Army study gives women taste of combat tasks
Standing just over 5 feet, Army Spc. Karen Arvizu is barely a foot taller than the anti-tank missile she carries in both arms and loads into an armored vehicle. She stands on her tip-toes to wrestle...
View ArticleDoD, VA issue new concussion care guide
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have published new guidelines on post-concussion care - a detailed, step-by-step road map for returning to duty that embraces rest and nixes activities such...
View ArticleIngalls protesting Coast Guard cutter contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is protesting the Coast Guard's Feb. 11 award of design contracts for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, reportedly citing questions about the grading criteria.
View ArticleVerdicts released for January courts-martial
Continuing a policy that began in mid-2013, the Navy published the results of special and general courts-martial tried in January of this year - 21 verdicts in all.
View ArticleTop VA health official denies dumping patient records
The Veterans Affairs Department's top health official dismissed a report this week that VA health care system employees dumped thousands of medical appointment records in an effort to cover up overdue...
View ArticleMcCain's 'hold' on DoD nominees isn't binding, experts say
U.S. Sen. John McCain says he wants to block two nominees for high-level Pentagon jobs - but the Senate's 'maverick' is about to find out a hold isn't what it used to be.
View ArticleSecretary expects personnel cuts to be less severe than previously estimated
The Defense Department's 2015 budget request, to be unveiled next week, will propose cutting fewer than the previously estimated 25,000 airmen over five years, and the majority of those cuts will come...
View ArticleSex assault victims recount military system's failures
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., used the bully pulpit of her Senate Armed Services personnel panel chair on Feb.
View ArticleParatroopers jump into Arctic for extreme exercise
About 40 paratroopers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division jumped into Deadhorse, Alaska, on Tuesday for the unit's first airborne operation north of the Arctic Circle.
View ArticleArmy disqualifies 588 soldiers after sexual assault review
The Army has disqualified 588 soldiers as sexual assault counselors, recruiters and drill sergeants for infractions ranging from sexual assault to child abuse to drunken driving.
View ArticleEnd draws near for U.S. military hub in Kyrgyzstan
The U.S. military has ended its air refueling mission in Kyrgyzstan, the latest sign that time is growing short for the Transit Center at Manas, which has been a major hub for U.S. troops heading to...
View ArticleDoD official to coordinate efforts to free POW
The Pentagon has named acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michael Lumpkin as the point person for efforts to bring home prisoner of war Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, according to a congressional...
View ArticleTop enlisted members: Don't mess with commissaries
The Marine Corps' senior enlisted adviser told lawmakers Wednesday that he believes focusing on the commissary benefit as a potential source of defense budget savings is a mistake.
View ArticleDempsey worries about effects of withdrawal talk
Depicting a grim future for Afghanistan without U.S. help, the top U.S.
View ArticleMarine Corps commandant: 'Never any intention to ban' independent newspaper
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Jim Amos issued a statement Wednesday saying 'there was never any intention to ban' the independent newspaper Marine Corps Times from base exchange stores.
View ArticleProsecutor's departure fuels debate over command influence in sexual assault...
The stunning resignation of the military lawyer who was prosecuting an Army general on a charge of forcible sodomy is raising new questions about how commanders are handling sexual assault cases.
View ArticleJames: USAF expects long-range bomber RFP in fall
The Air Force intends to issue a request for proposal (RFP) on its new long-range strike bomber this fall, according to the service's top civilian official.
View ArticleChief: Getting personal on EPRs will help airmen
Discussions about personal finances and relationships with supervisors - one of the steps coming to the new Enlisted Performance Report system - raise privacy concerns for some airmen.
View ArticleAriz. Air Guard members to pay back money in fraud case
A prosecutor said Wednesday that numerous former and current members of the Arizona Air National Guard will likely pay back thousands of dollars and avoid trial over a scam to obtain expense pay.
View ArticleIran sanctions dispute hurts vets bill prospects
The prospects for an election-year Senate bill aimed at beefing up benefits for America's veterans are caught in the dispute over whether to impose sanctions on Iran.
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