Army reservist alleges employer discriminated against him
An attorney with the County Counsel in Orange County is suing his own office, claiming he was denied promotions because he is an Army reservist.
View ArticleFailing the AF tape test will no longer mean automatic failure of PT test
The Air Force is keeping the tape test but giving some airmen who fail the abdominal circumference portion of the PT test a second chance, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said today in a message to airmen.
View ArticleFort Hood trial adjourned until Thursday
A military judge has adjourned the Fort Hood trial for the day after the soldier accused in the shooting called no witnesses and rested his case.
View ArticleManning could serve sentence at famous Leavenworth
After being sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, Pfc. Bradley Manning could be headed for hard time at Fort Leavenworth, home to the...
View ArticleFirst MANG pilot headed to C-130 training
The mission change at the 120th Fighter Wing of the Montana Air National Guard is picking up the pace.
View ArticleWounded staff sgt., soldier wife use in-vitro benefit
After six years of marriage, Army Staff Sgt. Ed Matayka and his wife, Sgt. Karen Matayka, were ready to start a family as soon as they returned from Afghanistan.
View ArticleIraq vets brew beer 'with the freedom we fought for'
Two Iraq War veterans eager to slake a growing American thirst for craft beer are setting up a brewery less than a mile from the main runway for the Navy's East Coast master jet base. Their beers have...
View ArticleNational Guard to help with Montana wildfires
Gov. Steve Bullock ordered two Montana Army National Guard helicopter teams and 18 checkpoint teams to join firefighting efforts on the Lolo Creek Complex west of Lolo.
View ArticleCorps considers ending retirement guarantee for passed over staff sergeants
A guaranteed 20-year career and retirement benefits for enlisted Marines who make staff sergeant could become a thing of the past.
View ArticleJury convicts former sailor of attempted espionage
A federal jury convicted a former sailor of attempted espionage on Wednesday for trying to pass secrets to people he believed worked for the Russian government.
View ArticleManning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks in one of the nation's biggest leak...
View ArticleNearly half of soldiers say Army isn't committed to them
Almost 50 percent of soldiers don't believe the Army is committed to them, according to an annual leadership survey.
View ArticleDetails emerge in Great Barrier Reef bomb drops
While investigations by Australian and U.S. authorities are still underway and a final report has not been released, several key details have emerged surrounding the jettisoning of weapons on...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: What it really means to be called 'plankowner'
In a service steeped in tradition and ceremony, the title 'plankowner' stands out.
View ArticleDempsey details reasons U.S. military shouldn't intervene in Syria
The Obama administration is opposed to even limited U.S.
View ArticleWest Point combat casualties are high in post-9/11 era
West Point graduates have accounted for a higher percentage of U.S. military combat deaths in the post-9/11 war on terrorism than in all but one major American conflict since the academy's founding in...
View ArticleDOD: Bragg soldier killed in Afghanistan
A 37-year-old soldier from Virginia has been killed in an enemy attack in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.
View ArticleNSA collected thousands of domestic emails
The nation's top intelligence official on Wednesday declassified three secret U.S.
View ArticleFormer Marine sentenced for faking battle injuries to defraud charities
A former Marine has been sentenced to 4½ years in federal prison for conning charities out of thousands of dollars to feed his dream of playing on the pro golf tour.
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