Hagel: COLA cuts won't impact disabled vets
Speaking to amputees and burn victims at a military hospital in San Antonio, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the new law that will slash future retirement benefits for veterans will be changed to...
View ArticlePeralta's damaged rifle becomes a focus in Medal of Honor push
The congressman pushing for Sgt. Rafael Peralta to receive the military's highest combat valor honor says the fallen Marine's busted-up rifle, preserved in storage at the National Museum of the Marine...
View ArticleArmy to reduce authorized soldier count in Alaska
The U.S. Army has largely spared Alaska from personnel reductions tied to federal budget cuts.
View ArticleMarine accused of torching N.D. recruiting station
A U.S. Marine Corps recruiter is accused of starting seven small fires in a recruiting station in a Bismarck strip mall and fabricating a story about the incident.
View ArticleVa. prosecutor's daughter backs clemency request
The daughter of one of the prosecutors in former Navy SEAL trainee Dustin Turner's murder trial is now supporting the imprisoned man's clemency request.
View ArticleBombing kills 21 at Iraq army recruiting center
Iraqi officials say the toll from a suicide bombing at a military recruiting center in Baghdad has risen to 21 killed and nearly three dozen wounded.
View ArticleArmy announces JAG officers selected for promotion to major
The Army has announced names and sequence numbers of active-component captains recommended for promotion by the fiscal 2013 Judge Advocate General's Corps major board that met in September.
View ArticleKarzai: Release prisoners U.S. wanted held
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday ordered the release of all but 16 prisoners from a group of 88 detainees that the U.S. says pose a threat to the country and region.
View ArticlePurple Heart stolen in Mass. home invasion
One of the items stolen in an armed home invasion in Leicester last weekend was a Purple Heart earned by the World War II veteran father of one of the victims, police said.
View Article100 selected for supplemental promotion
The Air Force has selected 100 airmen for supplemental promotions in January.
View ArticleEx-soldier charged with terrorism to plead guilty
Court documents show a former U.S. Army soldier accused of trying to provide support to a terrorist organization in Somalia after he left the military intends to plead guilty in connection with the case.
View ArticleIn new book, Gates reveals he approved, then rescinded, Peralta's Medal of Honor
In a shocking revelation in his soon-to-be-released memoir, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he had approved a Medal of Honor recommendation for late Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta in 2008,...
View ArticleLt. Gen. Franklin will retire as a 2-star
Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, the Third Air Force commander who on Wednesday announced he is leaving the post amid months of scrutiny over his handling of sex assault cases, will retire as a two-star, the...
View ArticleBoehner: U.S. should help Iraq in anti-terror fight
House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that the United States should provide more equipment and other aid to the Iraqi government in its battle against al-Qaida militants, but he ruled out a...
View ArticleSailor drowns while spear fishing on Guam
A sailor assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 died Sunday while spear fishing near Agat, Guam, according to a news release from Andersen Air Force Base.
View ArticleMissing Shaw captain is considered a deserter, OSI says
A Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., captain who went missing last month is considered a deserter, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations said Thursday.
View ArticleBodies of Pave Hawk crew recovered from crash site
Police say the bodies of four U.S. Air Force crew members have been recovered from the site of a helicopter crash in eastern England.
View ArticleExplosives found at arrested soldier's home
Federal investigators say a cache of C4 explosives found near a Panhandle railroad appear to have been stolen from the military.
View ArticleGates details headaches caused by Air Force during his tenure
In a chapter aptly titled 'One Damn Thing After Another,' former Defense Secretary Robert Gates recalls in his memoir how the Air Force was 'one of my biggest headaches' during his tenure under...
View ArticleLt. colonels, majors face 'enhanced' SERB
Some active-duty majors and lieutenant colonels will meet a broadened selective early retirement board between June 16 and July 4, the Air Force said.
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