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  • Marines wait in cold to begin offensive
    OUTPOST BELLEAU WOOD, Afghanistan — Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 13:28:21 EST
  • Murtha, powerful troop advocate, dead at 77
    Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., the powerful and controversial chairman of the House subcommittee responsible for defense funding, died Monday, leaving a huge hole in the Democratic Party’s national...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 13:41:13 EST
  • 24th MEU, Nassau ARG complete Haiti work
    Thousands of Marines and sailors aboard three Navy ships have completed their relief work in earthquake-ravaged Haiti and will likely steam toward the Middle East in coming days.
    Posted Monday Feb 8, 2010 19:13:42 EST
  • ‘Don’t ask’ survey published
    Opposition to gays serving openly in the military has declined sharply among those wearing the uniform today.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 14:08:53 EST
  • Rep.: Surgery damaged Murtha’s intestine
    WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend of the late Rep. John Murtha says the congressman’s large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 13:39:04 EST
  • 4-star defends Lejeune hospital quality of care
    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The admiral in charge of Navy hospitals in the east region says the quality of care at the hospital in North Carolina is excellent.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 13:11:25 EST
  • Russian general: U.S. missile defense a threat
    MOSCOW — U.S. missile defense plans are a threat to Russian national security and have slowed down progress on a new arms control treaty with Washington, Russia’s top military officer...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 12:53:03 EST
  • Effort begins to name post office after Marine
    HORNELL, N.Y. — An effort is under way to have an upstate New York post office named after a 19-year-old Marine recently killed in action in Afghanistan.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 12:57:30 EST
  • Vets group offers idea to speed VA claims
    Veterans could receive disability benefits faster, with fewer errors, if new Veterans Affairs Department employees worked exclusively on simple claims and experienced employees handled everything...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 5:55:35 EST
  • NATO: Afghans to play big role in offensive
    CAMP SHORABAK, Afghanistan — Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an upcoming offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint...
    Posted Monday Feb 8, 2010 13:58:56 EST
  • Lockheed, Kaman report unmanned helicopter test
    BLOOMFIELD, Conn. — Lockheed Martin Corp. and Kaman Aerospace Corp. are launching their own unmanned military helicopter.
    Posted Monday Feb 8, 2010 14:06:31 EST
  • Marine colonel aboard shuttle Endeavour
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour includes a Marine colonel, an accomplished musician whose latest exploits are with the cello and steel guitar, an engineer who...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 8:48:22 EST
  • Marines quietly wrap up ops in Iraq
    By mid-February, Marines will be out of Iraq.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 5:55:00 EST
  • Marines and SEALs train at Army depot
    OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Marines and Navy SEALs are using an Army facility to train for Afghanistan, and soldiers are missing out, two U.S. senators report.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 5:56:39 EST
  • Warrior ethos emphasized in UFC partnership
    MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Marine Corps has formed a formal partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship that promotes more interaction between Marines and famed mixed martial...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 5:56:59 EST
  • Abilites of MRAPs change their role in battle
    WASHINGTON — The latest armored vehicles aimed at shielding troops from roadside bombs are so maneuverable off roads that they give U.S. troops an offensive advantage as they prepare for major...
    Posted Monday Feb 8, 2010 6:26:19 EST
  • Japan balks at $2 billion to host U.S. troops
    GINOWAN, Japan — In a country where land is a precious commodity, many U.S. bases in Japan boast golf courses, football fields and giant shopping malls whose food courts offer everything from...
    Posted Monday Feb 8, 2010 19:33:13 EST
  • Mullen’s tweet heard round the world
    News about one of the biggest changes for the modern U.S. military circulated around the world this week at the speed of light — and in fewer than 140 characters.
    Posted Monday Feb 8, 2010 6:17:31 EST
  • AAFES concessions to close in Afghanistan
    Most Army and Air Force Exchange Service concessions serving U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be closed within 90 days under an order issued Feb. 5 by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander...
    Posted Monday Feb 8, 2010 6:18:05 EST
  • Concurrent receipt may not be properly funded
    Just days after the Obama administration announced plans to provide full concurrent receipt of disability and military retired pay to eligible veterans by Jan. 1, 2015, a key House committee chairman...
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 14:35:56 EST
  • Levin urges end to hold on Pentagon nominees
    Two months of unexplained delay on four top Pentagon nominations is long enough, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman said Thursday.
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 15:01:55 EST
  • High court upholds Abu Ghraib convictions
    HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The U.S. military's highest court has upheld the convictions of two soldiers for abusing Abu Ghraib prison detainees in Iraq.
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 11:20:03 EST
  • Vets wrongly charged for free care, IG finds
    Veterans seeking treatment for sexual trauma suffered in the military may have been improperly charged co-payments by the Veterans Affairs Department, according to a new report from the VA inspector...
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 15:04:16 EST
  • Prowler squadron returns to Cherry Point
    CHERRY POINT, N.C. — A Marine jet squadron used to jam improvised explosive devices in Iraq is returning from its final deployment.
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 5:28:41 EST
  • Vets face blizzard of red tape, group says
    Combat veterans returning to the U.S. often find themselves facing a new, complex and frustrating enemy: red tape.
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 15:58:51 EST
  • Hyperbaric chambers could help those with TBI
    Air Force doctors at the San Antonio Military Medical Center think they have found a way to help service members who suffer traumatic brain injuries: time in the hyperbaric chambers used to treat...
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 11:32:36 EST
  • Japanese soldiers land at Camp Pendleton beach
    CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Spitting up sand and seawater, the pair of gray naval air-cushioned landing craft zoomed onto the beach and released its cargo: Platoons of armed troops and their...
    Posted Thursday Feb 4, 2010 21:07:04 EST
  • CNO: 33 amphibs will meet Corps’ demands
    SAN DIEGO — The Navy’s top officer said he’s “pleased” with the service’s shipbuilding plan, which includes additional submarines, electronic warfare aircraft,...
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 15:35:20 EST
  • All bases required to offer morning-after pill
    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon for the first time will require military bases worldwide to offer emergency contraception or the so-called morning-after pill, a military spokeswoman said Thursday.
    Posted Thursday Feb 4, 2010 19:06:26 EST
  • Quantico investigates brig suicide
    A Marine captain awaiting a court-martial for defrauding the government was found dead from an apparent suicide Sunday in the Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., brig, base officials said.
    Posted Monday Feb 8, 2010 6:18:55 EST
  • Navy adds 1,900 acquisition staff in 6 months
    SAN DIEGO — The shift inside the department to insource more acquisition jobs is a positive step, the Navy’s No. 2 civilian official said.
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 15:38:38 EST
  • DoD will review Lejeune mental health care
    WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Defense Department will investigate complaints of substandard mental health care for Marines at Camp Lejeune, according to a North Carolina congressman Thursday who had...
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 14:15:44 EST
  • McChrystal says he sees progress in Afghanistan
    ISTANBUL — The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Thursday the security conditions there are no longer “deteriorating,” in contrast to assessments from other nations...
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 11:36:11 EST
  • Brazilian general: Gays should not lead troops
    BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian general’s comment that gay soldiers should not be allowed to command troops sparked fierce criticism Thursday from gay rights groups and a national...
    Posted Thursday Feb 4, 2010 13:59:35 EST
  • NATO chief: No bribes for Taliban
    ISTANBUL — NATO does not intend to bribe Taliban guerrillas to defect to the Afghan government side as a way to end the war, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday,...
    Posted Thursday Feb 4, 2010 5:43:43 EST
  • Critics of gay ban repeal hit at Gates, Mullen
    Socially conservative House members on Wednesday echoed their Senate colleagues’ criticism of the Pentagon’s proposal to repeal the military’s ban on open service by gays, with the...
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 5:38:57 EST
  • JHSV gets larger role in Navy, Marine plans
    Marines and special-operations SEALs may soon be going to war onboard aluminum, twin-hulled catamarans derived from commercially successful civilian ferries.
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 18:24:27 EST
  • Veterans groups find VA budget lacking
    A Thursday hearing on funding for federal veterans program will focus on how much of an increase is enough.
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 15:30:48 EST
  • Report: U.S. Rep. Murtha hospitalized
    Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., is in the intensive-care ward of a Virginia hospital, being treated for complications that followed scheduled surgery to remove his gall bladder, NBC News is reporting,...
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 14:56:38 EST
  • Marines brace for battle in Afghan south
    CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — U.S. troops and their Afghan and NATO allies are planning their biggest joint offensive since the Afghan war’s start, targeting a town in the volatile...
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 5:31:19 EST
  • Gates: Changes coming for mentor program
    WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates promised “dramatic changes” in how the Pentagon uses retired officers to advise the military, as he faced scathing criticism at a Senate...
    Posted Thursday Feb 4, 2010 17:23:42 EST
  • 2011 budget delays EFV buy another year
    The Marine Corps’ next generation amphibious troop transport has survived another budget cycle, but the service’s top officer wants to wait another year before buying any of them.
    Posted Thursday Feb 4, 2010 14:16:27 EST
  • Al-Qaida limping, but still dangerous
    U.S. intelligence officials gave a mixed message on national security threats to a Senate committee on Tuesday: It is increasingly difficult for al-Qaida to carry out complex attacks against the U.S....
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 18:04:37 EST
  • Man urges care for Lejeune-related illnesses
    WASHINGTON — A simple hug from his wife is what alerted Mike Partain of Tallahassee, Fla., to his tumor, which turned out to be male breast cancer.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 17:14:00 EST
  • Lance cpl. killed in combat in Helmand
    A Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based Marine was killed Monday in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
    Posted Friday Feb 5, 2010 5:31:06 EST
  • Budget plan has money for concurrent receipt
    A new call by the Obama administration to give full payment of retired and disability pay to all disabled military retirees by Jan. 1, 2015, is very similar to a proposal that was rejected last year,...
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 16:27:14 EST
  • Groups offer temporary homes to military pets
    When Maj. Randall Baucom received word that the Army was sending him to Iraq in 2006, he immediately began to worry about what he would do with his two mixed-breed dogs.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 14:24:50 EST
  • Mullen: 2010 critical to future of Afghanistan
    WASHINGTON — The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday the next 12 to 18 months will be critical to reversing momentum gained by insurgents in Afghanistan, with nothing short of the wartorn...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 17:41:43 EST
  • Lawyers challenging federal faker laws
    DENVER — A federal law that makes it illegal for anyone to falsely claim military medals is facing First Amendment challenges in Colorado and California.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 13:15:30 EST
  • Last living U.S. World War I vet turns 109
    CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — America’s last surviving World War I veteran marked his birthday Monday with family and close friends, noting that he has much to be thankful for as he blew out 109...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 13:20:28 EST
  • VA claims expected to take longer in 2011
    The 2011 Veterans Affairs Department budget unveiled Monday by the White House includes what VA officials called an “unprecedented” 27 percent funding increase for the Veterans Benefits...
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 17:00:41 EST
  • VA wants emergency GI Bill payouts back
    The Veterans Affairs Department is seeking to recoup $3,000 emergency payments sent last year to about 80,000 people whose Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits were delayed — including some...
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 13:03:14 EST
  • Iran blasts U.S. missile defense plan for Gulf
    TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Tuesday criticized the U.S. move to boost the defensive missiles system in Gulf Arab countries against potential strikes by Tehran, calling it a political ploy to...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 5:36:33 EST
  • Obama floats new concurrent receipt plan
    As part of his fiscal 2011 budget request, President Obama again is asking to expand the number of disabled military retirees who are eligible for concurrent receipt of full veterans disability...
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 18:37:57 EST
  • Amphib mission out of sync with needs: QDR
    The highly anticipated Quadrennial Defense Review is short on details for the Marine Corps, but it does outline an amphibious mission out of sync with the Corps projected needs.
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 18:07:55 EST
  • DoD sets priorities with 2011 budget, QDR
    The Pentagon’s double-barreled preview of spending plans unveiled Monday asks Congress for an additional $15 billion over current fiscal year spending — an increase of 2.2 percent —...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 16:08:00 EST
  • $60B VA budget includes goals for better care
    The Obama administration is setting some ambitious goals for veterans programs as it releases its budget request for fiscal 2011.
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 6:07:40 EST
  • F-35 chief fired, money withheld from Lockheed
    Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday fired the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program manager, saying someone must be held accountable for the program’s delays and cost overruns.
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 8:17:31 EST
  • Vinson, other ships released from Haiti mission
    U.S. Southern Command has released the carrier Carl Vinson and three other ships from their duties as part of the Haiti task force, according to a Navy announcement Monday.
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 19:09:41 EST
  • Reserve NCO dies from combat wounds
    A California-based reservist died last week from wounds suffered in Afghanistan, the Pentagon reported Monday.
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 16:26:46 EST
  • Records for fired doc changed to poor conduct
    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A civilian psychiatrist who says he was fired for writing memos to his military superiors in North Carolina complaining of shoddy care of Marines had good personnel reviews...
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 11:18:19 EST
  • Corps announces February officer promotions
    These active-duty officers will be promoted in February, according to the Marine Corps:
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 8:18:10 EST
  • Reports: Pakistan Taliban leader killed
    ISLAMABAD — The death of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud would inflict major damage against an al-Qaida ally already under pressure from U.S. and Pakistani attacks, but is unlikely...
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 19:20:34 EST
  • Haiti medical flights to resume
    MIAMI — The U.S. military is scheduled to resume airlifts that brought hundreds of Haitian earthquake victims to hospitals in the United States before the flights were suspended last week.
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 13:04:44 EST
  • Civil affairs MOSs being developed for enlisted
    The Corps is working to develop several active-duty career fields focused on civil affairs, a need that has emerged as Marines in Afghanistan continue to provide a vital link between their commanders...
    Posted Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 16:48:58 EST
  • VA outlines efforts to fix GI Bill problems
    Veterans Affairs Department officials tried Jan. 21 to convince a skeptical House subcommittee that its problems with paying Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits are in the past.
    Posted Wednesday Feb 3, 2010 8:16:52 EST
  • Portraits of fallen comfort families
    KEARNS, Utah — Words penned by the grieving mother of a fallen soldier are blunt about the heartfelt loss, and the gratitude.
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 7:36:22 EST
  • Cattle blood used in treatment experiments
    A South Dakota bio-tech firm is using blood byproducts from cattle to develop new ways of treating injured soldiers on the battlefield.
    Posted Sunday Jan 31, 2010 14:14:52 EST
  • U.S. troops welcome in Haiti – for now
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Young men gripping a steel fence along Port-au-Prince's waterfront call out "Hi, Sir!" to two U.S. soldiers, pleading for jobs as translators, drivers, laborers.
    Posted Sunday Jan 31, 2010 14:01:45 EST
  • Marines may carry portable brain scanners
    Portable brain scanners could become a part of the standard equipment for deploying Marines.
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 7:06:42 EST
  • Obama to request 1.4% pay raise for 2011
    President Obama will seek a 1.4 percent military pay raise for 2011 as part of his defense budget request that will be unveiled Feb. 1, according to a point paper issued Tuesday by the White House.
    Posted Sunday Jan 31, 2010 8:38:13 EST
  • DoD budget boosts funds for F-35, spec ops
    The Pentagon’s 2011 budget will seek nearly $11 billion for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, while also putting $4 billion toward a new long-range bomber and boosting funds for special operations...
    Posted Sunday Jan 31, 2010 8:39:02 EST
  • Marines getting new child development center
    HONOLULU — A traditional Hawaiian ground blessing ceremony has been held for a second child development center to be built at the Marine Corps base in Kaneohe Bay.
    Posted Saturday Jan 30, 2010 15:54:59 EST
  • Pentagon starts clock on lifting gay ban
    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department starts the clock next week on what is expected to be a several-year process in lifting its ban on gays from serving openly in the military.
    Posted Saturday Jan 30, 2010 15:52:54 EST
  • Their mission: Stay in school while serving
    HARRISBURG, Pa. — Bombs often exploded a half-mile away from Tech. Sgt. Christopher Swisher's tent at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.
    Posted Saturday Jan 30, 2010 15:47:00 EST
  • Afghan officers visit Pendleton, pass notes
    CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — While thousands of Marines brace for deployments to Afghanistan, eight officers in the Afghan National Army made a recent trip to the U.S. to give leathernecks a...
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 5:54:36 EST
  • Soldiers halt violence between guards, looters
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — U.S. soldiers halted a violent confrontation Friday between looters and a private security guard who shot and killed one man inside an appliance store and appeared...
    Posted Saturday Jan 30, 2010 9:22:50 EST
  • Hard-hit Ohio Marine unit to deploy again
    COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio Marine Reserve unit that was devastated by losses in Iraq in 2005 will be getting ready for its first large-scale deployment since its return.
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 18:23:37 EST
  • Deadlines near for two scholarship programs
    Deadlines are approaching for two scholarship programs for military families.
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 18:20:06 EST
  • Former Marine may get new sentence in murder
    A former Marine sitting on death row for the last 16-years after being convicted of murdering two colleagues in 1992 may be re-sentenced to life with parole after an appellate court set aside his...
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 11:53:26 EST
  • Secrecy of Pakistan UAV strikes is criticized
    ISLAMABAD — Criticism is mounting over Washington’s refusal to say anything about missile strikes against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in Pakistan’s northwest, prompting even...
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 12:10:14 EST
  • Staff sergeant awarded Bronze Star posthumously
    ALTOONA, Pa. — A Marine credited with saving the lives of about a dozen of his comrades in Afghanistan has been honored after death with a Bronze Star with Valor.
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 9:44:59 EST
  • Hard-hit Ohio Reserve unit set to deploy again
    COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio Marine Reserve unit that took heavy losses in Iraq will be getting ready for its first large-scale deployment in five years.
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 9:27:30 EST
  • Japan PM vows to settle Futenma dispute by May
    TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledged Friday to decide by May on where to relocate a U.S. Marine base on the southern island of Okinawa that has strained ties between the...
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 5:42:14 EST
  • Taliban attempt assault in Helmand capital
    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan troops backed by NATO attack helicopters battled Taliban fighters wearing suicide vests who launched an assault Friday in the heart of a major city in southern...
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 5:36:54 EST
  • Russia tests 5th-generation fighter
    MOSCOW — Russia’s first stealth fighter intended to match the latest U.S. design made a successful maiden flight Friday, giving a boost to the country’s efforts to modernize its...
    Posted Saturday Jan 30, 2010 10:30:54 EST
  • Nev. senators want desert training at Hawthorne
    RENO, Nev. — Nevada Sens. Harry Reid and John Ensign have written a letter to Army Secretary John McHugh hoping to get the Army to add training support to the Hawthorne Army Depot mission...
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 5:25:25 EST
  • Fight over tainted water centers on health care
    A decades-old dispute over exposure to contaminated ground water at Camp Lejuene, N.C., exploded Thursday before a Senate committee into a battle over whether the Veterans Affairs Department or...
    Posted Saturday Jan 30, 2010 10:29:30 EST
  • Senate committee to discuss gay ban next week
    The Senate Armed Services Committee will waste no time launching into hearings next week on the possibility of repealing the ban on open military service by homosexuals.
    Posted Saturday Jan 30, 2010 10:28:53 EST
  • Officials: Top al-Qaida figure killed in Iraq
    BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says a key al-Qaida leader responsible for moving hundreds of foreign fighters from Syria into Iraq has been killed in northern Iraq.
    Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 8:25:17 EST
  • Navy can’t keep pace, falls 69-59 to AU
    WASHINGTON — Vlad Moldoveanu scored a career-high 37 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead American University to a 69-59 victory over Navy on Wednesday night.
    Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 6:18:12 EST
  • Obama restates plans: Leave Iraq, end gay ban
    In his first State of the Union address Wednesday, President Obama said he is moving to keep his campaign promises. That includes getting U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by the end of August, focusing...
    Posted Friday Jan 29, 2010 6:08:19 EST
  • Defense officials seek better data on burn pits
    A top military health official told doctors that cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and undiagnosed respiratory symptoms at Joint Base Balad — former home of Iraq’s largest...
    Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 18:37:58 EST
  • Few specifics for Corps in QDR draft
    The Pentagon’s latest defense review has few surprises for the Marine Corps, which is tweaking its force to meet its 202,000-person end strength.
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 6:13:57 EST
  • USNA in uproar over player’s drug test
    A Naval Academy football player is being permitted to continue as a midshipman even after testing positive for drug use, according to multiple sources and Web sites that have sprung up to criticize...
    Posted Monday Feb 1, 2010 6:13:12 EST
  • Faster screening, treatment for TBI ahead
    Military officials announced this week that the Defense Department will enforce a new protocol for ensuring service members with head injuries immediately get the care they need.
    Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 14:07:20 EST
  • Scholar: About 66,000 gays are in military
    About 66,000 gay men and women are serving in the military, making up 2.2 percent of the total force, according to a new study by demographer Gary Gates.
    Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 20:32:34 EST
  • Holbrooke: U.S. to back Taliban reintegration
    LONDON — The United States said Wednesday that it will support a plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters set to be announced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an international conference in...
    Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 14:26:47 EST
  • Koreas exchange artillery fire near border
    SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired artillery rounds toward its disputed sea border with South Korea on Wednesday, prompting a barrage of warning shots from the South’s military and...
    Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 14:31:43 EST
  • PaCom boss: Vote not setback to moving Futenma
    CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — The election of a mayor who opposes moving a U.S. air field to his Japanese town isn’t a setback to efforts to fulfill a 2006 bilateral agreement to relocate the...
    Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 21:03:24 EST

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