battle with the Veterans Affairs Department is taking from her life. VA is always on her mind as she watches her husband, Ben, '
View ArticleLike a spaceship: USS Minnesota finds unique test site in Brevard
The Naval Ordnance Test Unit at Port Canaveral was among the first places the USS Minnesota visited as it began its sea trials and prepared for its commissioning Sept. 7 in Norfolk, Va.
View ArticleEditorial: Chiefs deserve details
Your top enlisted leader put out a strong warning to chiefs this month - just over a week into the selectee training season:
View ArticleEditorial: Keep PTSD aid on track
The White House has launched a media blitz touting a collaboration between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and large university and medical research centers to help veterans suffering...
View ArticleBales apologizes for Afghan massacre
The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians during pre-dawn raids last year apologized for the first time for his '
View ArticleEditorial: Clear embattled CO now
Lt. Col. Christopher Dixon, the commander whose scout snipers recorded the infamous urination video, has remained in administrative limbo since the scandal erupted 19 months ago. His promotion was...
View ArticleU.S. pressed to react to violence in Syria, Egypt
The U.S. is poised to suspend another major weapons shipment to Egypt amid deep divisions within the Obama administration over whether to cut off aid to the military-backed government.
View Article1-star who led Afghan prisons during Koran burnings reassigned again
The Air Force brigadier general who was the deputy commander of the organization running prisons in Afghanistan during the accidental burning of Korans last year has been reassigned again.
View ArticleMarine's wife gives birth in helicopter
Lisa Clinard of Twentynine Palms was expecting her baby to be delivered in the hospital on Sept. 5, but Courtney Rose, her 5-pound, 2-ounce daughter, had other plans.
View ArticleAir Force lauds bomb detector dog upon retirement
The Air Force is honoring explosives detection dog Charlie at the German shepherd's retirement after 10 years of military service.
View ArticleJury returns lesser charges in soldier's slaying
A Circuit Court jury in Clarksville convicted a man of reckless homicide Thursday in the death of a fellow Green Beret last year.
View ArticleFormer Riley soldier convicted of killing Guardsman
A former Fort Riley soldier has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a Kansas National Guard member outside a Manhattan motorcycle club.
View ArticleTrial underway on whether vet's service dog is vicious
A trial has begun for an Army veteran over whether his service dog is a vicious animal.
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