Marines' new Victims' Legal Counsel Organization becomes fully operational
A new Marine Corps program created through a Defense Department mandate will provide victims of sexual assault and other crimes with free legal counsel and even representation by a Marine judge...
View ArticleMinn. man expected to plead guilty in weapons case
A Minnesota militia member who faces weapons charges in what the FBI once called a 'terror plot' to blow up a police station is expected to plead guilty, according to a Tuesday update to a federal...
View ArticleJapan-based amphib CMC relieved amid sex-assault investigation
The top enlisted man aboard a Japan-based amphibious ship was removed from his position Tuesday as the Navy investigates allegations of sexual assault made by a female enlisted member of the ship's...
View ArticleFamily sues Anchorage bar where airman drank before fatal collision
The family of an Anchorage woman who was killed in a traffic collision has filed a lawsuit against the bar where authorities say the driver charged in the death acknowledged drinking heavily before the...
View ArticleTroops in 10 areas to get increased hardship duty pay
Troops in 10 areas will see a monthly increase of $50 in hardship duty pay starting June 1, according to a Defense Department memo.
View ArticleDefense: Army 1-star's accuser lied in sex assault case
Defense lawyers for an Army general facing sexual assault charges say digital evidence collected from his accuser's old smartphone shows she lied under oath.
View ArticleArmy chief opposes sending U.S. troops back to Iraq
A U.S. Army general who led U.S. forces through some of the most deadly years of the Iraq war says he opposes sending U.S. combat troops in response to the recent gains in that country by Islamic...
View Article1st Cav battalion deploying to South Korea
About 800 soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division will deploy to South Korea in February, the Defense Department announced today.
View ArticleOdierno refutes Marine Corps rivalry claims
The Army may be growing increasingly expeditionary, but it's top officer on Tuesday quickly dispelled claims the service is encroaching on Marine Corps territory.
View ArticleNewest Silver Star recipient defied death to save fellow Marines, crush...
A California-based Marine will receive the nation's third-highest combat valor award Tuesday for his heroic actions in Afghanistan.
View ArticleIraqi government: Airstrike kills 25 militants
An Iraqi government airstrike killed 25 al-Qaida-linked militants and fierce clashes broke out west of Baghdad on Tuesday in a flare-up to a days-long standoff in the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar,...
View ArticleCrackdown cuts personal info breaches, but problems remain
More than two months after the Air Force launched a crackdown on breaches of personally identifiable information on its main computer network, the number and severity of such breaches has fallen.
View ArticleComplaint: Shaw report 'makes excuses' for alleged harassers
A retired technical sergeant says an investigation released in October into allegations of ongoing sexual harassment at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., is 'biased and inadequate.'
View ArticlePave Hawk crashes in England, 4 crew members believed dead
An HH-60G Pave Hawk based at RAF Lakenheath, England, crashed Tuesday evening, with its four-member crew feared dead.
View ArticleNAVSUP: Navy, Marine Cash cardholders safe from Target data breach
The 58 sailors and Marines who used their Navy Cash or Marine Cash debit cards to pay for items at Target during the retail chain's recent data breach won't have to worry about fraud, the Navy says -...
View ArticleFormer academy supe who oversaw female inclusion dies at 84
Kinnaird McKee, an admiral who oversaw the integration of women into the Naval Academy in the mid-1970s and later served as the second officer to head the nuclear Navy, died Dec. 30 at his Annapolis,...
View ArticleCongress moves to restore full COLA for medical retirees
A repeal of the reductions to future military retirement increases may come as soon as this week for service members forcibly retired from the military for medical reasons.
View ArticleFamily groups to rock Twitter over COLA rollbacks
Military families and advocacy groups angered by a planned rollback in military retirement pay increases will take to the Twittersphere Tuesday to protest the initiative.
View ArticleFormer Pa. adjutant general dies at 93
Retired Maj. Gen. Nick Kafkalas, a decorated war veteran and former Pennsylvania adjutant general, is dead at 93.
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