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  1. Letters to the editor: Missing the point

    As a sailor who was cut through the enlisted retention board, it is difficult to express the extreme disgust I feel toward what I believe to have once been a proud and dignified service — a service that took pride in the fact they 'took care of their own'

    • May. 19, 2013
  2. Navy Lt. Thomas Saenz, who graduated Friday from the University of Southern California with a master's degree, joins a growing number of service members earning college degrees while deployed in a war zone. Thomas Saenz / AP

    Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone

    Navy Lt. Thomas Saenz, who graduated Friday from the University of Southern California with a master's degree, joins a growing number of service members earning college degrees while deployed in a war zone.

    • May. 18, 2013
  3. Sergeants major study leadership, ethics

    Marine Corps leaders are pressing forward with the development of a new course for freshly minted sergeants major that stresses leadership and professional ethics as they prepare to oversee an entire battalion or squadron of Marines.

    • May. 18, 2013
  4. A YogaFit for Warrior program is being taught to base yoga instructors that will help those troops suffering from PTSD. Photos courtesy of Shaye Molendyke

    Yoga program focuses on wounded warriors

    Lt. Col. Shaye Molendyke has seen the mental health effects of war up close and personal. She worked the psychiatric ward at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and daily, she saw the invisible effects of war on troops.

    • May. 18, 2013
  5. Chaplain (Capt.) Sam Rico, headquarters and headquarters battalion chaplain for the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colo., is shown during his 2009 deployment to Wardak province, Afghanistan. Photos courtesy of Chaplain (Capt.) Sam Rico/Army

    Preventative maintenance key for soldier welfare

    Five things every soldier should know

    • May. 18, 2013
  6. Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge conduct watch. Fatigue impairs a sailor's judgment and reaction time, research indicates. MC3 Scott Pittman/Navy

    Fleet bosses push for better watch bills

    Sleep is an afterthought in the surface Navy. A nice-to-have that comes after drills and meetings and training and maintenance and fitness and chow and, of course, watch.

    • May. 18, 2013
  7. Cindy Gardner, wife of Navy retiree John Gardner, traveling Space-A aboard a KC-135. Left, Cindy sleeps on the deck of a C-17 flying Space-A from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to Joint Base Andrews, Md. Photos courtesy of Cindy Gardner

    Space-A: The 'A' is for adventure!

    The three oldest Gloden boys have been known to zip their remote control cars through the expansive deck of a C-17 transport as their family flies on military Space Available flights.

    • May. 18, 2013
  8. Suspected U.S. drone in Yemen kills 4 militants

    A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials.

    • May. 18, 2013
  9. Former guardsman killed in Bahamas robbery

    INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Bruner led a marching band, taught special-needs children, excelled as an athlete and handled heavy artillery in the Indiana National Guard — all in 34 years, before dying what police described as a hero's death earlier this week in th

    • May. 18, 2013
  10. Army investigates 23-year-old paratrooper's death

    The Army is investigating the death of a 23-year-old paratrooper at Fort Bragg.

    • May. 18, 2013
  11. S.K.: North Korea fires 3 short-range missiles

    North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.

    • May. 18, 2013
  12. Body found in remote OC ID'd as missing ex-sgt.

    Authorities Friday confirmed that a body found in a remote canyon in Orange County was a 36-year-old former Army sergeant, and they promptly arrested her former roommate who had made frequent public appearances and given a steady stream of media interviews during the two weeks she was missing.

    • May. 18, 2013
  13. Ky. veteran killed in Afghanistan blast

    Just a few weeks from seeing the birth of his first child, Michael Robert Bradford died serving his country in Afghanistan.

    • May. 18, 2013
  14. Report: No Coastie misconduct in gory goat training

    Coast Guard members did nothing wrong when they conducted medical training that included dismembering a live goat, the service concluded May 1 after a yearlong investigation.

    • May. 18, 2013
  15. The newly approved security technical implementation guide will open up access for government-issued Apple mobile phones and tablets already in use. It will not allow personal iOS devices to access DoD networks. Army

    Pentagon networks to allow official use of iPhones, iPads

    The Defense Department announced Friday that officials have taken the first step that will allow government-issued iPhones and iPads to access DoD computer networks.

    • May. 17, 2013
  16. An F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot with the 58th Fighter Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base conducts aerial refueling for certification at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 13. Master Sgt. John R. Nimmo, Sr. / Air Force

    F-35A successfully starts air refueling

    It was the first time the new F-35A was refueled with a nontest pilot in the cockpit, and for all the excitement, it was a 'nonevent,' the pilots and boom operators said.

    • May. 17, 2013
  17. Sarah Hekmati, left, is working to raise awareness in Washington about her brother and former Marine sergeant, Amir, right, being held in an Iranian prison. Courtesy of FreeAmir.org

    Iran holds former Marine for almost 2 years

    Dad sick with cancer, family seeks release

    • May. 17, 2013
  18. Col. Tracy J. Tafolla Marine Corps

    Marine Col. removed as Pentagon's non-lethal weapons directorate chief

    The Marine colonel running day-to-day management of the U.S. military's nonlethal weapons program has been removed from his command, Marine Corps Times has learned.

    • May. 17, 2013
  19. Refueling operations in Mali pass 200 missions

    It may not have the level of attention of operations in Afghanistan, but Air Force refueling operations just surpassed 200 missions over four months while assisting the French in Mali.

    • May. 17, 2013
  20. Benghazi e-mails show 'no conspiracy,' expert says

    E-mails released by the White House that describe how the CIA's assessment of the Benghazi attack was edited to exclude any mention of terrorism appear to be part of a routine process by Washington bureaucrats, says a former CIA agent who used to take par

    • May. 17, 2013
  21. At a news conference with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, on Friday ordered the military to recertify every person involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault. Carolyn Kaster / AP

    Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.

    • May. 17, 2013
  22. 4 soldiers die in Afghanistan

    Military officials say three Fort Bliss soldiers and one from Fort Stewart in Georgia were killed in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device.

    • May. 17, 2013
  23. Lt. Col. Darin Haas was removed from his position as the manager of Fort Campbell's Sexual Harassment and Assault Response Prevention/Equal Opportunity program May 16 after his arrest in a domestic dispute. Courtesy Clarksville (Tenn.) Police

    Affidavit: Army sex assault manager threatened ex

    A police affidavit in the stalking case of an Army officer who manages the sexual harassment and assault response program at Fort Campbell says Lt. Col. Darin Haas threatened to kill his ex-wife in text messages.

    • May. 17, 2013
  24. Reservist charged with assault on college hoops player

    A Connecticut Marine accused in an assault that left a Brown University basketball player with severe head injuries acted in self-defense, his attorney said Friday.

    • May. 17, 2013
  25. Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach, of Madison, Wisc., gets a kiss from Casey, a four-year-old yellow lab he had worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony Friday at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall / AP

    Marine reunites with dog from Afghanistan

    When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home.

    • May. 17, 2013

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