Sources: Spec Ops funding likely to be 'reined in'
The Obama administration is poised to scale back funding for the military's most elite forces, which spearheaded the fight against al-Qaida and embodied the Pentagon's rapid post-9/11 budget growth.
View ArticleDoD's lack of Rx management policy is risk to ill troops, report says
Injured and ill service members are at risk of accidental drug overdoses because the Defense Department lacks overarching policies on medication management, a Pentagon investigation has found.
View ArticleParatrooper killed, 7 injured in Fort Bragg training exercise
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division has been killed in a training accident at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
View ArticleWalter Ehlers, last living Medal of Honor recipient from D-Day, dies
Staff Sgt. Walter Ehlers, the last Medal of Honor recipient from the D-Day invasion in 1944, has died at the age of 92, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
View ArticleConsumer Watch: Start saving money, reducing debt during Military Saves Week
How would it feel to have $1.2 million in savings and other assets by the time you're 38?
View ArticleFeb. 28 deadline for family members' scholarship applications
The deadline is Feb. 28 to apply for a $2,000 scholarship under the Scholarships for Military Children Program. At least one scholarship will be awarded at each commissary with qualified applicants.
View ArticleKevlar for the Mind: Parenting style, sex among marriage concerns
Q. My wife and I seem to argue a lot about how to raise our children. I'm strict when it comes to discipline and she's a bit of a pushover.
View ArticleMoonlighting in the military: 9 ways troops are making extra cash
A full-timer in the Air Force Reserve at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., Lt. Col. Ian Coogan harnesses his passion for fitness and helping others into his part-time job as a P90X certified Beachbody...
View ArticleLeadership program opens for new, recent separating troops
Troops who plan to leave the military within the next three to six months, or have recently left, may be eligible to apply for a leadership program aimed at helping them make the transition to the...
View ArticleWhite House: 24 soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor will be awarded to 24 people, three of them living, who served in wars of past decades, the White House announced today.
View ArticleHagel: No Medal of Honor for Peralta
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will not reopen the Medal of Honor case for Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta, his office announced Friday.
View ArticleMoH candidate thrilled at honor for Vietnam actions
Former Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, one of the three living Medal of Honor candidates who will soon receive the award, is getting the honor for taking out enemy bunkers with grenades and rescuing...
View Article7 tips for acing promotion exams
The clock is ticking. The spring 2014 advancement exams start in less than a month and for those hoping to earn a crow or put on your next petty officer chevron, it's time to hit the books.
View ArticleDevice would use electricity to make airmen's brains work faster
The Air Force is looking into building a device that sends an electric current to the brain to help airmen learn faster and ward off fatigue.
View ArticleMarine helo pilot earns DFC from British allies
A pilot from Camp Pendleton, Calif., has become just the second Marine aviator since World War II to receive the British Distinguished Flying Cross.
View Article'Relentless' in Afghanistan: Four Marines get medals after 6-day battle
The mood was calm as two platoons with Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, conducted a nighttime air assault into Qaleh-ye Gaz, a rural town in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
View ArticleNuke test scores fell flat during alleged cheating
Last summer, when dozens of nuclear missile officers allegedly cheated on exams, test scores were among the lowest of the year, according to Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press.
View ArticleNYPD gets ex-military dog, a 1st for the force
The New York Police Department is welcoming a newcomer that's the first of his kind for the nation's largest police department: a former military service dog.
View ArticleAs Iraq hands out election IDs, unrest rages on
Iraqi election officials began handing out new, computerized voter identification cards Saturday across the capital as the country prepares for its first nationwide election since the withdrawal of...
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