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New commander for Marine Corps spec ops
New commander for Marine Corps spec ops
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The Marine Corps special operations unit is getting a new commander and a new headquarters.
  • Levin: No hearings on gay ban until 2010
    Promised December congressional hearings into President Barack Obama’s proposed repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on service by gays will be...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:30:09 EST
  • Ex-recruiter sentenced to prison for sex crimes
    HEMET, Calif. — A former Marine Corps recruiter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Southern California’s Riverside County after pleading guilty to child sex charges.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 6:15:11 EST
  • SecNav: No clemency in Iraqi murder plot
    OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The Navy’s top civilian on Tuesday rejected a clemency request from a Marine infantry squad leader convicted of killing an Iraqi man in 2006, a case that drew two jury...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 6:16:11 EST
  • House bill could expand Agent Orange claims
    Legislation granting Air Force and Navy veterans a better shot at receive disability benefits for Agent Orange-related illness now has 204 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, 14 short of the...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 15:28:21 EST
  • Separated Marine faces 6 murder counts in Okla.
    OKLAHOMA CITY — A separated Marine faces six counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shootings of four people whose bodies were found inside a burning house.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 15:22:47 EST
  • Radio devices may help injured, group says
    A nonprofit medical foundation is trying to convince the Defense Department to loosen restrictions on the radio spectrum to allow wide use of micro-stimulators to treat spinal cord injuries,...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:57:29 EST
  • Gates: U.S. to examine its role in Afghan graft
    HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:19:34 EST
  • VA benefits chief to step down
    Patrick Dunne, undersecretary for benefits at the Veterans Affairs Department since October 2008, announced Friday that he will resign early next year.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 12:21:23 EST
  • Inquiry examine using retired brass as mentors
    A Senate oversight panel launched an investigation Thursday into the Pentagon’s use of retired admirals and generals as paid advisers, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Defense...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 10:40:28 EST
  • Thieves steal ashes before Arlington burial
    Someone stole an urn containing the ashes of a deceased Satellite Beach, Fla., war hero a day before his burial at Arlington National Cemetery, leaving his relatives aghast.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 8:56:10 EST
  • Pendleton Marines honor copter crash victims
    CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — About 300 people gathered at Camp Pendleton's chapel to honor two Marines who were killed in a collision with a Coast Guard airplane off the San Diego coast.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 8:47:02 EST
  • GAO: Many health assessment forms go missing
    A congressional watchdog agency reported Thursday that the Defense Department cannot locate post-deployment health questionnaires for more than 72,000 people — about 23 percent of service...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:30:52 EST
  • McCain seeks review of work by retired brass
    The Pentagon should rewrite ethics rules for retired generals who work as advisers for the military while representing defense contractors, Arizona Sen. John McCain and other lawmakers said Wednesday.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 13:02:22 EST
  • Karzai sworn in to second 5-year term
    KABUL — President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday for a second term, pledging that Afghanistan will prosecute corrupt officials and control its own security within five years.
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 13:21:30 EST
  • Panel votes to speed benefits appeals of vets
    A House subcommittee moved Wednesday to reduce the amount of time it takes for a veteran to appeal a benefits decision, which can add two to five years to the wait for benefits.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 16:51:12 EST
  • Reserve retirees face longer wait for Tricare
    “Gray area” military retirees who were promised health care coverage under Tricare may have to wait a year or longer for benefits to begin, Tricare officials are warning.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 13:37:16 EST
  • Clinton urges Karzai to institute reforms
    KABUL, Afghanistan — Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first trip to Afghanistan as secretary of state, said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai's inauguration provides a new chance for him...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 11:17:53 EST
  • Iraq vote likely to be delayed after veto
    BAGHDAD — Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president vetoed part of a key election law Wednesday, a move that could delay national polls slated for January even as the top U.S. commander in Iraq...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 11:12:55 EST
  • Coburn lifts hold on vet benefits bill
    One senator’s hold delaying consideration of a veterans caregiver and health benefits bill has been lifted.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 9:48:11 EST
  • Maersk Alabama attacked again by pirates
    NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship who fired off...
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 14:12:37 EST

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