Airman pleads guilty to toddler son's murder
A senior airman accused of discarding his 14-month-old son in a ravine after finding him dead a year ago in their Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., home has pleaded guilty to murder, child...
View ArticleCBS, CNN don't appeal tape release in Academy sex assault case
CBS and CNN have let a 72-hour window lapse to appeal a military judge's order releasing un-aired interview footage of a woman at the center of a sexual assault case.
View ArticleDeployed troops to get free pizza on Super Bowl Sunday
A nonprofit has sent 10,000 deep-dish pizzas to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Oman for Super Bowl Sunday.
View ArticleF-16 upgrade dropped from U.S. budget proposal, sources say
A major F-16 upgrade program is likely to be left out of the president's fiscal 2015 budget request, according to multiple sources.
View ArticleDate set for master sergeant promotion list
A selection list containing the names of Regular Army soldiers recommended for promotion to master sergeant will be released Feb. 4.
View ArticleGrandfather current troops, retirees on COLA cuts, DoD urges
The Pentagon opposes the pending reductions in annual retirement pay increases and believes changes in the military retirement system should come not from Congress but from a commission convened to...
View ArticleMarine says he was 'devastated' by word of retrial
A Marine sergeant said he was devastated when he learned the Corps will retry after twice-overturned murder convictions - the latest twist in a nearly decade-old Iraq war crime case.
View ArticleSource shares 'raunchy exchange' between Army officers about Republican...
A top commander with the 82nd Airborne Division was disciplined after he called a female lawmaker 'smoking hot' and jokingly referred to masturbation in an email to two high-ranking officers.
View ArticleLawsuit: KBR transported soldiers' ice in unsanitized morgue trailers
The Justice Department is suing KBR and two foreign companies for allegedly defrauding the Army.
View ArticleArmy leaders preview lighter, faster service
Taken separately, several speeches, briefings and interviews conducted by Army leadership over the past two weeks don't necessarily look like anything special.
View ArticleMilitary not likely to be focus of Obama State of the Union address
A post-9/11 veterans group is calling on President Obama to address the issue of pending reductions to military retirement pay in his State of the Union address tonight, but the White House has given...
View ArticleJury chosen for trial of mom in Dyess child's death
A jury has been chosen for the child-injury trial of a West Texas woman in the death of her 22-month-old daughter.
View ArticleWhat is the Asia 'pivot'? It depends on who's talking
The most striking aspect of the exchanges between senior Pentagon officials and lawmakers Tuesday was the rhetoric about the so-called 'Asia pivot.'
View ArticleState of the Union: Obama emphasizes diplomacy to strengthen security
The country must maintain a strong military but 'move off' a permanent war footing and look toward partnerships, diplomatic solutions and precision operations for dealing with world threats, President...
View ArticleReport: Software issues may delay F-35 for Marine Corps
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is often touted as the most advanced fighter in the world, whose complex systems are held together by millions of lines of code. So when the Pentagon's top weapons tester...
View ArticleHill rises in support of 11-ship carrier fleet
Responding to this week's Defense News story that the Pentagon is strongly considering moves to reduce the aircraft carrier fleet, 11 congressmen, led by Rep.
View ArticleDyess toddler's death: Jury to hear opening statements
A jury is to hear opening statements in the child-injury trial of a West Texas woman in the death of her 22-month-old daughter.
View ArticleGuard aims to reach stranded school buses in Ga.
After a rare snowstorm stopped Atlanta-area commuters in their tracks, forcing many to hunker down in their cars overnight or seek other shelter, the National Guard is sending military Humvees onto the...
View ArticleEPA, 3 Va. military bases settle tank allegations
Federal regulators and military officials have settled allegations of underground storage tank violations at three bases in Virginia.
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 2 Afghan army soldiers
Provincial authorities say a suicide bomber has killed two Afghan soldiers in a market in eastern Afghanistan.
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