Senior defense official: 'We don't want to cut.' Blame Congress.
A senior defense official says the Army and Defense Department are being unfairly vilified in the media over military budget cuts when Congress is really to blame.
View ArticleFort Hood soldier accused of robbing store
A Texas-based soldier is jailed without bond in southwestern Illinois after being accused of robbing a convenience store.
View ArticleMission Family: Move your career along with Military OneSource tool
Peak moving season is approaching. If you know you'll soon be searching for a new job, starting a career, changing careers - or are thinking about those possibilities - check out the Military OneSource...
View ArticleFla. university to offer tuition break for surviving kids
Jacksonville University in Florida is set to become the first partner school for the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation.
View ArticleBudget hearing pauses for beer can quips
Even amid the brewing storm clouds that are gathering over the Pentagon's call for significant budget cuts in 2015, the services' senior enlisted advisers showed that it's still possible to keep a...
View ArticleHagel announces eight Marine general officer promotions
Seven Marine brigadier generals have received presidential nominations for major general and one Marine colonel has Obama's nod for his first star, all pending congressional confirmation, according to...
View ArticleBudget anxiety spurs saving, survey shows
Some career military members are hunkering down and increasing their short-term savings as anxieties swirl around the future of the Defense Department budget, according to a recent survey.
View ArticleNew EOD Marine Memorial Scholarship to aid children of fallen technicians
The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation has created a new scholarship to honor four explosive ordnance technicians killed during a November training accident at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and has pledged...
View ArticleUkraine says Russian troops have seized 2 airports, base
Ukraine accused Russia of a 'military invasion and occupation' on Friday, saying Russian troops have taken up positions around a coast guard base and two airports on its strategic Crimea peninsula.
View ArticleTRANSCOM Chief: Crews ready to withdraw people, equipment from Afghanistan
U.S. Transportation Command will be able to quickly withdraw all troops and equipment from Afghanistan at the end of the year, if that is the option chosen, the TRANSCOM commander said Thursday.
View ArticleLast U.S. troops fly from Kyrgyzstan to Afghanistan
The last U.S. troops to fly from the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, to Afghanistan departed Friday, marking the end of the base's role as a transit hub after more than 12 years.
View ArticleU.S. Forces Japan: Zushi Beach tattoo ban not aimed at service members
A Japanese city's new ordinance that bars visitors to a beach near Yokosuka Naval Base from showing off large tattoos is not meant to target U.S. service members, a spokesman for U.S. Forces Japan told...
View ArticleSource: Army to wear-test digital MultiCam pattern
The Army will soon wear-test a digital camouflage pattern inspired by MultiCam, a source tells Army Times.
View ArticleUSAFE already seeing cuts
The Pentagon is looking to close or reduce the sizes of its military bases across Europe, raising speculation that Air Force facilities might be on the chopping block.
View ArticleWounded warriors take on child pornographers
Men who have seen and suffered the horrors of combat steel themselves each day for a job some find just as wrenching: fighting child sex crimes back home.
View ArticleFormer Marine gets 210 years for sex tourism
A federal judge has sentenced a former Marine captain to 210 years in prison for performing sex acts with young girls in Cambodia.
View ArticlePutin asks parliament to use military in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament today for permission to use the country's military in Ukraine, moving to formalize troop deployments that Ukrainian officials have described as an...
View ArticleMarine sex-assault prosecutor accused of touching woman inappropriately
The former head of a Marine Corps legal team tasked with prosecuting sex assault cases will face an administrative hearing in March, accused of touching a female subordinate inappropriately.
View ArticleNavy finds missteps in deadly Ky. crash of Humvee
A series of missteps led to a deadly Humvee accident last May at Kentucky's Fort Knox, a Navy investigation concludes.
View ArticleOdd couple at center of Russian helicopter inquiry
Yuri Borisov's performance on a lucrative U.S. military contract was dismal - cost overruns, blown deadlines, forged paperwork.
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