Service chiefs warn of sequester's 'insidious' effects
Senior U.S. military leaders on Wednesday renewed their dire warnings about further defense budget cuts, predicting that a slew of weapon system purchases could be canceled or delayed.
View ArticleAir Force's top enlisted: Roll call is back
Get ready to fall in: Roll call is back for the first time in nearly 50 years.
View ArticleCody: EPR overhaul will fix 'inflated system'
The upcoming overhaul of enlisted evaluations will produce a system that focuses on performance and improves how supervisors provide regular feedback to airmen, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force...
View ArticleFeds indict 3 for stealing medication from military hospitals
Two military hospital employees who allegedly stole and sold $1.3 million in medications from work were indicted along with the alleged buyer, according to federal authorities.
View ArticleLeaders look to slow growth of pay and benefits, thin 3- and 4-star ranks
The military services' senior enlisted advisers are looking at how to slow the growth of pay and benefits, not cut them, said Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody.
View ArticleF-35 costs drop as technical challenges lessen, officials say
The F-35 is no longer a trillion-dollar program and costs are likely to continue to drop, officials for the Joint Strike Fighter program said Tuesday.
View ArticleStaff sgt. seeks answers after death of toddler
Examiner says 21-month-old died of trauma
View ArticleSecDef orders military-wide base security reviews
In the wake of Monday's Navy Yard mass shooting that left 12 dead, the Pentagon chief has ordered sweeping reviews of security on all military bases world-wide and the rules for granting security...
View ArticleNavy Yard gunman's mom: 'I don't know why he did it'
The mother of Aaron Alexis said Wednesday that she does not know why her son opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard, killing 12 people, but she is glad he can no longer hurt anyone else.
View ArticleMarine killed, four injured in AAV fire at 29 Palms
A Marine was killed and four others injured when an Amphibious Assault Vehicle caught fire Monday morning at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.
View ArticleBoeing to end C-17 production in 2015
Boeing Co. announced Wednesday that it will end production of its C-17 Globemaster III military cargo jet and close the final assembly plant in Long Beach, Calif., in 2015, putting as many as 3,000...
View ArticleDefense pushes to pause 9/11 case at Guantanamo
Lawyers for the men accused in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo sought Wednesday to persuade a military judge to put the proceedings on hold until apparent security problems with a computer network are...
View ArticleJBLM soldier gets probation in Wis. homicide case
A judge sentenced a Washington state soldier to two years' probation Wednesday as part of a plea deal after prosecutors accused her of helping her husband hide his half-brother's corpse in the...
View ArticleJBER soldier charged in string of sexual assaults
Anchorage police say a 25-year-old soldier has been arrested in a series of sexual assaults at gunpoint.
View ArticleR.I. base didn't consider Navy Yard shooter a threat
Officials at the Navy base in Newport, R.I., failed to forward a report from local police last month that Monday's alleged killer of 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had complained about hearing...
View ArticleFund set up to help families of Navy Yard shooting victims
A fund has been set up to help the 12 families who lost loved ones in the Sept. 16 Washington Navy Yard shooting.
View ArticleVA: Aaron Alexis never sought treatment for PTSD
Aaron Alexis, the Navy veteran and subcontractor believed responsible for Monday's Washington Navy Yard shooting, was treated twice in August at veterans' hospitals for insomnia but was never diagnosed...
View ArticleAssad denies his forces conducted chemical attack
Syrian President Bashar Assad says a United Nations report finding 'clear and convincing evidence' that sarin nerve gas was used in Syria painted an 'unrealistic' account, and he denied his government...
View Article2 insurers sue Army for 2010 wildfire
Two insurers are suing the U.S. Army for a wildfire sparked by live fire at Camp Williams that torched three houses in the Salt Lake City suburb of Herriman.
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