Official: B-1B bomber crash was an anomaly
The crash of a B-1 bomber last August during a training exercise over southeastern Montana was an anomaly and not indicative of a bigger problem in the 30-year-old bomber fleet, an Ellsworth Air Force...
View ArticleSoldier's quick action saves lives in club fire
Seattle fire officials say many could have died inside a Seattle nightclub on New Year's Eve if it wasn't for the quick thinking of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Bostick.
View ArticleChristmas controversy at VA hospitals
Several incidents at Veterans Affairs medical centers over the holidays have prompted the House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman to question whether VA has violated the civil rights of veterans in...
View ArticleSenior al-Qaida figure dies in custody in Lebanon
The leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that carried out attacks across the Middle East before shifting its focus to Syria's civil war died on Saturday while in custody in Lebanon, the army said.
View ArticleArmy wins patent for fish-hatching device
Just add water. That's all it takes to hatch fish embryos in a kit developed by the Fort Detrick-based U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research to help test for water toxicity, according to...
View ArticleTaliban attack kills 1 NATO soldier in Afghanistan
Officials say a Taliban attack on a joint NATO-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan has killed one NATO soldier.
View ArticleRecruiters pressed to meet mission despite reduced goals
The Regular Army and Army Reserve recruiting missions for the coming year have been sharply reduced from previous levels as the service braces for a drawdown of nearly 40,000 soldiers in two years.
View ArticleForced out of the Army, soldiers find careers in the Reserve
Frustrated by his inability to get promoted and the looming Army drawdown, then-Sgt. James Davis left active duty in 1995.
View ArticleSudanese 'lost boy' finds home in Reserve
Dominic Luka boarded a plane for the first time May 22, 2001. He was 16. He remembers his excitement traveling from Kenya to the U.S. Although he knew where the plane would touch down, he didn't know...
View ArticleHoward's path to Navy history
She has confronted prejudice and resistance from her Induction Day in 1978 to her recent years as a flag officer.
View ArticleAl-Qaida militants in Iraq seize much of Fallujah
Al-Qaida militants have seized much of Fallujah, a key city in western Iraq, engaging Iraqi army forces in pitched battles there in a brazen challenge to Iraq's central government.
View ArticleAviators may apply for test pilot training program
Applications are being accepted from commissioned and warrant officer aviators for the fiscal 2014 Army Experimental Test Pilot Training Program selection board that will meet in early April at Human...
View ArticleWounded veterans work to put away child predators
Oskar Zepeda has had pretty much one mission in his life: kill or capture.
View ArticleS.C. Guard's final Vietnam War veteran retires
The South Carolina National Guard is saying goodbye to its final Vietnam Veteran.
View ArticlePT test, new ships, new leadership coming to Coast Guard in 2014
Change is on the horizon for the Coast Guard in 2014, starting at the very top.
View ArticleRapid fall for Army general accused of sex crimes
With a single star studded on each shoulder of his immaculate dress blues, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair waited his turn to go through the metal detectors at the federal courthouse at Fort Bragg, just...
View ArticleUSCG icebreaker to rescue 2 ships in Antarctica
A U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker will leave Australia for Antarctica on Sunday to rescue more than 120 crew members aboard two icebreakers trapped in pack ice near the frozen continent's eastern...
View ArticleMajority of MRAPs to be scrapped or stored
The Army estimates it will need to spend $1.7 billion in supplemental wartime dollars over the next several years to modernize and retain 8,585 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, while...
View ArticleNavy offering easy fix for 200,000-plus locked out of NRTC
A new automated system will allow sailors to unlock their Non-Resident Training Course accounts - a common problem caused by a summer cybersecurity push that led to more than 200,000 requests to the...
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