Captains promotion list comes out this week
Results of the fiscal 2013 Regular Army captain promotion selection boards that met in April will be released Thursday morning.
View ArticleObama to address disabled veterans
President Obama, who has addressed VFW and American Legion conventions over the years, will speak this week to disabled veterans.
View ArticleSenators call for end to Afghan helicopter deal
Twelve Republican and Democratic senators are calling on the Pentagon to cancel all contracts to buy helicopters for Afghan security forces from a state-run Russian arms exporter that is a top weapons...
View ArticleWitness: Manning leaks chilled U.S. relationships
The more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables Army Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed through WikiLeaks have had a chilling effect on American foreign relations, a high-ranking State Department official...
View ArticleEx-Dover airman charged with raping 4-year-old boy
Delaware State Police have charged a former airman at Dover Air Force Base with repeatedly sexually abusing a 4-year-old boy.
View ArticleU.S. HH-60 rescue helicopter crashes in Okinawa
A U.S. military helicopter crashed at an American base on the southern island of Okinawa, Japanese and U.S. officials said Monday.
View ArticleGround Combat Vehicle may be delayed - or canceled
The Ground Combat Vehicle could be delayed, according to the Army's top officer.
View ArticleState Dept.: Posts in 19 cities to remain closed
Amid online 'chatter' about terror threats, U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said.
View ArticleCuts stretch across fighter, airlift and bomber communities
The Air Force's share of budget cuts could add up to five tactical aircraft squadrons and much of its C-130 fleet.
View ArticleGeneral: National Guard up for future demands
National Guard Air and Army units should be able to maintain their readiness and deployment capabilities indefinitely despite a murky federal military budget outlook, the chief of the National Guard...
View ArticleTaliban, Afghan government talking secretly over stalled peace process
The Taliban have held secret talks with representatives of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to try to jumpstart a peace process that stumbled and stalled at the starting gate, according to Afghan...
View ArticleTroop, civilian cuts likely, Pentagon's No. 2 says
Troop cuts and civilian layoffs are imminent unless Congress and the White House reach a deal to avert another round of automatic budget cuts this fall, according to the Pentagon's No. 2 official.
View Article110,000 more soldiers could get the ax
The Army could lose 110,000 soldiers - nearly one in four on active duty - as well as new gear and weaponry as the Defense Department makes sweeping cuts to balance its budget.
View ArticleMarine end strength could hit 150,000
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel didn't mention the Marine Corps much when he addressed the ways the military will suffer under decadelong budget cuts, but what he did mention was jarring: The service...
View Article$16 million paid to deserters, AWOL soldiers
The Army has paid out $16 million in pay and allowances to deserters and soldiers who are absent without leave, the Army Audit Agency has discovered.
View ArticlePhoto gallery: Hood shooting survivors to face gunman at trial
Alonzo Lunsford has trouble getting out of chairs and warns his family to wake him gently. Kathy Platoni can't shake the image of the man who died in a pool of blood at her knees.
View ArticlePentagon reports major progress in spouse-employment effort
Military-friendly employers have reached the goal of hiring 50,000 military spouses two years early, said Jessica Wright, acting under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness.
View ArticleOnline scam impersonates new USAFE commander
Gen. Frank Gorenc is one of the senior military leaders impersonated by scammers who will ask you for money
View ArticleAnalysis: A look at cutting 3 carrier strike groups
At first, the statement is shocking: 'Reduce the number of carrier strike groups from 11 to 8 or 9, draw down the Marine Corps from 182,000 to between 150,000 and 175,000.'
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