200 dead in S. Sudan after boat fleeing war sinks
Some 200 people fleeing warfare died after a boat crossing the Nile River sank, a South Sudanese military official said Tuesday, as fighting between rebels and government forces moved closer to the...
View ArticleAfter 'transformative' year, F-35 program focuses on software, quantity
In 2013, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter added international partners, trained a record number of pilots, hit a number of milestones, and perhaps most importantly, saw vastly improved relations between...
View ArticleAdvocates: COLA fixes miss the mark
The massive omnibus spending bill unveiled by congressional appropriators Monday night includes restoration of the full annual cost of living adjustment for medically retired service members and...
View ArticleU.S. vets return North Vietnamese soldier's helmet to family
In 1968, young American soldier John Wast was scouring a battlefield in central Vietnam for weapons and intelligence when an enemy helmet with an image of a dove scratched onto it caught his eye.
View ArticleIraq attacks kill 8 people in Baghdad
Bombings and shootings killed at least eight people in and around the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, including a judge, officials said.
View ArticlePadres broadcaster, Marine pilot buried with full military honors
Hall of Fame broadcaster Jerry Coleman has been laid to rest after services that included an F/A-18 flyover in the missing-man formation and a 21-gun salute.
View ArticleCongress seeks to improve military sex assault investigations
Lawmakers are taking fresh aim at the problem of sexual assault in the ranks, ordering the Defense Department to move forward on recommendations made last July by the department's own inspector general.
View ArticleLawmakers seek data on sailors' exposure to Fukushima radiation
House and Senate lawmakers want answers on whether U.S. sailors received high doses of radiation while supporting humanitarian operations in Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
View Article3 generals nominated for new assignments
These Army generals have been nominated for the following assignments, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Jan. 14:
View ArticleMcKeon fails to obtain Afghan detainee names
A House Republican chairman has failed to obtain from U.S. military officials the names of 72 detainees that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered released from prison.
View ArticleYokota airman killed in motorcycle crash
An airman stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, was killed Monday in a motorcycle crash, according to a news release from the 374th Airlift Wing.
View ArticleReturned letters, Purple Heart open book on deceased WWII vet's life
Nancy Cederman knew this much about her uncle's life: Kendall Morrow was born in 1915 in Canada, the first of five children and the only son of Edwin and Mable Morrow.
View ArticleAt Marine outpost in Afghanistan, conditions grow more austere by the day
In the south of Afghanistan, Marines are working around the clock to turn a once-teeming base into a ghost town.
View ArticleVoluntary retirement, separation windows open
Starting today, those looking to bail out of the Air Force can apply for voluntary retirement or separation under nine force reduction programs.
View ArticleRIF board to convene June 16; will consider captains, majors
The Air Force will convene a reduction- in- force board June 16 to consider separating some captains and majors in overmanned career fields, according to an internal memo obtained by Air Force Times.
View ArticleSpending bill funds Air Force combat rescue helicopter
The Air Force's replacement for the long-running Pave Hawk helicopter is slated to receive funds under a massive spending bill unveiled Monday night.
View ArticleU.S. lawmakers urge tough stance on China sea claims
Lawmakers say the United States must not tolerate China's use of military coercion in pursuit of its territorial claims in the seas of East Asia.
View ArticleOne soldier killed in MC-12 crash ID'd
A member of the Wyoming Army National Guard has died while serving in Afghanistan.
View ArticleAttack sub Scranton returns from deployment
After more than six months at sea and more than 40,000 nautical miles traveled, the attack submarine Scranton returned to its home port of Norfolk, Va., on Monday.
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