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  • Gates warns DoD of ‘next-war-itis’
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Defense Department must focus on current war demands, even if it means straining the U.S. armed forces and devoting less time and money on future threats, Defense...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:44:10 EDT
  • Marine can’t wear uniform at graduation
    BLOOMER, Wis. — A new Marine who’s graduating from Bloomer High School this month won’t be able to wear his military uniform during the commencement ceremony.
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 7:39:56 EDT
  • Army tests prototype .50-caliber gun
    The Army Soldier Weapons Center at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., has ordered three prototypes of a first-of-its-kind lightweight .50-cal. machine gun that fires with less recoil force and can be carried...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:46:30 EDT
  • Accused in killing, former Marine speaks
    OCEANSIDE, Calif. — When Jose L. Nazario Jr. enlisted in the Marine Corps a decade ago at age 17, he wanted to join the elite warriors he revered as “the honorable ones.”
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 12:49:14 EDT
  • Detox program for vets would cost $374M
    An expanded substance abuse program for veterans passed two weeks ago by a House committee would cost $374 million over five years and require the hiring of 153 nurses to provide detoxification...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:24:59 EDT
  • Dreams of restoring WWII PT boat end
    VANCOUVER, Wash. — Over the past dozen years, a group of Vancouver enthusiasts had voiced high hopes for PT Boat 659.
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 7:42:29 EDT
  • Conscientious objector status backed for GI
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal magistrate has ruled that the Army should be ordered to grant conscientious objector status to a Fort Richardson-based paratrooper.
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:27:12 EDT
  • O-6: No question about Iran role in violence
    A former adviser to the top U.S. general in Iraq said Tuesday there is absolutely no doubt that Iran is supplying arms and training for insurgents who are killing U.S. troops in Iraq and that news...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:27:39 EDT
  • Air Force backs down on Web site condemnation
    The Air Force has publicly retracted erroneous information that it had widely circulated about a commercial military social networking site called TogetherWeServed.com.
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 6:58:27 EDT
  • Scrap scavengers pose wily challenge on base
    TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Hundreds of Marines were conducting a combat training mission in the Mojave Desert when an air patrol spotted something kicking up dust: A civilian pickup truck...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 9:50:15 EDT
  • Air Force could open landing field in Myanmar
    As the U.S. Air Force continues flying supplies into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, the service’s disaster relief specialists are readying for the opportunity to open a makeshift base inside the...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:42:24 EDT
  • GI Bill costs are worth it, vets groups say
    Two veterans groups — the nation’s largest and one of the newest — are urging lawmakers to weigh the cost of improved veterans’ benefits against the cost of America’s...
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 13:03:28 EDT
  • Charity founder wins favorite mom award
    Patti Patton-Bader, founder of Soldiers’ Angels, has been named America’s Favorite Mom and has won $250,000 — which she intends to use to benefit more troops.
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 16:29:11 EDT
  • Reward lowered for al-Qaida in Iraq leader
    WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has slashed its reward for the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq from $5 million to $100,000 because it feels he’s lost effectiveness and is no longer worth...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 9:41:55 EDT
  • Tillman mom: Account of death may not be true
    SAN FRANCISCO — The mother of a former professional football player who died while serving in the Army Rangers suspects the military’s account of how fellow soldiers shot and killed her...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:46:55 EDT
  • Reagan, strike group preparing to deploy
    SAN DIEGO — More than 7,000 sailors will leave home next week when the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group deploys from San Diego for a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific and Persian...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 6:12:38 EDT
  • Nonvets must pay for emergency VA care
    Veterans hospitals may be open to nonveterans after a natural disaster or emergency, but private citizens who are neither veterans nor disaster workers will be billed for the cost of their treatment,...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:28:02 EDT
  • Motorcycle wreck kills Rucker soldier
    OZARK, Ala. — The Army said a 23-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Rucker was killed in a motorcycle accident in Ozark. According to Dale County Coroner Woody Hilboldt, the crash occurred...
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 16:30:20 EDT
  • 2 Humvees missing from Afghanistan base
    KABUL, Afghanistan — Two armored Humvees were missing from a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, a military spokesman said Monday.
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 9:42:29 EDT
  • As ice melts, NorthCom eyes Arctic patrols
    WASHINGTON — As the Arctic ice cap shrinks, the Pentagon is eyeing the expanding navigable waters as possible entry points for security threats that must be monitored more closely, the chief of...
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 8:12:16 EDT
  • F-16s drop 8 bombs to destroy al-Qaida base
    BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says Air Force fighter jets have dropped eight large bombs to destroy an al-Qaida in Iraq training base south of Baghdad.
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 13:21:19 EDT
  • Anti-stress dolls cheer deployed troops
    CAYCE, S.C. — A South Carolina grandmother has become a sensation among stressed-out U.S. military men and women around the globe by sending the most incongruous of gifts: pliable, google-eye...
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 12:28:25 EDT
  • Firm looks to improve on pilot piddle pack
    MILTON, Vt. — It’s a dilemma as old as manned flight: When you gotta go, how do you go?
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 6:39:08 EDT
  • Hogan son jailed for crash that injured Marine
    CLEARWATER, Fla. — The 17-year-old son of wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan was sentenced to eight months in jail Friday after he pleaded no contest to causing a crash that seriously injured his...
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 16:44:24 EDT
  • Mother, son in same Guard unit headed to Iraq
    TEANECK, N.J. — Mother-and-son soldiers are set to go to Iraq in the same New Jersey National Guard unit.
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 8:26:21 EDT
  • Lies earned big disability checks for faker
    Randall A. Moneymaker looked good on paper. He was a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama and Grenada. He was an airborne Ranger who had earned two Combat Infantryman Badges, a Combat Action Badge,...
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 7:04:26 EDT
  • Future unclear for soldier jailed in Mexico
    EL PASO, Texas — When he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, Spc. Richard Torres was carrying a small arsenal in his car: an AR-15 assault rifle, a .45-caliber handgun, 171 rounds of ammunition,...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 10:45:05 EDT
  • Contractor to face court-martial in Iraq
    BAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Sunday ordered a court-martial for a civilian contractor charged with aggravated assault while working as an Army translator in Iraq — the first such...
    Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 8:29:21 EDT
  • IG: 3-star lied about sex in the White House
    Vice Adm. John Stufflebeem seemed to have it all. He rose from deck seaman to a Naval Academy football star whose punting prowess earned him the nickname “Boomer” and a part-time practice...
    Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 6:07:36 EDT
  • For Wis. Marine, 3rd time in Iraq was charmed
    LAKE HALLIE, Wis. — It was remarkable, Garett Bunkelman said.
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 7:20:56 EDT
  • Report: Al-Qaida calls for attacks at sea
    An article posted on an Islamist Web site in April urged Muslim fighters to begin attacking warships and merchant traffic in the strategic choke points around the Arabian Peninsula, according to a...
    Posted Sunday May 11, 2008 9:36:06 EDT
  • Air Force pays $5M for childbirth malpractice
    The Air Force has paid a civilian employee $5 million for severe brain damage suffered by his baby during childbirth at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 16:58:49 EDT
  • Care costs rise as veteran population declines
    WASHINGTON — Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the country billions of dollars for...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 10:43:51 EDT
  • A backbone to her soldier, her family
    Renee Garcia knew she was representing thousands of other military moms as she accepted Operation Homefront’s inaugural Military Motherhood Award.
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 6:28:51 EDT
  • Military considering new cremation policies
    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops’ remains, after it was revealed that a crematorium contracted by the military handles both human and animal...
    Posted Sunday May 11, 2008 16:22:54 EDT
  • 31st MEU arrives in Thailand for Cobra Gold
    Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived off the coast of southern Thailand on Thursday to participate in Cobra Gold 2008, a multinational exercise focusing on regional...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 8:09:32 EDT
  • CBO: Better GI Bill would cut retention 16%
    A new congressional report supports the Pentagon’s claims that vastly improved GI Bill benefits would hurt retention.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:49:14 EDT
  • House OKs longer foreclosure protection
    The Neighborhood Stabilization Act approved Thursday by the House of Representatives includes language giving service members one year of protection from foreclosure after release from active duty.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 12:04:01 EDT
  • Officer charged with faking rank, award
    A Navy Reserve public affairs officer is facing a general court-martial next week for allegedly forging an award citation and pretending to be a lieutenant when he was one rank lower at the time, the...
    Posted Saturday May 10, 2008 7:18:19 EDT
  • Marine cleared of rape but gets 2 years
    IWAKUNI, Japan — A Marine accused in an alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman last year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for “wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts”...
    Posted Sunday May 11, 2008 10:01:29 EDT
  • Soldier, translator find love in Iraq
    LACEY, Wash. — Their first real date lasted only 20 minutes. It ended because darkness was falling, when unimaginable new threats and nightmares could emerge on the streets of Baghdad.
    Posted Sunday May 11, 2008 10:47:28 EDT
  • Paratrooper dies after he was shot off Bragg
    FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A paratrooper has died from a gunshot wound he sustained at a residence outside Fort Bragg, the 82nd Airborne Division said Wednesday.
    Posted Sunday May 11, 2008 9:17:42 EDT
  • Guardsman charged with stealing border fence
    An Air National Guardsman assigned to protect America’s border with Mexico has been charged with selling off parts of the border’s fence.
    Posted Sunday May 11, 2008 10:13:24 EDT
  • Air Force vet shot dead in Fla. courthouse
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — About 12 seconds was all it took for two bailiffs to gun down a man who shot at them in a courthouse lobby, and authorities said the swift response helped prevent anyone...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:31:07 EDT
  • 2 petty officers charged in Brunswick suicide
    BRUNSWICK, Maine — Two Navy security officers will face military trials in the case of a sailor who fatally shot himself at Naval Air Station Brunswick in January, a base spokesman said.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 12:35:00 EDT
  • Calif. man admits lying about Vietnam service
    SACRAMENTO — An Oroville man has pleaded guilty to falsely representing himself as a decorated military hero from the Vietnam War.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:18:27 EDT
  • DoD: 43,000 unfit troops sent to war
    WASHINGTON — More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 6:58:43 EDT
  • Army to dole out $248M for barracks repairs
    The Army recently cut $248 million from other programs to make immediate fixes to barracks at eight installations across the country.
    Posted Saturday May 10, 2008 7:04:14 EDT
  • U.S. denies al-Qaida in Iraq leader arrested
    BAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:08:06 EDT
  • House panel adds $950M for readiness needs
    A House subcommittee has approved a $950 million increase in operations and maintenance funds in hopes of restoring combat readiness, set aside $650 million to improve living conditions on military...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:02:40 EDT
  • Army responds to comments by author King
    BANGOR, Maine — The Army is weighing in on writer Stephen King’s remark about literacy and the military that drew the ire of conservative critics this week.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:35:47 EDT
  • BCT commander wounded in Iraq shares insights
    FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Regardless of what happened before he got to Sadr City or what happened after he left, Col. B.D. Farris gives his 15 months in the Baghdad slum good marks.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 12:47:22 EDT
  • Airman charged in death of airman at party
    A 20-year-old airman who was fatally shot in the abdomen at a party was posthumously promoted to airman first class Wednesday, a spokesman for Malmstrom Air Force Base said.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 9:43:00 EDT
  • Whiteman airman arrested in meth probe
    An airman at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of manufacturing crystal methamphetamine.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 18:25:43 EDT
  • Sentence cut for Hamdaniya squad leader
    LOS ANGELES — A Camp Pendleton Marine who was sentenced to 15 years in the brig for killing an Iraqi man has had his sentence reduced by four years, the troop’s attorney said Wednesday.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 18:48:08 EDT
  • Ship honors SEAL who received Medal of Honor
    The last Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will bear the name of a Navy SEAL awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:36:24 EDT
  • Preventive care plan omits Tricare for Life
    Budgetary rules forced a House subcommittee to take the unprecedented step of creating a new Tricare preventive health care program that does not apply to 1.5 million for Medicare-eligible retirees...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 8:54:08 EDT
  • VA warns of problems with GI Bill upgrades
    The Department of Veterans Affairs seemed to be standing in front of a fast-moving train Wednesday when a top official said VA would need two years of preparation to come up with a payment system for...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 12:07:25 EDT
  • Snoop Dogg among headliners at Pendleton show
    OCEANSIDE, Calif. —If you’re in Southern California, you can capture a bit of rock, country, rap and dance music at a free concert Thursday night at the beach under the stars.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 6:00:29 EDT
  • Former Gitmo prisoner carried out Iraq attack
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Kuwaiti freed from Guantanamo Bay carried out a suicide car bombing recently in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday, confirming what is believed to be the first...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 8:53:08 EDT
  • Midshipman who died Monday identified
    A Naval Academy student who died after roommates found her unresponsive in her dormitory bed Monday morning has been identified.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 5:38:58 EDT
  • Super Hornet squadron commander fired
    The skipper of an East Coast F/A-18 Super Hornet squadron has been fired because of ‘loss of confidence” in his ability to command.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 13:30:31 EDT
  • Carson-based soldier dies at Fort Irwin
    Authorities have completed the autopsy on a Fort Carson, Colo., soldier who was found unconscious in her sleeping bag while at Fort Irwin, Calif., for training.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 9:40:22 EDT
  • 3 cockpits found on N.J. property
    MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — Navy officials are trying to determine how three jetfighter cockpits ended up in private hands in Middletown.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 9:38:20 EDT
  • Army running out of payroll cash, DoD says
    In an announcement that puts troops and their families in the middle of a political dispute, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that the Army will not be able to pay soldiers after June 15 unless...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 5:44:46 EDT
  • Reservist killed training in Canada ID’d
    SEATTLE — The Army Reserve has identified the soldier from a Fort Lewis unit who died in a training exercise in Alberta.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 7:05:27 EDT
  • Man convicted of falsely claiming MoH
    It was a novel argument: freedom of speech protects falsely claiming an award of the Medal of Honor.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 7:04:55 EDT
  • Parents hear Afghan firefight on voice mail
    OTIS, Ore. — An Oregon couple checking their voice mail found a frightening three-minute recording of their son caught in a battle in Afghanistan.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 7:56:03 EDT
  • ‘Today’ airs live from Malmstrom
    Hide the launch codes. NBC’s “Today” correspondent Al Roker will broadcast live Tuesday morning from a Minuteman III nuclear missile silo at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., as part...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 15:49:58 EDT
  • Marines leaving opium crop alone
    GARMSER, Afghanistan — The Marines of Bravo Company’s 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 10:33:25 EDT
  • Senator offers planes to help stranded troops
    Maine’s senior senator has offered up her state’s Air National Guard assets to bring home troops whose flights from the war zone have been delayed.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 12:48:58 EDT
  • Son accused of killing retired Navy chief
    WOODBINE, Ga. — Camden County authorities have arrested a 22-year-old man in the shooting deaths of his parents.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 12:39:54 EDT
  • Common base-access rules unlikely until 2012
    The Defense Department said it cannot meet a Jan. 1 deadline to craft a defensewide policy for allowing entry to installations and is asking for more time.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 6:26:59 EDT
  • Green Zone golf: A course with real bunkers
    BAGHDAD — The weight of the 9-iron felt just right. My first swing off the first tee was smooth and the ball sailed straight and true.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 10:27:20 EDT
  • Congressman accuses VA of criminal negligence
    WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs’ top mental health official said Tuesday he made a poor choice of words when he sent his colleagues an e-mail about suicide data that...
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 10:26:59 EDT
  • 3,500 from Benning to leave Iraq in weeks ahead
    BAGHDAD — About 3,500 American soldiers who were part of last summer’s troop “surge” are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military said.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 10:26:24 EDT
  • Senate prepares for GI Bill showdown
    A showdown Wednesday in the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee over improvements in GI Bill education benefits could hinge on whether the Veterans Affairs Department softens its opposition to...
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 10:25:55 EDT
  • Overseas members get more health care options
    Active-duty members overseas who have urgent medical needs can now use Tricare’s overseas contractor facilities, even if they are near a military treatment facility.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 13:42:08 EDT
  • Report: Saddam feared getting STDs from guards
    CAIRO, Egypt — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or some other venereal disease during his U.S.-supervised captivity, according to excerpts of his prison writings...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 7:32:03 EDT
  • 4-star: Spec ops need in Iraq likely to rise
    WASHINGTON — Even as the overall U.S. force in Iraq shrinks, the number of elite troops known as special operations forces is likely to grow, the U.S. military’s top commando told The...
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 7:41:06 EDT
  • Wife guilty of draining guardsman’s funds
    ST. PAUL — A jury has convicted a woman of draining her husband’s investment accounts while he was serving in Iraq with the Minnesota National Guard.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 7:41:32 EDT
  • Trio of sisters enlist in Ohio Guard
    Like a nervous bride, Tavissa Granger darted out of an Army enlistment ceremony last month. But after a pep talk from her older sister, Granger returned to make the biggest decision of her life.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 16:49:41 EDT
  • Convicted GI freed during clemency request
    ATLANTA — A Hawaii-based soldier who was convicted of aggravated assault in the shooting death of an Iraqi man has been freed pending a decision on clemency.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 8:15:02 EDT
  • Roadside bomb kills 4 Marines in Anbar
    BAGHDAD — The military said Sunday a roadside bomb killed four Marines in western Anbar province, the deadliest attack in that area in months.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 8:14:14 EDT
  • Tight airspace for Navy aviators in Mideast
    ABOARD THE USS HARRY S. TRUMAN — U.S. pilots flying missions over Iraq come to the region expecting a host of challenges, including swirling sandstorms and urban battlefields filled with a mix...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 8:21:15 EDT
  • Spring break murder nets ex-sailor life in jail
    DELAND, Fla. — A former Navy sailor is going to prison for life for fatally shooting an 18-year-old man during last year’s spring break.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 12:01:38 EDT
  • Gen.: Afghanistan pullout may be 3 years off
    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — An American general leading NATO forces in Afghanistan said troop withdrawals could start in about three years.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 12:10:44 EDT
  • Film pushes MoH for WWII heroics of Gabaldon
    MIAMI — Armed and alone, Guy Gabaldon roamed Saipan’s caves and pillboxes, using his Japanese language skills to convince enemy soldiers and civilians to surrender during the hellish...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 12:28:42 EDT
  • Military donations to anti-war candidates rise
    Republicans receive the largest slice of presidential campaign contributions made by military members and their spouses, but leading anti-war candidates are getting a substantial cut, too, according...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 7:00:29 EDT
  • Hotels, shops, condos planned for Green Zone
    BAGHDAD — Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 6:23:46 EDT
  • 9/11 charity for Pentagon victims to close
    WASHINGTON — The largest charity established to help Washington-area victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is closing nearly seven years after a hijacked airplane crashed into the Pentagon.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 6:23:33 EDT
  • ‘Northern Edge’ set to begin
    The biggest annual military training exercise in Alaska is set to kick off Monday, bringing together about 5,000 soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors from bases in Alaska, California, Nevada and...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 5:54:41 EDT
  • Ex-airman to get $12,000 in USERRA lawsuit
    The Justice Department has brokered a deal with Wal-Mart to resolve an employment lawsuit filed against the company on behalf of an Air Force veteran, the department announced Thursday.
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 8:31:42 EDT
  • Stop-loss likely to last into fall 2009
    Last year’s surge of five combat brigades into Iraq helped drive a 43-percent increase in soldiers being barred from leaving the service under stop-loss orders, and Army leaders predict the...
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 11:41:24 EDT
  • Charge dropped for 16-year-old in Guard death
    WICKLIFFE, Ky. — Western Kentucky prosecutors have dropped a manslaughter charge against a 16-year-old in connection with the death of a Kentucky National Guardsman.
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 8:32:42 EDT
  • UFC star to visit Quantico, Walter Reed
    Rich “Ace” Franklin, a popular star of the Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit, is no stranger to the Marine Corps.
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 8:17:54 EDT
  • DoD approves joint air-to-surface missile
    The Defense Department has given the go-ahead to the Air Force’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, officials announced Friday, after more than a year of deliberating and rehabilitating the...
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 12:38:57 EDT
  • Probe sought into using retired officers in PR
    WASHINGTON — Forty-one House members are calling on the Defense Department inspector general to investigate a public relations effort that relied on retired military officers to defend the Bush...
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 7:09:25 EDT
  • Defense schools chief to retire June 30
    After nearly eight years at the helm of the Defense Department’s school system, Joe Tafoya has announced his retirement from federal service.
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 14:03:13 EDT
  • VA adds $2 million for PTSD center
    After a series of congressional hearings showed that gaps remain in mental health care for veterans, the Veterans Affairs Department announced Friday it is allocating an additional $2 million to the...
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 9:37:36 EDT

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