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  1. Midshipmen of the class of 2014 are commissioned May 24 during the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md.

    Obama lauds future leaders at USNA graduation

    While the hats being tossed were round instead of square and no one shuffled a tassel from right to left, the Naval Academy’s Class of 2013 had one thing in common with college grads across the country: excitement — and a few nerves — about what comes next.

  1. From boyhood to battlefield: Long war takes its toll

  2. Senators: Limit recruits' athletic shoe choices to U.S.-made footwear

  1. DoD school director to retire in August

  2. Lawmakers want DoD to study whether Tricare may cover horse therapy

  3. Tricare approves waivers for beneficiaries in tornado-affected Oklahoma

  4. Marine's Silver Star, Purple Heart found at Goodwill store

  5. Bush hosts bike ride for combat veterans

  6. Brewers team up on beer to help military families

  7. Corps-wide mismatched uniform problem frustrates Marines

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    Panel rejects Pentagon's request for base closings

    A new round of military base closings is going nowhere in Congress.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    President Obama talks about national security May 23 at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

    Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

    President Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S.

    • May. 23, 2013

  3. Lawmakers make pre-Memorial Day calls to fix vet claims backlog

    In a pre-Memorial Day push to show their concern about the backlog of veterans' disability claims, House Republicans are calling for an independent task force to recommend a solution while House Democrats pushed the idea of providing temporary benefits to

    • May. 23, 2013
  4. DoD acquisition chief Frank Kendall said the Pentagon will create its own electronic health record system using commercial software. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

    Pentagon goes it alone on electronic health records

    The Defense Department is abandoning its plans to build a single, joint electronic health record system with the Veterans Affairs Department in favor of developing its own system using commercial software.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

    President Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Retired Army Lt. Col. Richard A. Lester, left, and Atlanta History Center President and CEO Sheffield Hale look over the Army seal May 13 at the nearly finished Veterans Park at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta. Jason Getz / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

    Battleground soil given place of honor in Atlanta

    It seemed like a mission impossible, but Richard A. Lester believed it could be done.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Woman gets prison in baby's shaking death at Quantico

    A Quantico woman was sentenced Thursday to 8 ˝ years in prison, far less than what was sought by prosecutors, for fatally shaking and fracturing the skull of a 9-month-old girl who had been left in her care.

    • May. 23, 2013
  8. The Nutshellz Level II Armored Cup, developed by a former Marine, will be tested by the Army. It retails for $125. Courtesy of Jeremiah Raber

    New groin protector 'eats' bullets

    A former Marine has devised a protective cup capable of repelling direct bullet strikes from 9mm and .357 magnum pistol rounds.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Surplus military trucks get new lives

    They've served their country well. Getting parked in a nondescript dirt lot sure doesn't seem like much of a final resting place.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Cheers, shouts, thumbs up, 'V' signs and general jubilation shows in the expressions of the released POWs in March 1973 as their C-141 plane lifts off from Gia Lam Airport taking them to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Air Force via AP

    Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

    Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Soldier was target of brutal attack in London

    The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

    Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Lt. Col. James B. Conway Marine Corps

    Retired commandant's son handled dead insurgents after urination incident: NCIS documents

    The son of a retired Marine Corps commandant told military investigators he handled the bagged remains of dead insurgents urinated on by scout snipers in Afghanistan, contradicting assertions from senior officers that he had no contact with those Marines.

    • May. 22, 2013
  14. Army Reserve Capt. Ryan Hanna demonstrates leg exercises for a Bob Thomas Military Muscle workout at Gannett Government Media in Springfield, Va., on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (Mike Morones/Military Times) Mike Morones/Military Times

    4 leg exercises with little or no equipment

    You really can do leg exercises without the isolation-style or massive leg press machines found in most gyms. No more leg extension or leg curl machines. No need to find a leg abductor/adductor combo or hoist a 45-pound Olympic bar.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Stolen Valor Act on the way to White House

    The Stolen Valor Act that makes it a federal crime to profit from falsely claiming to have received a military medal for valor is on its way to the White House for President Obama's signature, thanks to the efforts of two Nevadans.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Holder says 4 U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes

    Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counter-terrorism drone strikes since 2009.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Float driver: Train seemed still before deadly crash

    The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, ac

    • May. 22, 2013
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    A Marine walks past an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft barely visible through its own dust cloud after landing Jan. 31 in a remote training range of Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Crystal Chatham / The Desert Sun

    29 Palms Marines earn Commander in Chief's 'Installation Excellence Award'

    The Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center has been recognized for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year by the Office of the President of the United States with the Commander in Chief's Installation Excell

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Fort Hood suspect wants to represent himself

    The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting rampage.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    WikiLeaks case file fight moves to federal court

    The WikiLeaks organization and a handful of journalists are asking a federal judge in Baltimore to order greater transparency in the court-martial of an Army private who has acknowledged sending reams of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    DoDEA schools will soon decide furlough schedules

    Defense Department schools are deciding which days their schools will be closed for the required furloughs this fall and should start posting the information on their websites next week, said Marilee Fitzgerald, director of the Department of Defense Educa

    • May. 22, 2013

  22. VA clears 34,000 old claims under new initiative

    A Veterans Affairs Department effort to spend six months concentrating on its oldest benefits claims is having some success, but lawmakers are concerned that the improvements might be temporary.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    DoD's request for 1% military pay raise, Tricare fee hikes rejected by House panel

    A key House panel rejected the idea that budget cuts must mean pain for service members, retirees and their families.

    • May. 22, 2013

  24. House panel approves changes to military's sexual assault laws

    A House panel passed sweeping changes in sexual assault prevention programs on Wednesday, with less command flexibility in reducing or dismissing rape and assault charges and wider support for victims.

    • May. 22, 2013

  25. GAO: VA should warn vets that GI Bill benefits may be delayed

    Student veterans applying to use GI Bill benefits would be better served by the Veterans Affairs Department if they were warned of how long it might take to receive those benefits, according to a new congressional report.

    • May. 22, 2013

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