Study: Soil dust suspected in illnesses among Iraq vets
When Army Sgt. Jayson Williams deployed to Iraq in 2003, he was a healthy 33-year-old who enjoyed the outdoors, running and playing with his son.
View ArticleBipartisan legislative group wants to change VA funding
A quiet backdrop to Washington's government shutdown last October was the anxiety rippling through 3.9 million disabled veterans who rely on government compensation for wounds and injuries, their...
View ArticleHagel orders shakeup of MIA accounting mission
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is ordering a shakeup of agencies responsible for accounting for tens of thousands of Americans missing in action from foreign wars, a mission heavily criticized as...
View ArticleExperts: Data lacking on long-term IED effects
Troops injured by bomb blasts - who absorb the full brunt of a shock wave, are hit by flying debris or even exposed to bomb-making chemicals - are at higher risk for developing long-term health...
View ArticleArmy goes to sea, moves to buy ships
The Army is planning to buy new transport ships to replace dozens of its decades-old fleet of watercraft.
View ArticleMaster sgt. accused in alleged 1995 rape of basic trainee
The Air Force charged a master sergeant with raping three people, including a former recruit in 1995 while he was a military training instructor.
View ArticleNATO chief: Expect security pact decision after Afghanistan elections
NATO's secretary general said Thursday he believes Afghan President Hamid Karzai will not sign a long-stalled security pact with the United States allowing American troops to remain in Afghanistan...
View ArticleTroops prefer cash over in-kind benefits
Proposals to front-load military compensation with more cash now rather than back-loading it with deferred, in-kind benefits later on are gaining traction with the commission tasked with recommending...
View ArticleWage hike's impact on DoD far from clear
A 39 percent increase in the minimum wage for federal contract workers will be good news for the many military spouses and veterans who work for these contractors when it takes effect next January.
View ArticleAir Force pushes RIF board from June to October
The Air Force is delaying the reduction in force board, originally scheduled for June 16, until October because of 'legal limitations' to the number of officers and the total officers within a grade...
View ArticleDrugs on Maersk ship where 2 ex-SEALs died
Drugs were in the room where two former Navy SEALs were found dead aboard the Maersk Alabama, a ship that was the focus of a 2009 hijacking dramatized in the movie 'Captain Phillips,' a company...
View ArticleCyber: The safest job in the Air Force?
In the three years since the Air Force's arm of U.S. Cyber Command became operational, the numbered command has grown to 5,400 airmen, civilians and contractor personnel providing around-the-clock...
View ArticleUSAF defends need for new long-range bomber
The Air Force needs its new long-range strike bomber, even if it can't give details.
View ArticleArmy announces LTC-level command selections
Here are the names and specialties of the lieutenant colonels and promotable majors selected as principals by the Army Competitive Category and Army Medical Department lieutenant colonel-level command...
View ArticleGuard member fired after using forklift to retrieve Twix from vending machine
It's a familiar tableau: an overpriced vending-machine candy bar dangles on a spiral hook, tantalizingly out of reach and refusing to drop.
View ArticleSecDef Hagel not able to engage Ukrainian counterpart
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has not spoken to his Ukrainian counterpart since troops there fired automatic weapons on civilians, Rear Adm. John Kirby, Hagel's spokesman, said Thursday.
View ArticleCourt-martial in prostitute's death set for April
A trial date has been scheduled for the court-martial of a Marine accused of killing a prostitute who was visiting Hawaii.
View ArticlePlot thickens after Marine Corps commandant's interview with NPR
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Jim Amos is refuting the claim, made under oath by a fellow general, that he wanted troops 'crushed' for making an inappropriate video in Afghanistan.
View ArticleKC-46A tanker gets new name: Pegasus
The Air Force's next-generation tanker has a new name, the service's chief of staff announced Thursday.
View ArticleWelsh lays out Air Staff reorganization
The Air Force is reorganizing how the Air Staff handles operations, the service's top officer announced Thursday.
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