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  1. Capt. John Paul Jones

    Letters from Navy founding father rediscovered

    In John Paul Jones' letters, a timeless complaint

  1. Report: Combat troop discharges increase sharply

    The number of soldiers discharged from the Army for misconduct has risen to its highest rate in recent times, and some are wounded combat troops who have lost their medical care and other veterans benefits because of other-than-honorable discharges, according to an investigation by the Colorado Springs Gazette.

  2. Afghan pilots learn air assault tactics from 101st

    With Afghan troops increasingly leading combat operations on the ground, the Afghan Air Force's fledgling helicopter fleet based in Kabul has learned new techniques to support them from the air.

  1. Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply

  2. Coast Guard officer wins Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon

  3. Reforms unveiled for Arizona National Guard

  4. Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying

  5. Minn. National Guard launches new drone facility

  6. Marine daughter seeks dignity for 'Devil Dog pups'

  7. North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters

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    Rachel Crawford, wife of a major at Camp Lejeune, N.C., founded her own company, Teamotions, which offers a 'Semper Fi' line of teas. Colin Kelly/Staff

    Semper Chai: Marine spouse promotes healing power of tea

    A Marine spouse believes she has found a remedy for deployment separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress and even battlefield wounds — and it's all in a cup of hot tea.

    • May. 19, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Cars enter the main gate at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. The sprawling military installation is the site of one of the worst drinking water contaminations in U.S. history. Gerry Broome/AP

    After nearly 30 years, Camp Lejeune coming clean

    Purple wildflowers sprout in abundance around the bright-yellow pipe, one of several jutting from the sandy soil in this unassuming patch of grass and mud. A dirty hose runs from the pipe to an idling truck and into a large tank labeled,

    • May. 19, 2013
    • NEWS /
    This undated image provided by Capt. Bobby Rice shows Ron Poirier fishing for tuna. As a young Marine electronics technician at Camp Lejeune in the mid-1970s, Poirier figured he'd dumped hundreds of gallons of toxic solvents onto the ground. Bobby Rice/AP

    Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback

    Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.

    • May. 19, 2013
    • NEWS /

    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
    • NEWS /
    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
    • NEWS /
    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
    • NEWS /

    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
    • NEWS /
    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
    • NEWS /

    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
    • NEWS /
    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

  11. Navy seeks to map the mind

    In some visions of the future, you'll drive your car with little more than your mind. Electrodes on your head, you can climb into your car, think about how much you'd like a Big Mac, and let the car take you automatically to the nearest McDonald's.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /

    DoD makes final push for 1 percent raise

    The Defense Department is making a final plea to Congress to cap the 2014 military pay raise at 1 percent.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Naval Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class (SEAL) Jonathan Kaloust died Wednesday in a training accident in Fort Knox, Ky. Navy

    1 SEAL dead, others injured in training accident

    Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class (SEAL) Jonathan Kaloust was killed in a training accident Wednesday night at Fort Knox, Ky., a spokesman from Naval Special Warfare Group 2 said.

    • May. 17, 2013
  14. 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
    • NEWS /
    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
    • NEWS /

    More bases using solar power

    Stateside military bases are generating 130 megawatts of solar energy — a modest amount that's only enough to power 22,000 homes, but still a step the solar power industry says is improving national security.

    • May. 17, 2013

  17. Bill proposes opening base gyms to potential recruits

    Concerned that teenage obesity has dramatically reduced the number of people eligible for military service, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., has introduced legislation to create an education program about healthy lifestyles.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Fallen Marine's posthumous Purple Heart stolen

    The father of a New Bedford Marine killed in Iraq says he's heartbroken that a thief broke into his home and stole his son's posthumous Purple Heart.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Missile defense system tested over Pacific Ocean

    The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors completed a successful test of a missile defense system by destroying a target launched Wednesday night over the Pacific Ocean.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Army Sgt. John M. Russell AP

    Sgt. gets life without parole in Iraq killings

    An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Dempsey: DoD may have become 'too forgiving' of sexual assault

    After a decade of war, the military may have become soft on some sexual assault offenders, the Pentagon's top officer said Friday.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Questions of independent prosecution hang over sex assault legislation

    Lawmakers are wrestling with changes in the military justice system to improve investigation and prosecution of rape and sexual assault cases, with a push toward handling have sex crimes handled outside the normal chain of command.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Assistant Defense Secretary for Special Operations Low-Intensity Conflict Michael Sheehan, center, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 16. From left are, Major Gen. Michael Nagata, Sheehan and Brig. Gen. Richard Gross, JAGC, USA, Legal Counsel, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Carolyn Kaster/AP

    Pentagon: U.S. still in armed conflict with al-Qaida

    The United States remains in armed conflict with al-Qaida and its affiliates, a fight likely to last a decade or two, senior Pentagon officials told Congress on Thursday in arguing against changes to the 2001 military force law used in the war on terror.

    • May. 16, 2013
  24. Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War, edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher, DaCapo, 234 pages, $15.99

    Book Review: War and afterward, in words

    Five new books offer five ways to understand the relationship between service and self, and how to survive both without self-destruction.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /
    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

    Fort Campbell sex assault response program manager arrested

    The manager of the sexual harassment and assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post, authorities said Thursday.

    • May. 16, 2013

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