The move comes after data shows lower rates of disability claims approval for some minority groups. Lawmakers are weighing possible changes to military compensation systems as a way to improve families' quality of life. Three U.S troops were killed and at least another 40 were wounded in Sunday's attack on the Tower 22 base. Maj. Eric "Doc" Spendlove's body remains missing. Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock now leads a force she said is "competing daily against a threat that is very real, but which few can comprehend, quantify or see.” Lawsuits filed against West Point and the Naval Academy seek to end the use of race as a factor in admissions there. The Department of Defense has released the names of five Army soldiers killed in an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash on Friday. Gen. Eric Smith signaled his desire to resume the commandant job when he can and wished Marines a happy birthday. “We’re Marines till we die,” a Silver Star recipient says in the video. “And we require a two-week notice for that.” Three decades later, a platoon that saw action before and during the Battle of Mogadishu has yet to receive recognition for their valor. Load More