VA doctor says Gulf War vets not getting effective treatments
As Department of Veterans Affairs physician Nancy Klimas told an agency panel Tuesday about the many successful ways her clinic has been treating Gulf War illness, veterans have responded with a...
View ArticleIntel chief talks NSA changes with advisory panel
The Obama administration says the top U.S. intelligence official has discussed potential changes to National Security Agency programs with the advisory panel recommending the changes.
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 Article2 icebreakers trapped in Antarctica break free
A Russian research ship at the center of an Antarctic rescue drama has broken free from heavy pack ice two weeks after it became trapped, officials confirmed on Wednesday, hours after a Chinese...
View ArticleGates: Obama grew frustrated over Afghanistan
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserts in a new memoir that President Obama grew frustrated with U.S. policy in Afghanistan and that Vice President Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every...
View ArticleS. Sudan talks stall again over political prisoners
Peace talks have stalled, a rebel commander is claiming big victories against the government, and Uganda is sending in more military troops and hardware.
View ArticleEx-soldier sentenced in infant stepson's death
A former Fort Carson soldier has been sentenced to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty in the death of his 10-month-old stepson.
View ArticleStudy cites 'dangerous weak link' in nuke security
The number of countries possessing the makings of a nuclear bomb has dropped by almost one-quarter over the past two years, but there remain 'dangerous weak links' in nuclear materials security that...
View ArticlePurple Hearts of 2 veterans being returned
Two Purple Hearts belonging to World War II veterans are being returned to their families in South Carolina.
View ArticleAfghan soldier who murdered Marine awaits execution
An Afghan soldier who killed a Marine lance corporal in a blue-on-green attack in 2012 is now awaiting execution in Afghanistan after being convicted of murder by a local court, according to Marine...
View ArticleMarines' shooting teams feel pinch of budget woes, drawdown
Like all corners of the Marine Corps, the service's shooting teams are feeling the crunch of budget woes, the manpower drawdown and the effects of more than a decade at war.
View ArticleNavy MH-53E crashes off the coast of Virginia
The Coast Guard says four of the five crew members aboard a Navy helicopter that went down off the Virginia coast have been rescued.
View ArticleU.S. doctors try to heal ethnic fractures in S. Sudan
After receiving eye surgery from the American doctors, a South Sudanese man sat with other patients who belonged to tribes he once considered enemies.
View ArticleHagel visiting nuclear facilities
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel set out Wednesday on a two-day trip to visit several nuclear facilities and the airmen who operate them.
View ArticleGeneral who overturned Aviano sex assault conviction to retire
Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin - the Third Air Force commander whose decision to overturn a sex assault conviction a year ago sparked widespread changes to the military justice system - announced his...
View ArticleU.K.: Investigation underway at Pave Hawk crash site
Authorities in England cordoned off flooded marshes Wednesday to investigate the crash of a military helicopter that killed four U.S. Air Force crewmembers.
View ArticleLists show who's eligible - and ineligible - for early retirement
Fighter, rescue or remotely piloted aircraft pilots hoping for an opportunity to retire early or take other voluntary separation measures in the coming drawdown are going to be disappointed.
View ArticleAir Force identifies 4 airmen killed in Pave Hawk crash
The Air Force has identified the four airmen killed in Tuesday's Pave Hawk crash near RAF Lakenheath, England.
View ArticleBiden calls Iraqi prime minister for 2nd time this week
Vice President Joe Biden spoke on Wednesday for a second time this week to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, voicing support for the Baghdad government's effort to regain control of the city of...
View ArticleUN warns of humanitarian threat in western Iraq
Iraq's prime minister urged al-Qaida-linked fighters who have overrun two cities west of Baghdad to give up the battle, vowing Wednesday to press forward with a push to regain control of the mainly...
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