U.N. rescinds invitation to Iran to attend Syria peace talks
A last-minute U.N. invitation for Iran to join this week's Syria peace talks threw the long-awaited Geneva conference into doubt Monday, forcing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to rescind his offer under...
View ArticleIran sends warships to Atlantic
Two Iranian warships set sail Tuesday for the Atlantic Ocean on their navy's first-ever mission there, state TV reported.
View Article70 years later, World War II Marine gets funeral
Seventy years after being killed in action during the 1944 invasion of Guam, a Central California Marine has received a funeral with full military honors.
View ArticleTell us: How did chiefs' season stack up?
Last year, the Navy's top sailor revamped time-honored chief initiation rites, saying the booze and mistreatment were more suited to a frat house than the ranks of today's mess and officially...
View ArticleEditorial: Get nuclear house in order
The Air Force, charged with protecting the nation's supply of nuclear missiles, has suffered one embarrassment after the next since a B-52 flew across the country loaded with six nuclear warheads in 2007.
View ArticleAmid cheating investigation, raises considered for missileers
While the Air Force investigates the biggest cheating scandal in the history of the nuclear missile force, top Defense Department officials are considering the possibility of raises for those officers...
View ArticleAir Force secretary to visit Minot this week
The military says Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James is slated to visit the Minot Air Force Base on Wednesday.
View ArticleSnowden trial could be awkward for U.S.
Putting former NSA contractor Edward Snowden on trial for leaking U.S. surveillance information could be an awkward public spectacle for the Obama administration.
View ArticleMan, two children found dead in Fort Hood residence
The bodies of a man and two children, described by authorities as military dependents, were discovered Tuesday morning in an on-post residence at Fort Hood, Texas, officials said.
View ArticleLawsuit: Botched childbirth operation caused Army wife's 'excessive flatulence'
An opera singer and Army wife claims in a lawsuit her career is threatened by flatulence and incontinence after an Army nurse allegedly botched a childbirth operation.
View ArticleWhat would a smaller military look like and how would it fight?
USA Today reported over the weekend that the Army has been told to plan to lop off 100,000 soldiers if the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration continue until the end of the decade.
View ArticleFeds accuse military moving company of fraud
A company that handles moves for some military members in South Carolina and Georgia is being accused of inflating costs and overbilling the federal government, allegations that could potentially...
View ArticleDestroyer sailors rescue mariner in Singapore Strait
Sailors from the destroyer Spruance pulled a Filipino mariner to safety Sunday in the Singapore Strait, the Navy said in a Monday news release.
View ArticleWhat would a smaller military look like and how would it fight?
USA Today reported over the weekend that the Army has been told to plan to lop off 100,000 soldiers if the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration continue until the end of the decade.
View ArticleNo bail for airman held in wife's slaying at Nellis
A local judge ordered a Nellis Air Force Base airman held without bail to await the filing of criminal charges in the slaying of his wife at their home at the base outside North Las Vegas.
View ArticleFormer defense contractor indicted in stolen F-35 documents case
A federal grand jury indicted a former Connecticut man who attempted to ship boxes of stolen information on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Iran.
View ArticleInvestigation: Mortar explosion that killed 7 Marines result of double-loaded...
A newly released command investigation into the horrific mortar explosion last spring that killed seven Marines and wounded eight more concludes that the accident occurred when a Marine double-loaded...
View ArticleEmbezzlement ring scandal leads to Marine Corps policy changes
The Marine Corps is tightening its travel and expense policies in response to an embezzlement scandal involving reservists that hit headlines late last year.
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