Infantry brigade at Fort Benning to end operations
A reduction in basic training at Fort Benning will force the 197th Infantry Brigade to discontinue operations at the post.
View ArticleAviation schools prepare for boom in drone jobs
A growing number of American students are eager to cash in on expected boom market for drone operators after more unmanned aircraft become legal to fly in U.S. airspace, which could happen in the next...
View ArticleGuardsman accused of stealing military IDs from Ft. Bragg
A Minnesota National Guardsman faces federal fraud charges in connection with the theft of names, Social Security numbers and security clearance levels of roughly 400 members of his former Army unit in...
View ArticleGov. Haley's husband returns from Afghanistan
Gov. Nikki Haley's husband is going to be home for the holidays, returning with his South Carolina Army National Guard unit from Afghanistan.
View ArticleDecember enlisted supplemental promotion list released
The Air Force Personnel Center has released the names of 261 airmen on the December enlisted supplemental promotion list.
View ArticleKenya says all terrorists died in mall attack
A Kenyan official says all terrorists died in a recent attack on a Kenyan mall, contrary to suggestions in a New York Police Department report that some of the attackers could have escaped.
View ArticleTactical Veteran: Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset?
How many times have you heard someone tell you that your military background will give you an edge in landing a job on the outside?
View ArticleConsumer Watch: Debt-free holiday is a gift
Remember how you felt last January when you were paying those holiday bills?
View ArticleKevlar for the Mind: Wrong thinking leads to political mess
You don't have to be a political news junkie to understand the level of dysfunction that exists within our political system.
View ArticleMilitary grapples with limiting damage from video
In January 2012 a video showing Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters exploded on the Internet, triggering waves of outrage and prompting fears that it would incite anti-American violence.
View ArticleMarine combat engineer killed in Afghanistan
A California-based Marine died Dec. 11 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced today.
View ArticleOfficials: U.S. drone strike kills 13 in Yemen
Missiles fired by a U.S. drone slammed into a convoy of vehicles traveling to a wedding party in central Yemen on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, Yemeni security officials said.
View ArticleHagel: U.S. continues support of Syrian moderates
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that the U.S. will continue to support the moderate opposition in Syria, but non-lethal aid will be suspended until the U.S.
View ArticleSyrian rebel spokesman decries U.S., UK aid decision
A U.S.-British decision to suspend nonlethal aid to opposition fighters in northern Syria was taken impulsively and in haste, a spokesman for Syria's main Western-backed rebel group said Thursday,...
View ArticleTricare users soon must fill long-term prescriptions via mail
Military retirees and family members who use Tricare For Life will be required to start filling long-term prescriptions by mail starting Feb. 14, 2014.
View ArticleNimitz heads home after last stop in San Diego
The aircraft carrier Nimitz dropped off two embarked units in San Diego on Thursday after an 81/2-month cruise through the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf and the Pacific.
View ArticleWeinstein named permanent commander of 20th Air Force
The Air Force on Thursday named Maj. Gen. Jack Weinstein permanent commander of 20th Air Force, in charge of the service's nuclear missile fleet.
View ArticleTreatment courts take root with vets mentoring vets
Richard Sandoval joined the Marine Corps in 2003 to flee a childhood on the Miracle Mile in Tucson, Ariz., a violent strip of seedy motels, topless bars and dingy street corners where his father...
View ArticleRules clarified on health exams for other-than-honorable discharges
The fiscal 2014 compromise defense authorization bill would change part of a law that has allowed the services to skirt a requirement to provide mental health and medical exams to all combat troops...
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