Former senator Jim Webb: 'Taking a hard look' at Democratic presidential bid
Former senator Jim Webb laid out in stark terms the economic and military challenges facing America, saying he is 'seriously looking' at a 2016 presidential campaign as a Democrat.
View ArticleArmy chief: Division headquarters will deploy soon to Iraq
As the U.S. expands its war against the Islamic State, the Army is preparing to deploy a division headquarters to Iraq.
View ArticleMarine vet imprisoned in Iran can call home
The family of a former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Iran since his arrest three years ago on spying charges said his conditions have improved and he is now allowed to call home several times a week.
View ArticleTurkey considers military role against Islamic State group
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday he is considering expanding support for Western and Arab operations against the Islamic State group to include military involvement.
View ArticleObama salutes Marine with coffee cup, outrage ensues
On his way to participate in a United Nations talk on Climate Change, and coming from his national address on airstrikes in Syria, President Barack Obama stepped off Marine One and proceeded to salute...
View ArticleManning sues Defense Department for gender treatment
Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning is suing the Defense Department for hormone therapy.
View ArticleAirstrikes alone may not defeat Sunni militants
In their Syrian strongholds, extremists from the Islamic State group had been moving into civilian apartment buildings for cover days before the U.S. and its allies began pounding them before dawn...
View ArticleRights of same-sex military spouses vary by state
On the wall over her bunk in Kuwait, Marine Cpl. Nivia Huskey proudly displays a collection of sonogram printouts of the baby boy her pregnant spouse is carrying back home in North Carolina.
View ArticleSecret Service interviewed accused intruder twice
Secret Service agents in Virginia and Washington earlier this summer twice interviewed an Army veteran accused of climbing over a White House fence during the weekend and running into the executive...
View ArticleForcewide sexual assault survey underway
In recent weeks, hundreds of thousands of service members saw an innocuous-looking email pop into their official inbox urging their participation in a '
View ArticleObama scores coalition victory with Arab strikes
For President Obama, the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria marked an unexpected foreign policy victory as he plunges the U.S.
View ArticleMideast countries play major role in Islamic State strikes
Jordan was compelled to join U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria after the government uncovered a number of militants crossing its border with Iraq, a Jordanian government source...
View ArticleDempsey: 'No safe haven' for militants
Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes on the Islamic State group's military strongholds in Syria achieved their aim of showing the extremists that their savage attacks will not go unanswered, the top American...
View ArticleAnalysis: Syria airstrikes introduce F-22's firepower to the world
The F-22 Raptor has flown its first combat operation, a major milestone for the small air dominance fleet.
View ArticleMicrosoft's Kinect aids in 'augmented reality sand' mapping tool for Marines,...
Video game technology has aided researchers in creating realistic 3-D battlespace maps using a simple sand box.
View ArticleWhat is Khorasan Group, and why are we at war with it?
The United States is at war with an enemy that few had even heard of before Monday's airstrikes in Syria.
View ArticleWould U.S. have right of hot pursuit in Syria?
Obama administration officials returned Tuesday to citing Congress' 2001 authorization to wage war on the terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attacks as legal grounding for its overnight airstrikes...
View ArticleAttacks on Syria 'beginning of sustained' war, Pentagon says
It was the first time the U.S. has mounted airstrikes in Syria.
View ArticleTroops, vets divided over how to fight Islamic State
Post-9/11 veterans are sharply divided about whether the U.S. air campaign in Syria and Iraq is enough to defeat the terrorists or whether the U.S. needs to commit boots on the ground to destroy the...
View ArticleVA to investigate whether Marine's data was falsified
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday it will investigate allegations that the appointment records of a retired Marine who died after having seizures were falsified to cover up delays in...
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