Suicide car bomb kills 5 soldiers in Iraq
Iraqi authorities say a suicide car bomb has killed five Iraqi soldiers and destroyed a bridge in the embattled western province of Anbar.
View ArticleVt. National Guard reports 6 sex assaults
The Vermont National Guard says six reported sexual assaults occurred among its ranks within the last fiscal year.
View ArticleAir Force brass: Culture of fear led to missileer cheating
A worrisome culture of fear that made launch officers believe they had to get perfect test scores to be promoted fueled a widening cheating scandal within the military's nuclear missile corps,...
View ArticleRichardson paratrooper collapses, dies after jump
An Alaska-based paratrooper has died after collapsing following a jump.
View ArticleExclusive: General says more Marines could be based throughout Africa
Marine units that specialize in crisis response could be based in Africa in coming years as military leaders work with host nations that have shown interest in the U.S. posturing troops in their...
View ArticleCommission: Move manpower into Reserve, Guard components
The Air Force should look at moving as much manpower into the Reserve and Air National Guard components as possible, according to a new report from a congressionally mandated panel.
View ArticleAir Force singer headed to Hollywood stage on 'American Idol'
Senior Airman Paula Hunt is going to Hollywood.
View ArticleDonald Cook heads to Rota; 3 more DDGs to follow
The destroyer Donald Cook set sail from Norfolk, Va., for its new home port in Rota, Spain, on Friday, the first of four destroyers over the next two years to be forward-deployed to that nation.
View ArticleInterview: Gates talks pay reform, toxic leaders and more
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates oversaw the troop surges in both Iraq and Afghanistan during his tenure at the Pentagon from 2006 to 2011. His recently published memoir,
View ArticleHale to step down as DoD finance chief
Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale is stepping down after nearly 30 cumulative years of government service, including three years wearing a Navy uniform.
View ArticleGunman's doctor before rampage: 'No problem there'
The gunman who killed 12 people in last year's rampage at Washington's Navy Yard lied so convincingly to Veterans Affairs doctors before the shootings that they concluded he had no mental health issues...
View ArticleSharp decline in Army suicides
Suicides in the Army fell by 19 percent in 2013, dramatically reversing a rising trend plaguing the Army for nearly 10 years.
View ArticleCongress looks at Navy contracting practices
The House Oversight Committee is looking into Navy contracting practices amid a widening federal probe into a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving a Singapore-based defense contractor accused...
View Article'Catastrophic' crime ring
One minute, Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale, the respected commander of the 525th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, was attending a July 4 safety briefing at Fort Bragg, N.C. The next minute, he was shot dead by...
View ArticleAirman: Marines aren't that different
Marines and airmen might have opinions about what each other's service is like, but one devil dog who made the switch to the Air Force said both sides might be surprised to learn that they're not as...
View ArticleNew uniform, same motivation: Former noncommissioned officer raves about jump...
A former enlisted Marine who left the Corps for the Air Force has written an essay, sure to spark debate, in which he says the Air Force encourages more innovative thinking, that airmen are every bit...
View ArticleDistance education would give reservists training, resources and mentorship -...
Marine reservists may soon be able to knock out some of their professional military education requirements, get help with their taxes, access family readiness and deployment health resources, and even...
View ArticleScout mission compromised by funding cut
Army leadership is betting that an 80 percent solution to its aerial scout needs will be good enough in the coming years, as it scraps its OH-58 Kiowa helicopter fleet in favor of a manned-unmanned...
View ArticleNavy christens ship named for astronaut John Glenn
The military is christening a Navy logistics ship in honor of John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth.
View ArticleUN says more than 733 Iraqis killed in January
The United Nations said Saturday that at least 733 Iraqis were killed during violence in January, even when leaving out casualties from an embattled western province.
View Article