Corps offers $90,000 to re-enlist in FY09
The Corps doesn’t need as many people in 2009, but it’s offering good money for the ones it wants. Posted Saturday Jul 19, 2008 8:21:01 EDT
Pentagon may buy shorter, lighter MRAPs
Some of the Pentagon’s final batch of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles could be several tons lighter and one or two feet shorter in length, an effort to reduce deadly rollovers and... Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 10:35:56 EDT
Collegiate vets say campus needs often unmet
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Nothing Derek Blumke saw during three Air Force tours in Afghanistan prepared him for college life. Posted Saturday Jul 19, 2008 17:24:22 EDT
Marines learn to control anger and anxiety
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A year and a half after he left Iraq, Sgt. Terrell McClain is still fighting the sniper who shot him in the arm and the mortar shells and rockets that rattled his brain. His... Posted Saturday Jul 19, 2008 17:19:04 EDT
Obama visits troops, officials in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Visits with U.S. troops and Afghan officials in a war-weary region marked Barack Obama’s first day in Afghanistan, the focal point of his proposed strategy for... Posted Saturday Jul 19, 2008 17:59:08 EDT
Two reservists charged with stealing secrets
SAN DIEGO — Two Marine reservists have been charged in connection with an alleged information theft ring that involved the compromise of classified files. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 20:09:25 EDT
House panel calls for Iraq wiring probe
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is widening its investigation into shoddy electrical work at military bases in Iraq that led to the death or injury of at least 12 soldiers. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 17:01:38 EDT
Lawmaker: Extend mortgage protection for vets
Two projects aimee at protecting veterans with adjustable rate mortgages and adjustable hybrid rate mortgages could be extended past the end of this year if Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., moves her... Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 16:58:54 EDT
Jones introduces bill to protect chaplains
Chaplains would be able to close prayers outside of religious services according to their faith under a bill introduced July 16 by Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 16:33:48 EDT
VA still resists voting drives in facilities
The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to resist efforts by lawmakers to allow voter registration groups access to patients at hospitals and nursing homes. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 15:36:50 EDT
Free welcome-home signs available
If a homecoming celebration is in the works for your returning service member, you’d better get in on the rush to order a free banner from Buildasign.com. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 15:34:28 EDT
Marine injured with Hogan faces new life
Given all the dangers a motor transport operator in the Corps faces, this wasn’t supposed to be the ride that changed Lance Cpl. John Graziano’s life. Posted Saturday Jul 19, 2008 8:29:37 EDT
Lejeune struggles with ID card logjam
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Officials at Camp Lejeune say they are dealing with a temporary logjam as tens of thousands of Marines, their families and civilian workers renew identification cards. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 7:39:35 EDT
Suspect arrested in shooting of Marine vet
DULUTH, Minn. — U.S. Marshals have arrested a suspect in a weekend shooting that critically injured a Marine veteran in Duluth. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 7:42:06 EDT
U.S., Iraq seek time horizon on troop cuts
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Iraq have agreed to seek “a general time horizon” for deeper reductions in American combat troops in Iraq. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 13:07:39 EDT
Marine death in Iraq under investigation
The non-hostile death of a lance corporal in Iraq on Sunday remains under investigation, Defense Department officials said Thursday. Posted Saturday Jul 19, 2008 8:21:22 EDT
Marine base breaks ground on windmill project
The newest addition to the Marine Corps’ desert logistics base is expected to be a welcomed resident. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 10:04:26 EDT
Former Marine indicted in police duty shooting
DECATUR, Ga. — A former Marine and suburban Atlanta police officer was indicted Thursday on felony murder charges — the only charges brought so far against officers linked to a spate of... Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 10:03:53 EDT
EFPs in Iraq drop 70 percent in 3 months
WASHINGTON — The number of deadly armor-piercing roadside bombs, which the U.S. government has linked to Iran, has dropped by nearly 70 percent in the past three months, the U.S. military said. Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 9:59:46 EDT
Bill would hike VA mileage reimbursement rate
Senate appropriators approved a bill Thursday that would bump the reimbursement rate to 50.5 cents per mile for veterans traveling to Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers to receive... Posted Friday Jul 18, 2008 10:10:43 EDT
Adm. Mike Mullen
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen recently sat down with Military Times reporters and editors for an exclusive interview. Read the admiral’s comments on Iraq, Iran and American military.
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