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    After years of frustration with a military body-fat measuring system that experts have said is inaccurate, one active-duty Marine is petitioning the White House to force a change.

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  1. Military Entrance Processing Command chief removed from duty

    The chief of U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Ill., was abruptly relieved of command this week....

      5:13 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

  2. Marine petitions White House to revise the tape test

    After years of frustration with a military body-fat measuring system that experts have said is inaccurate, one active-duty Marine is petitioning the White House to force a change....

      3:43 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

  3. Guardsman sues Target over 'no show' firing

    A member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard has sued Target Corp., saying he was wrongly fired from one of the chain's Pittsburgh-area stores for violating its 'no-call, no-show' policy while he was on a two-week training assignment in Virginia....

      3:41 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

  4. Military Entrance Processing Command chief removed from duty

    The chief of U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Ill., was abruptly relieved of command this week....

      5:13 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

  5. Ventura wants 'American Sniper' lawsuit to proceed

    MINNEAPOLIS Attorneys for former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura asked a federal judge Monday to allow his defamation lawsuit against slain 'American Sniper' author Chris Kyle to go forward with Kyle's widow as the defendant....

      3:48 PM, Jun. 17, 2013

  6. Maine man gets 3 years for stealing VA benefits

    A Maine man has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently obtaining veterans' disability benefits from the federal government....

      7:24 AM, Jun. 19, 2013

  7. 16 dead: Militants infiltrate U.N.'s Somalia office

    Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pickup rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N....

      11:26 AM, Jun. 19, 2013

  8. Unmanned Marine helo crashes in Afghanistan

    A K-MAX unmanned helicopter crashed June 5 in Afghanistan while resupplying Marines....

      4:29 PM, Jun. 14, 2013

  9. Bills to lower vets' tuition face opposition from schools

    Bipartisan legislation that would force public colleges and universities to charge only in-state tuition rates to troops and veterans — if they want to keep receiving GI Bill payments — is facing strong opposition from schools that could see revenues drop...

      11:25 AM, Jun. 12, 2013

  10. Maine man gets 3 years for stealing VA benefits

    A Maine man has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently obtaining veterans' disability benefits from the federal government....

      7:24 AM, Jun. 19, 2013

  11. Don't overturn my conviction, faker says

    FORT WORTH, Texas — Richard David McClanahan no longer considers himself a veteran. Convicted of embellishing his military record and claiming awards he never won, McClanahan says he doesn't attend Veterans Day parades or Memorial Day events out of shame....

      5:39 PM, Mar. 28, 2013

  12. Obama sparks new fight in seeking huge nuke reductions

    President Barack Obama upped the ante in a growing political debate, announcing to a crowd in Berlin that he is set to propose slashing the U.S. nuclear arsenal by one-third, or about 500 warheads, in the coming years....

      6:20 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

  13. Defense: U.S. man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group

    A U.S. Army veteran was confused and mistaken when he told authorities he fought with an al-Qaida group seeking to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, his defense lawyer said Wednesday in court papers....

      6:02 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

  14. Do or die

    Spc. Channing Moss should be dead by all accounts. And those who saved his life did so knowing they might have died with him....

      11:25 AM, Mar. 20, 2013

  15. Del. air guardsman discusses PTSD struggles

    Wars do awful things to bodies, and Air Force Maj. Roger Rodriguez had been a frequent witness. The veteran flight nurse had five post-Sept....

      7:37 AM, Apr. 29, 2013

  16. 2 Naval Academy grads killed in Ala. crash

    U.S. Naval Academy officials say two graduates have been killed in a single-vehicle crash in Alabama....

      5:59 AM, Jun. 18, 2013

  17. Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks

    Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility f...

      12:51 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

  18. Military Muscle: Improve your balance with these agility ladder drills

    Few pieces of fitness equipment can be used immediately by anyone who walks through the door....

      4:26 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

  19. Marine Corps' bagpipes boycott drives new legislation

    Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives....

      9:27 AM, Jun. 19, 2013

  20. Marine petitions White House to revise the tape test

    After years of frustration with a military body-fat measuring system that experts have said is inaccurate, one active-duty Marine is petitioning the White House to force a change....

      3:43 PM, Jun. 19, 2013

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