Marine Corps cracks down on how troops style their hair
Details of new universal cover for women also unveiled
View ArticlePilot faulted in August F-16 collision
An Air Force investigation released Wednesday blames an F-16 pilot for a midair collision with another F-16 in August near the Virginia coast.
View ArticleLockheed Works Toward 4th-Gen Prices for F-35
The cost of a fully equipped F-35A joint strike fighter will drop to $85 million by 2019, according to a top Lockheed official, as long as the program continues to increase quantities.
View ArticleNCIS struggling with sex-assault caseload
For nearly a year, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service has investigated any and all Navy sexual assaults referred to law enforcement.
View ArticleMental health programs for troops, vets get star-power boost
Oscar and Tony winner Glenn Close lent her star power Wednesday to legislation that would help improve community mental health services, including programs for veterans with service-related behavioral...
View ArticleWhite House task force urges limit on NSA snooping
A presidential advisory panel has recommended sweeping changes to government surveillance programs, including limiting the bulk collection of Americans' phone records by stripping the National Security...
View ArticleSenate OKs sequester-relief budget plan
The Senate on Wednesday approved a controversial bipartisan budget plan that erases over $30 billion in across-the-board spending cuts in 2014 and 2015. The former round of cuts would have kicked in...
View ArticleFort Jackson's commander: Training to stay stable
The Army's largest basic training installation is going to train up to 63,000 soldiers in each of the next two years despite ongoing troop cuts, the post's commander said Wednesday.
View ArticleHigh-tech USS Milwaukee is christened in Wis.
The USS Milwaukee was christened and launched Wednesday in northeast Wisconsin, the latest addition to the U.S. Navy's arsenal of high-tech warships.
View ArticleSearch suspended for missing N.Y. Guard drone
New York National Guard officials say Navy divers have suspended their search for an unmanned military aircraft that crashed into Lake Ontario last month.
View ArticleMarine Corps: Guaranteed careers for staff sergeants at risk
Staff sergeants may no longer be guaranteed a 20-year career and full retirement benefits, according to Manpower & Reserve Affairs officials.
View ArticleNativity scenes out at Guantanamo dining halls
The commander of the Guantanamo Bay naval base decided Wednesday to move Nativity scenes from two dining halls following complaints that the decorations improperly promoted Christianity.
View ArticleGeneral who overturned sex assault conviction loses authority over new sex...
The three-star who overturned the sex assault conviction of an officer earlier this year, setting off a fierce debate over who should have authority over sex assault cases, is once again the source of...
View ArticleLawmakers fail to stop COLA rollback plan
Lawmakers scrambled Wednesday to reverse a plan to reduce annual military retirement pay increases for working-age retirees under 62, but were unsuccessful as the Senate approved that change as part of...
View ArticleAttorney seeks files in Naval Academy sex assault
An attorney for the woman at the center of a sexual assault case involving two U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen is asking the academy's superintendent to release records from court proceedings.
View ArticleInd. soldier among 6 dead in Afghanistan helo crash
A northern Indiana soldier who was among six U.S. service members killed after a helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan was on his third deployment overseas, his mother said.
View ArticlePutin: NSA surveillance needed to fight terrorism
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that National Security Agency surveillance is necessary to fight terrorism, but added that the U.S. government must 'limit the appetite' of the agency with a...
View ArticleDefense witnesses call Brezler 'exceptional' Marine
Celebrated military author Bing West took the stand Wednesday to defend Maj. Jason Brezler, a decorated officer facing punitive actions that could end his career, saying he would trust Brezler with 'my...
View ArticleCoast Guard petty officer injured in Alaska rescue dies
The Coast Guard says one of its petty officers who was injured last month while rescuing crew members from a disabled fishing vessel off Alaska has died of his injuries.
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