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  1. Marine Corps Capt. Paul Gates, commanding officer of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, pauses during a dismounted patrol with Afghan National Civil Order Policemen during Operation California APril 28 in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan officials will open a U.S.-backed office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as early as Tuesday to facilitate direct peace talks with the Taliban, according to three senior administration officials.

    U.S., Afghans, Taliban to begin peace talks in Qatar

    Afghanistan officials will open a U.S.-backed office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as early as Tuesday to facilitate direct peace talks with the Taliban, according to three senior administration officials.

  1. Special Forces may need to be exempt from integrating women, SOCOM official says

  2. Welsh talks Syria, readiness

  1. U.S. may need to fill 'gaps' in Afghan forces after 2014

  2. La. Guard's top enlisted adviser fired

  3. Former military trainer stops dog attack

  4. Army 4-star defends surveillance program

  5. Former soldier seeks custody of child born to 14-year-old

  6. Plan seeks to hire reservists, vets for border duties

  7. Afghan forces taking security lead nationwide

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    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.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  2. Academy football players face Article 32 for alleged assault

    The case of three Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman while she was unconscious will proceed to an Article 32 hearing, a Navy official confirmed.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  3. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, talk to media during a news conference at the Pentagon on May 17. Women may be able to begin training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under broad plans Hagel is approving that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in the country's elite special operations forces, according to details of the plans submitted to Hagel that were obtained by the Associated Press. Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press

    Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

    Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits with airmen June 17 at Minot Air Force base in Minot, N.D. Will Kincaid / AP

    Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman visits Minot AFB

    The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reassured hundreds of airmen Monday that recent nuclear weapons missteps at their North Dakota base would be corrected, but he didn't elaborate on the 'failures of leadership' he blames for causing the problems.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  5. Wilma Rees, 90, of Arizona (right) and her twin sister, Amelia Kizer, 90, of Nebraska, members of the American Rosie the Riveter Association (ARRA), worked on B-17 bombers at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle during World War II. Members of ARRA toured a portion of the former GM Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti Township. The 5-million-square-foot plant was built by Henry Ford to make B-24 bombers for the military during World War II and is likely to be destroyed by GM's bankruptcy trust to make way for new development. James Fassinger / Detroit Free Press

    WWII riveters return one last time to bomber plant

    Rosie the Riveter returned to her factory, just a few months before it's likely to be demolished.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  6. Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives. Above, musicians with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band, march and perform May 22 in the Military Appreciation Day Parade in Waikiki, Hawaii. Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso / Marine Corps

    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.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  7. WikiLeaks trial witness: Troop email addresses could be used in cyberattacks

    A huge database of troop names and email addresses an Army private allegedly downloaded to a personal computer could be used by foreign adversaries to launch cyberattacks on service members, a government witness said Monday as the trial of Pfc.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  8. 2 female pilots among six service members selected to be astronauts

    NASA has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  9. Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, right, has asked a judge to allow his defamation to go forward against the wife of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, left. The Associated Press

    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.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  10. Some Wisconsin National Guard members face furloughs

    Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard members face furloughs as the result of the automatic federal budget cuts that took effect earlier this year.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  11. Michael Bremer, of Chicago, Ill., leads a group of about 20 protesters June 10 across the Mississippi River from Rock Island, Ill. into Davenport, Iowa, via the Centennial Bridge during their march to Des Moines, Iowa. The group hopes to call attention to the U.S. government's use of drones to kill alleged terrorists. Todd Mizener / The Dispatch via AP

    Anti-drone activists marching across eastern Iowa

    Peace activists are marching across eastern Iowa to protest a plan to fly unmanned aircraft from an air base in Des Moines.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Osprey crash responders awarded medals

    Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Alvarez was watching an MV-22B Osprey rise from a training site in Morocco last year when everything went wrong. The aircraft lost balance, pitched forward and crashed nose-first with a sickening crunch on the landing zone.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  13. Ky. Guard plans aviation facility expansion

    A plan to relocate and expand hangar space to house Kentucky National Guard helicopters is meeting some resistance from neighbors.

    • Jun. 16, 2013

  14. Consideration of Syria no-fly zone relies on Iraq experience

    The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military wades into Middle East conflicts.

    • Jun. 16, 2013

  15. Afghans poised to take security lead from U.S., NATO

    One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are re

    • Jun. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /
    An Afghan air force Mi-35 fires 23 mm rounds. The Afghans have six Mi-35s but don't have final approval to fire missiles in combat. Air Force

    Afghans learning how to fight without NATO airpower

    NATO has largely stopped flying close-air support missions for Afghan security forces

    • Jun. 15, 2013
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    A Marine MV-22 Osprey aircraft lands Friday on the Japanese destroyer JS Hyuga in coastal waters off San Diego. The aircraft made an unprecedented landing on the vessel, despite protests in Japan over concerns over the tilt-rotor aircraft's safety record. Gregory Bull / AP

    Marines land Osprey aircraft on Japanese ship

    A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft made an unprecedented landing Friday on a Japanese naval vessel off the California coast.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  18. Ahmed Zuhair poses June 14 for a photo backdropped by the four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Zuhair, a former sheep merchant who was never charged with any crime during seven years at Guantanamo, stopped eating in June 2005 and kept up his protest until he was sent home to Saudi Arabia in 2009. The Associated Press

    Amid Gitmo strike, ex-detainee tells of force-feed

    For more than three months, the U.S.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Pfc. Christopher P. Dona was killed June 13 in an apparent parachuting mishap. Army via AP

    Army names 21-year-old Ranger killed in mishap

    The Army Ranger killed in an apparent parachuting mishap was a 21-year-old veteran from Massachusetts who recently returned from Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.

    • Jun. 15, 2013

  20. Guilty verdict in classified Cambodia papers case

    A military jury on Friday convicted a Hawaii-based Army officer of unauthorized possession of classified documents and giving a document with classified assessments of Cambodia to a person not entitled to have it.

    • Jun. 15, 2013

  21. New Xbox 'a sin against all service members'

    Navy Lt. Scott Metcalf was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new Xbox One. Now he's not even sure if he'll buy one.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  22. Brandon Bryant stands with a Predator drone in Nevada. Courtesy of Brandon Bryant

    AF disputes drone operator's claim

    The Air Force is disputing the claim of a former Predator sensor operator who claims to have participated in missions that killed more than 1,600 people.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  23. Tech Sgt. Jaime Rodriguez Air Force

    Air Force recruiter gets 27 years on sex charges

    An Air Force recruiter has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault and other offenses.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  24. Marines take part in Exercise Eagle Resolve in Qatar earlier this year. Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston/Air Force

    House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill

    The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress.

    • Jun. 14, 2013

  25. Veterans' personal data left in recycle bin

    The Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville says documents containing the personal information of nearly 1,100 veterans were found in a recycling bin two months ago.

    • Jun. 14, 2013

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