White House pushes back against claims made in former SECDEF's book
The White House disputes claims by former Defense secretary Robert Gates that President Obama has lost faith in his Afghanistan policy.
View ArticleMarine deserter heads to court in maid stabbing case
A Marine Corps deserter is to appear in court in Pendleton on charges he stabbed to death a motel maid and severely beat a woman on a jogging path.
View Article2 destroyers heading to Hawaii in summer home-port shift
Two San Diego-based destroyers are scheduled to shift their home ports to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, this summer to plus up basing there, Naval Surface Force Pacific said Tuesday.
View ArticleSoldiers on manhunt tonight for this 'Lone Target'
Discovery Channel calls it 'the ultimate chase in a real-life game of cat-and-mouse.' There's a man on the run, with little more than a canteen. In pursuit are the world's foremost military and law...
View ArticleNavy: Drone testing at Hawaii site not a certainty
Drone testing at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai is not a certainty even though the base is exploring the possibility with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Navy officials in Hawaii said.
View ArticleFort Hood soldier death under investigation
Officials at Fort Hood, Texas, are investigating the death of a soldier who died Monday from an apparent gunshot wound.
View ArticleArmy announces new assignments for generals
The Army announced today new assignments for several general officers:
View ArticleObama nearing a decision on intelligence review
President Obama is hosting a series of meetings this week with lawmakers, privacy advocates and intelligence officials as he nears a final decision on changes to the government's controversial...
View ArticleCBO suggests tough defense spending cuts
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has proposed six ways to reduce defense spending ranging from deep cuts to the military services to controversial reductions in pay and benefits.
View ArticleFormer SEAL evades expert trackers in 'Lone Target'
Discovery Channel calls it 'the ultimate chase in a real-life game of cat-and-mouse.' There's a man on the run, with little more than a canteen. In pursuit are the world's foremost military and law...
View ArticleLongtime key House staffer John Chapla dies
The Jan. 5 death of Vietnam combat veteran and longtime House Armed Services Committee staff member John D. Chapla has left the influential panel without its longtime expert on military personnel and...
View ArticleMan with 48 bombs in Ohio is a guardsman
A man being held Wednesday on $1 million bond in central Ohio after police say they found bombs and other weapons in his vehicle is a specialist in the Indiana National Guard, trained as an...
View ArticleMilitary brass immune to pension rate cuts
Top military brass will keep their specially boosted pensions despite the December budget deal that trimmed pension rates for other military retirees, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
View ArticleMarine deserter sentenced for fatal Oregon attack
A Marine Corps deserter and son of Christian missionaries was sentenced Wednesday to at least 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing a motel maid in Pendleton and trying to beat a woman to death on a...
View Article1 dead, 1 missing after Navy helo crash off Va. Beach
One crew member is dead and another remains missing after a Norfolk, Va.-based Navy helicopter and its five-man crew went into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia Beach on Wednesday morning.
View ArticlePentagon on watch for disruptive technology worldwide
Concerned about the surge of potentially disruptive technological advances in China and around the world, the Pentagon is creating a program to track and analyze patents and other signs of emerging...
View Article2 Lejeune Marines killed in N.C. crash
Authorities say two Marines from New York were killed in a traffic incident in Craven County.
View ArticleDefense: No evidence Minn. man plotted attack
The defense attorney for a Minnesota militia member indicted in what authorities once called a 'terror plot' to blow up a police station said in court documents Wednesday that his client is not as...
View ArticleHagel: 'Lonely work' performed by missileers is important, appreciated
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he's worried about morale among the Air Force missileers who work in isolation manning nuclear weapons silos and launch pads.
View ArticleElectronic attack squadron CO fired
The commanding officer of an electronic attack squadron attached to the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower was fired Wednesday after Navy investigators reported he had made inappropriate racial...
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