Mississippi man gets 3 years for stealing veteran’s ID
Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee on Thursday also ordered 56-year-old Tierun Bush of Jackson to pay full restitution to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Mueller: FBI is not to blame for Flynn’s false statements
The filing from special counsel Robert Mueller comes four days before Flynn gets sentenced on a charge of lying to the FBI about his conversations with the then-Russian ambassador to the United States.
Action taken on Walter Reed’s false alarm about shooter, lawmakers say
Navy officials are working to correct deficiencies, lawmakers say.
DoD identifies soldier who died in noncombat incident in Afghanistan
The 19-year-old soldier died at Bagram Airfield.
New BAH rates for 2019 rise 2.5 percent
Service members will have to use out-of-pocket cash to pay 5 percent of housing costs because the benefit will only cover 95 percent.
A Marine scout sniper holds security on four detainees during training. (Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Rosales/Marine Corps)

Shadowy special ops sea bases are a ‘gap we know we have and we’re working on,’ Navy secretary says

While the U.S. Navy is certainly doing its part in building up the fleet, its focus on peer-level adversaries like Russia and China is at contention with its responsibility to provide off-shore staging areas for special operations forces.
Remains identified of WWII pilot missing since crash in 1945
He was on a strafing mission in the Philippines when his aircraft was hit.
84-year-old veteran died after nursing home staff ignored his infected, rotting genitals
His condition was "way past obvious. This is so past obvious that it’s mind-blowing.”
FEDVIP gift: Military retirees, others get extra three months to enroll in dental, vision insurance
You have until sometime in March to enroll in a FEDVIP vision or dental plan.
Do military women have higher rates of infertility than civilians?
Group calls for more data and more research on infertility in military women and men.
This battalion commander tried to withhold holiday time off for recruiters who didn’t make quotas
It's the latest sign that the Army is struggling to meet its recruiting goals.

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The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the train route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (David J. Phillip/AP Pool)

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Army players celebrate with the Commander in Chief's trophy following a 17-10 victory over Navy in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. Army won 17 -10. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Army indirect fire infantrymen operate the M121 120 mm mortar system during live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 19, 2018. (Alejandro Peña/Air Force)

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Two F-35C Lightning II aircraft attached to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore, fly in formation for a photo exercise over the California desert on Nov. 16, 2018. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon E. Renfroe/Navy)

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Commands have various events to launch their local Combined Federal Campaign pledge drives, held at various times between now and Jan. 11. Here, a tug-of-war tournament helped kick off the local 2017 Combined Federal Campaign charity pledge drive at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 13, 2017. (Cpl. Jason Jimenez/Marine Corps)

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