Disputes between Morsi, military led to Egypt coup
The head of Egypt's military, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, sat with a polite smile in the front row listening to President Mohammed Morsi give a 2 1/2-hour speech defending his year in office.
View ArticleN. Korea arms seizure could hurt U.S.-Cuba detente
Cuba's admission that it was secretly sending aging weapons systems to North Korea has turned the global spotlight on a little-known link in a secretive network of rusting freighters and charter jets...
View ArticleCuba calls weapons on North Korean ship 'obsolete'
Cuba said military equipment found buried under sacks of sugar on a North Korean ship seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal was obsolete weaponry from the mid-20th century that it had sent to be...
View ArticleScenario puts energy, politics in hackers' cross hairs
An Army cyber official warns that the U.S. faces a possible cyberwar in which anonymous foreign computer hackers penetrate government networks andcreate friction between the U.S. and its allies,...
View ArticleArmy works to bring home tens of billions in equipment
The Army is on track to bring home more than $30 billion in equipment from Afghanistan by its December 2014 deadline, the top logistician in charge of the complex effort told Army Times.
View ArticleWest Point gets a new commander in Gen. Caslen
Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr. has taken the top command position at West Point during a ceremony Wednesday morning on the campus overlooking the Hudson River.
View Article4 generals picked for jury in Army 1-star's court-martial
A judge in the sexual assault court-martial of Brig Gen.
View ArticleSWO tactics schools hope to breed anti-sub 'ninjas,' top Aegis minds
Sub-hunting is tough business, as surface sailors know. A competent foe is capable of lurking in the sea's folds to evade detection or set up a torpedo shot.
View ArticleNew rules force officers to opt in for key billet boards
Army Competitive Category lieutenant colonels who want to compete for command and key billet positions that become vacant in fiscal 2015 must formally 'opt in' for the boards that meet in August and...
View ArticlePsych program open for applications
Applications are being accepted from qualified officers and enlisted soldiers for the 2014 Army Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,...
View ArticleMan gets 35-year sentence for beating WWII vet
A Pekin man who pleaded guilty to beating a World War II veteran was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a judge who called his actions sadistic.
View ArticleFrigate Reuben James to be decommissioned
Hawaii's last guided-missile frigate is being decommissioned after nearly 30 years of naval service.
View ArticleHood soldier drowns in Texas lake
A soldier from New York stationed at Fort Hood has drowned while swimming with friends at a Central Texas lake.
View ArticleHouse panel seeks full review of causes behind VA claims backlog
A House subcommittee voted Wednesday to support an independent review of the cause and possible remedy for the veterans' disability claims backlog.
View ArticleAdmiral calls to bolster sub commanders' autonomy
It sounds like the premise of a Tom Clancy novel: A cyberbattle is fought to a draw, leaving U.S. submarines to continue fighting with limited contact to headquarters.
View ArticleJudge won't dismiss serious charge in Manning case
A military judge refused Thursday to dismiss the most serious charge against the Army private who gave reams of classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
View ArticleFormer workers at Bliss concerned about radiation exposure
The West Texas Army post where military leaders this week announced the detection of radioactivity has received about 40 calls from people concerned about exposure.
View ArticleNavy, Marine Corps to post offender list on homepages
The Navy and Marine Corps will soon publicize a running list of court-martial verdicts for all offenses on their official homepages, in an effort to add accountability for the crimes. They are stopping...
View ArticleDecorated former West Point superintendent dies at 87
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Sidney Berry, a highly decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam and Korean wars who led the U.S. Military Academy when women were first admitted to West Point, has died. He was 87.
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