Officials: New video shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, missing since 2009
U.S. officials say they have received a new video of captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, but it is not clear when the video was taken.
View ArticleHistory help wanted: Frigate Constitution seeks sailors
The Navy's floating history lesson wants you. Well, it wants three of you.
View ArticleNavy: Divers recover body of missing pilot
The Navy says it has recovered the body of a pilot who had been missing since a helicopter crashed last week off the coast of Virginia.
View ArticleAir Force drug probe widened to include cheating
A defense official says an Air Force drug investigation of officers at six Air Force bases has been widened to include more service members as well as allegations of cheating on certification tests.
View ArticleNavy's acting No. 2 official forced out
Acting Navy Undersecretary Robert Martinage, the department's No. 2, has resigned under pressure, sources confirmed for Defense News.
View ArticleCourt-martial begins in Navy diver training deaths case
The court-martial of Senior Chief Navy Diver (EXW/SW) James Burger, the former Navy master diver accused of dereliction of duty in the deaths of two of his divers last February, kicked off this week...
View ArticleSuper Hornet crashes off Va., pilot safely recovered
The pilot of an F/A-18E Super Hornet that crashed into the waters off the Virginia coast Wednesday ejected safely and has been flown to a local hospital, according to Navy and media reports.
View ArticleC-17s to launch second airlift in support of Central African Republic
Air Force C-17s this week will begin their second airlift mission in support of operations in the Central African Republic.
View ArticleCongress: Informing on fellow cadets violates honor code
Members of Congress are sharply criticizing a recently revealed program to recruit U.S. Air Force Academy cadets to serve as informants on other cadets suspected of drug use and sexual assault.
View ArticleHouse passes fiscal 2014 budget bill
The House of Representatives passed a massive $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill Wednesday afternoon with resounding bipartisan support, a 358-67 vote to fund the government until October.
View ArticleGovernors call on DoD to protect Guard from 'disproportionate' cuts
The nation's governors are getting in front of the fiscal 2015 budget rollout and already calling to protect the Air National Guard from 'disproportionate and damaging' cuts.
View ArticleCadets test sound-and-light system to deter bird strikes
For 10 months, a combination of flashing lights and lots of noise has kept Canada geese away from the Air Force Academy campus. Could the same system be used on planes to scare birds away and reduce...
View ArticleSources: Armed Services chairman Buck McKeon to retire
Rep. Howard 'Buck' McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has decided to retire after 11 terms.
View ArticleNavy begins distributing flame-resistant clothing
The Navy has started distributing flame-resistant coveralls to its sailors.
View ArticleCorps investigating photos allegedly showing Marines burning bodies in 2004
The Marine Corps is looking into several photographs posted on an entertainment gossip website on Wednesday that appear to show Marines burning Iraqi corpses.
View ArticlePACOM chief: Uncontested U.S. control of Pacific is ending
The four-star commander of U.S. Pacific Command says the era when the U.S. military enjoys uncontested control over the Pacific's blue water and its airspace is coming to an end.
View ArticleNavy's new plan aims to lock in 8-month carrier deployments
From the standoff with Syria to the response to the typhoon-stricken Philippines two months later, the fleet showed its global might in late 2013.
View ArticleVA purchase, tracking of surgical implants is flawed, report says
Veterans are facing a deadly new threat that is coming not from faraway battlefields, but from stateside hospital rooms, according to the results of a Government Accountability Office investigation...
View ArticlePentagon cuts LCS buy to 32 ships
The office of the secretary of defense (OSD) has directed the Navy to limit its overall buy of littoral combat ships to a total of 32 ships, foregoing 20 more of the small, fast and controversial...
View ArticleReagan to replace GW in Japan; Roosevelt to San Diego
Plans to shuffle home ports for three aircraft carriers are part of the Navy's ongoing efforts to strengthen its Pacific presence, the fleet said in a Tuesday news release.
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