Afghanistan's presidential campaign to begin
The posters are printed. The rallies are organized. A televised debate is planned.
View ArticleNATO leaders say Afghan troops need more training
Afghanistan's police force and army still need more training to handle the country's security on their own, making it critical for a new security agreement to be signed to allow international forces to...
View ArticleNavy plans faster cash for do-it-yourself movers
A simple change in how the Navy processes payouts to do-it-yourself movers will get cash into sailors' hands faster, the service said.
View ArticleVeteran's family questions Lodi police shooting
Sikh community members in the Central California city of Lodi are questioning why police shot and killed an Army veteran whose family and friends say suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.
View ArticleAfghan presidential election campaign kicks off
Campaigning officially opened Sunday in Afghanistan's presidential election, with 11 candidates vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai in polls seen as a crucial test of whether Afghanistan can ensure...
View ArticlePlatform, personnel cuts likely in FY '15 Air Force budget
This close to the March 4 submission of the fiscal 2015 budget request, getting specifics from service officials can be like pulling teeth.
View ArticleAir Combat Command's challenge: Buy new or modernize older aircraft
After a tense budget battle last year, the Air Force is gearing up to defend what service officials have called a series of hard choices about what to keep and what to dump.
View Article'Presidents Own' leader looks back on time with elite Marine band
When Col. Michael Colburn was a 12-year-old euphonium player at a summer band camp in Vermont, he was in awe of one of the instructors there, Lucas Spiros, a principal in the United States Marine Band.
View ArticleThe pitfalls of power: Did Marine 2-stars abuse their authority or were they...
To hear at least one Marine describe it, Maj. Gen. Angela Salinas was obsessed with having a subordinate who was readily recognizable as her aide.
View ArticleAir Force Looking for JSTARS Recapitalization
The Air Force hopes to develop a new JSTARS surveillance aircraft based on a business jet, one which could be operational as soon as 2022.
View ArticleSniper upgrade: Accuracy-boosting scope kit to be delivered this month
The Army is testing a fire control system that turns an average shooter into a deadly sniper in a matter of minutes.
View ArticleMarines raise money from their powerful 'brand'
Over its storied 238-year history the Marine Corps has built a powerful brand.
View ArticleSecDef Hagel calls nuclear officers in Malmstrom bunkers
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has made the rare gesture of phoning Air Force nuclear officers in their underground launch bunkers to update them on efforts to correct problems in their service.
View ArticleNSA chief nominee: Individual rights must be 'paramount'
Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, tapped on Jan. 30 to lead a National Security Agency battered and bruised over the issue of personal privacy, told sister publication Defense News in a March 2013 interview...
View ArticleNavy suicides drop from peak in '12
The Navy made great strides in driving down the number of sailor suicides last year, a success officials credit to more robust awareness programs and the fleet.
View ArticleRichardson paratrooper who died after collapsing is identified
U.S. Army Alaska has released the identity of a paratrooper who died after collapsing following a training jump.
View ArticleTestimony resumes in mom's trial in Dyess toddler's death
Testimony continues in the trial of a West Texas woman accused of her daughter's death by malnutrition and neglect.
View Article16 promotion points to disappear July 1
The Army has delayed a policy change that will terminate 16 promotion points for soldiers competing for sergeant stripes.
View ArticleArmy program helps soldier choose life over suicide
The demons rushed in during the months after Levertis Jackson returned from Afghanistan in 2011. 'I felt like I was losing complete control of my mind and my sanity,' says the former Army specialist.
View ArticleCar bombings in Iraq kill at least 23 people
A new series of car bombings in and around Baghdad on Monday killed at least 23 people, officials said, as Iraq's Shiite-led government grapples with a stubborn Sunni extremist-led insurgency in the...
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