DoD’s budget boosts funds for F-35, spec ops
The Pentagon’s 2011 budget will seek nearly $11 billion for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, while also putting $4 billion toward a new long-range bomber and boosting funds for special operations... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 20:24:50 EST
Weapons station CO fired, charged with solicitation
The commanding officer of Naval Weapons Station Charleston, S.C., was arrested Tuesday and accused of trying to pay a prostitute $20 for oral sex, police said. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 19:54:35 EST
Obama restates plans: Leave Iraq, end gay ban
In his first State of the Union address Wednesday, President Obama said he is moving to keep his campaign promises. That includes getting U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by the end of August, focusing... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 19:59:52 EST
Senate committee to discuss gay ban next week
The Senate Armed Services Committee will waste no time launching into hearings next week on the possibility of repealing the ban on open military service by homosexuals. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 19:55:22 EST
Draft QDR: DoD alters force planning construct
The Pentagon’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) will implement a new construct under which defense officials make force structure decisions. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 12:54:42 EST
Nominee to lead Guard withdraws his name
LATHAM, N.Y. — Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto, New York’s top soldier and President Obama’s nominee to lead the Army National Guard, is retiring and withdrawing from consideration for the... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 20:49:27 EST
Nev. senators want desert training at Hawthorne
RENO, Nev. — Nevada Sens. Harry Reid and John Ensign have written a letter to Army Secretary John McHugh hoping to get the Army to add training support to the Hawthorne Army Depot mission... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 20:44:39 EST
Most hijacked ships ignored safety precautions
UNITED NATIONS — Piracy experts said Thursday that most of the hijacked ships off the coast of Somalia had ignored safety precautions, and at least 25 percent of the commercial ships that pass... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 20:42:14 EST
Fight over tainted water centers on health care
A decades’ old dispute over exposure to contaminated ground water at Camp Lejuene, N.C., exploded Thursday before a Senate committee into a battle over whether the Veterans Affairs Department... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 20:58:11 EST
Corpsman helps deliver baby in Haiti
NEPLY, Haiti — Although rescues of earthquake survivors stuck in the rubble are becoming few and far between, there are other miracles happening in Haiti. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 15:23:43 EST
Body of missing T-34 pilot found
NEW ORLEANS — Divers have found the body of a Navy pilot whose training airplane crashed Saturday in Lake Pontchartrain. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 19:55:09 EST
Officials: Top al-Qaida figure killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says a key al-Qaida leader responsible for moving hundreds of foreign fighters from Syria into Iraq has been killed in northern Iraq. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 8:25:17 EST
Defense officials seek better data on burn pits
A top military health official told doctors that cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and undiagnosed respiratory symptoms at Joint Base Balad — former home of Iraq’s largest... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 18:37:58 EST
Army will delay mental evaluation of Hasan
FORT WORTH, Texas — Army officials agreed to delay a mental evaluation for the man suspected of going on a shooting spree at Fort Hood until after a military court hearing that will determine... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 20:00:38 EST
USNA in uproar over player’s drug test
A Naval Academy football player is being permitted to continue as a midshipman even after testing positive for drug use, according to multiple sources and Web sites that have sprung up to criticize... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 19:59:59 EST
Faster screening, treatment for TBI ahead
Military officials announced this week that the Defense Department will enforce a new protocol for ensuring service members with head injuries immediately get the care they need. Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 14:07:20 EST
Scholar: About 66,000 gays are in military
About 66,000 gay men and women are serving in the military, making up 2.2 percent of the total force, according to a new study by demographer Gary Gates. Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 20:32:34 EST
Holbrooke: U.S. to back Taliban reintegration
LONDON — The United States said Wednesday that it will support a plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters set to be announced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an international conference in... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 14:26:47 EST
A drama of life and death aboard Comfort
ABOARD THE HOSPITAL SHIP COMFORT — Yvelot Brianville, 24, lies quietly on a steel hospital gurney, a boyish naval officer in blue combat fatigues standing by his side. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 11:56:39 EST
Koreas exchange artillery fire near border
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired artillery rounds toward its disputed sea border with South Korea on Wednesday, prompting a barrage of warning shots from the South’s military and... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 14:31:43 EST
PaCom boss: Vote not setback to moving Futenma
CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — The election of a mayor who opposes moving a U.S. air field to his Japanese town isn’t a setback to efforts to fulfill a 2006 bilateral agreement to relocate the... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 21:03:24 EST
Feds: Ex-sailor with weapons had Fort Drum maps
SOMERVILLE, N.J. — A call from a convenience store clerk about a suspicious person led to an arrest and a frightening discovery: The man was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a loaded... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 20:34:33 EST
Man who tried to visit Hood suspect released
SAN ANTONIO — An Iraqi immigrant charged with falsely claiming to be the Fort Hood shooting suspect’s attorney has been released from federal custody, despite a prosecutor’s... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 17:58:32 EST
Coast Guard selects new enlisted leaders
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. has selected the service’s top active duty and reserve enlisted members — two people he would have to work closely with if he is approved to be... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 17:51:36 EST
AF to lower enlisted high year of tenure limits
The Air Force announced Tuesday that it will return enlisted high year of tenure limits to pre-2003 levels. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 6:21:18 EST
First lady: More funding coming for families
More money for child care, counseling, and spouse career development opportunities are on the way for military families, first lady Michelle Obama told 380 military officers’ wives Tuesday. Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 17:52:47 EST
Navy releases bidding rules for LCS program
The latest round of bidding for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program officially is underway with the release Tuesday of a request for proposals to build 10 ships over the next five years. Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 17:11:31 EST
Schwartz orders study of future threats
The Air Force’s top uniformed leader wants to know what weapons — terrestrial, space and cyberspace — future enemies will use in the next 25 years and how the service can deter them. Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 20:33:56 EST
Clinton: Critics of U.S. in Haiti off target
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that she resents criticism of the level of U.S. effort to help stricken Haiti, and pledged to redouble efforts to defend the... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 22:11:04 EST
As vote nears, Iraqi militants change tactics
BAGHDAD — Militant groups are finding new ways to foil Iraqi security — hiding explosives in the chassis of vehicles or tucking them into secret compartments — the top U.S.... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 17:55:08 EST
DoD updates joint UAV-control doctrine
Less than a month after news reports about Iraqi insurgents hacking into UAV video feeds, the Pentagon has published a doctrine calling for better protection of data links between such aircraft and... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 8:05:30 EST
Obama to announce bioterrorism plan
WASHINGTON — President Obama will use his State of the Union address to unveil a new plan for a better and quicker response to bioterrorism threats and attacks, the White House said Tuesday. Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 14:52:48 EST
Vermont assumes heavy burden in Iraq war
BENNINGTON, Vt. — Vermont, a bastion of ex-hippies and Ben & Jerry liberals, has another distinction seemingly at odds with its peace-loving, tie-dyed politics: It has suffered more deaths per... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 16:11:34 EST
U.S. is re-examining its Yemen strategy
WASHINGTON — The terror incubator in Yemen, birthplace of the Christmas Day airliner attack, is forcing the United States and allies to pour millions of dollars into a shaky government that... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 14:52:51 EST
Caregivers for wounded often overlooked
Kevin Kammerdiener’s mother, Leslie, takes care of his every need, which would be fine if he were in preschool. Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 5:43:17 EST
Analysts: Expect little change in 2011 budget
The 2011 defense blueprint due to Congress next Monday will propose no further cuts to major weapon programs, while the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review will follow strategic tenets already laid out... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 18:17:15 EST
Obama to request 1.4% pay raise for 2011
President Obama will seek a 1.4 percent military pay raise for 2011 as part of his defense budget request that will be unveiled Feb. 1, according to a point paper issued Tuesday by the White House. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 6:12:58 EST
14 wounded in blast near U.S. base in Kabul
KABUL — A suicide car bomber targeted a U.S. base in Kabul on Tuesday, wounding 14 people, including eight Americans, officials said, hours after gunmen killed four policemen in southern... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 19:18:02 EST
Rock-climbing fall kills Schofield 1st lt.
First Lt. Garland English, 29, was a Bronze Star recipient, Ivy League graduate, activist and aspiring politician whose friends considered him larger than life. Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 10:48:25 EST
Lawmaker proposes big boost in combat pays
A California lawmaker’s December trip to Afghanistan to visit combat troops led him to introduce legislation that would provide big increases in combat and hazardous duty pays. Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 6:13:17 EST
Rockets hit NATO base in southern Afghanistan
KABUL — Bomb strikes killed two NATO soldiers — a Briton and a Norwegian — while a rocket attack at the major international military base in southern Afghanistan wounded eight other... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 20:21:31 EST
CWO confronts suspect in Afghan shooting
NEW YORK — A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist linked to al-Qaida got into trouble again Monday in federal court after twice interrupting the sometimes tearful testimony of an American solider... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 19:31:51 EST
Interceptor armor trial opens for 2 execs
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Two former top executives of the nation’s leading supplier of body armor to the U.S. military accused of insider trading in an alleged $190 million scheme lied to... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 17:39:15 EST
Air Force cyber unit reaches operating capacity
The Air Force announced Monday that its cyber fighting arm, the 24th Air Force, reached its initial operating capability less than one year after its stand-up at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 18:34:50 EST
Attorney for Hasan moves to delay mental eval
FORT WORTH, Texas — An attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood said Monday he wants his client’s mental evaluation delayed citing a... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 6:34:41 EST
Thousands of PTSD vets may get benefits boost
Military officials have agreed to pay potentially millions of dollars to service members who were medically retired for post-traumatic stress disorder with disability ratings of less than 50 percent. Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 5:25:24 EST
Spotty service records for charged Xe guards
RALEIGH, N.C. — A pair of former Blackwater contractors charged with murdering two people in Afghanistan had checkered pasts with the military before getting hired to work overseas, according... Posted Thursday Jan 28, 2010 6:19:56 EST
Obama to make announcement on gay ban
The announcement of congressional hearings on the ban on open military service by homosexuals has been delayed at the request of the Obama administration until after Wednesday night’s State of... Posted Wednesday Jan 27, 2010 5:33:50 EST
Guardsman Beau Biden passes on Senate run
DOVER, Del. — Beau Biden announced Monday that he will not seek election to the U.S. Senate seat long held by his father, Vice President Biden, putting another Democratic-held Senate seat in... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 6:56:11 EST
Japan leader vows to reassess Futenma pact
TOKYO — Japan’s prime minister pledged Monday to “start from scratch” in re-examining a key military deal with Washington on relocating American troops, risking the ire of its... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 14:38:42 EST
Navy, Northrop working on faulty welds
The Navy’s top civilian acquisition official said he was confident in shipbuilder Northrop Grumman’s “commitment to delivering quality ships to the Navy” even after the Navy... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 19:46:30 EST
Blasts rock Baghdad; Chemical Ali hanged
BAGHDAD — Suicide bombers struck in quick succession Monday at three Baghdad hotels favored by Western journalists in well-planned assaults that killed at least 37 people and wounded more than... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 15:44:15 EST
NATO falling short in Afghanistan, Levin says
If NATO allies do not fulfill their promise to provide thousands of trainers for the Afghan army and police, the U.S. will have to supply them itself, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 6:39:49 EST
Officials: Drone crashes in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. drone crashed in Pakistan’s lawless tribal area near the Afghan border Sunday, a rare mishap for a program Washington has increasingly relied on to... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 7:02:43 EST
Alliances bolster rising power of Taliban
The Afghan Taliban increasingly view al-Qaida “as a handicap,” according to the senior U.S. military intelligence officer in Afghanistan. Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 19:11:16 EST
Marines studied their own history in Haiti
GRAND-GOAVE, Haiti — The 100-ton landing craft turned on its air jets and rose slowly out of the brush. It hovered briefly on the shore, pivoted on a cushion of air and headed out to sea. Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 6:32:41 EST
Police arrest 3 accused in stabbing of Marine
BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police say detectives have arrested three men accused in the stabbing death of a 20-year-old Marine. Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 19:17:24 EST
VA, DoD discuss suicide research, screening
As Veterans Affairs and Defense Department officials gathered at a conference Jan. 12 to discuss what research tells them about suicide in the military, a young Army captain stood up to ask a... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 6:36:27 EST
Dog surge joins troop surge in Afghan war
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — The U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan has led to a dog surge — and unexpected problems in procuring high-quality dog food with enough protein and nutrients... Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 17:17:38 EST
Marines' Iraq command ends
RAMADI, Iraq — The Marines marked the end of nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday by handing the Army their command of Anbar province, once one of the war's fiercest battlefields but now... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 14:19:09 EST
2 U.S. troops killed by bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb killed two U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan on Saturday as the country's top NATO commander acknowledged an increased risk to foreign... Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 14:58:35 EST
Biden: Blackwater dismissal to be appealed
BAGHDAD — The U.S. will appeal a court decision dismissing manslaughter charges against five Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, Vice President Joe Biden... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 12:03:05 EST
Schwartz warns against dependence on GPS
The Air Force’s top uniformed leader thinks the military is too dependent on global positioning and must develop an alternative to the navigation system to reduce its vulnerability to enemies. Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 5:40:34 EST
Cameron: ‘Avatar’ not slam on Corps
James Cameron’s “Avatar” has been met with enthusiasm by audiences across the globe. But despite commercial success, the film has been the target of some who see it as an affront to... Posted Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 6:40:34 EST
Relief effort will be felt throughout fleet
As the Navy’s unprecedented response to Haiti’s post-earthquake humanitarian crisis entered its third week, the sudden spike in operational tempo showed no sign of slowing. More warships,... Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 9:23:06 EST
VA: Most GI Bill calls did not connect
If you have had trouble getting your question about GI Bill benefits answered when you call the Veterans Affairs Department’s education benefits call center, you are not alone. Posted Sunday Jan 24, 2010 8:40:08 EST
Military families can use sitter site free
The Defense Department now is paying for an Internet service that helps military families find in-home child care, nannies, tutors, elder care providers,... Posted Sunday Jan 24, 2010 8:39:49 EST
First Lady to preview 2011 budget
Michelle Obama will speak Tuesday, Jan. 26, to military spouses at a Joint Armed Forces Officers’ Spouses luncheon in the Washington, D.C. area, Military Times has learned. Posted Friday Jan 22, 2010 12:09:34 EST
LCACs bring supplies ashore in western Haiti
GRAND GOAVE, Haiti — Sailors with Assault Craft Unit 4 based at Little Creek, Va., brought the first landing craft air cushions ashore here Friday in a dry riverbed. Posted Monday Jan 25, 2010 14:41:41 EST
Recruiter shooting suspect seeks plea change
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The man accused of killing one soldier and wounding another outside an Arkansas military recruiting center has asked a judge to change his plea to guilty, claiming ties to... Posted Friday Jan 22, 2010 5:53:25 EST
Top Army doc: No clues before Hood shooting
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — In the wake of a mass shooting at an Army post in which a military psychiatrist is charged, the service’s top doctor acknowledged his service needs to improve how it... Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 14:46:58 EST
101st BCT begins deploying to Afghanistan
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Leaders and families at Fort Campbell gathered Thursday to mark the deployment of the first of thousands of troops heading to Afghanistan this year. Posted Friday Jan 22, 2010 6:57:19 EST
Combat wounds not leading cause of medevacs
LONDON — American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were more likely to be medically evacuated for health problems such as a bad back than for combat injuries, a new study says. Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 18:59:45 EST
Widespread problems found on LPDs, other ships
Navy engineers are tackling a raft of problems discovered aboard warships built at the Gulf Coast yards of defense giant Northrop Grumman — including faulty welds, lube-oil problems and a... Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 9:09:31 EST
New caucus to address vets’ mental health
After a year in which more service members across the military committed suicide than were killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan, four lawmakers have formed a congressional caucus to push for... Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 13:27:19 EST
Trijicon: No more Bible references on scopes
A company under fire for etching biblical references on rifle scopes used by the U.S. military said Thursday it will stop the practice, and offered to provide modification kits to the Pentagon to... Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 9:04:12 EST
McChrystal to tighten night raid rules
KABUL — NATO forces in Afghanistan are preparing to limit night raids on private homes, even if it means losing some tactical advantage, to curb rising public anger. Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 9:41:44 EST
Pakistan army: No new offensive for 6-12 months
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani army said Thursday during a visit by Defense Secretary Robert Gates that it can’t launch any new offensives against militants for six months to a year to give it... Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 14:50:21 EST
U.S. presence grows as aid trickles into Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A frightening new aftershock Wednesday forced more earthquake survivors onto the capital’s streets to live and sent others fleeing to the countryside, where aid... Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 12:32:23 EST
House panel: Navy could seek fleet funding help
The Navy will never afford the fleet it wants, its new European ballistic missile defense mission and a new class of ballistic-missile subs, defense experts told a House panel Wednesday — but... Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 9:42:44 EST
Retired 3-star: U.S. should take Haiti refugees
NEW ORLEANS — Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who was credited with restoring order in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, is calling on the United States, and in particular the governors... Posted Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 19:22:10 EST
Woman shot at soldiers, Afghan interpreter says
NEW YORK — An Army interpreter recounted Wednesday how he subdued a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist prosecutors say tried to kill Americans during a chaotic shootout in an Afghan police... Posted Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 20:12:19 EST
Up to 900 CG reservists authorized for Haiti
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano authorized the temporary activation of up to 900 Coast Guard reservists Tuesday to bolster the more than 500 Coast Guard personnel already... Posted Friday Jan 22, 2010 12:03:06 EST
AF chief: F-35 testing, acquisition will slow
The Pentagon is slowing down testing and acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz acknowledged Wednesday. Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 9:42:32 EST
GI Bill looks better for spring, VA says
Veterans Affairs Department officials appear to have a good jump on processing spring semester claims for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, and they hope that hiring more people, getting help from an... Posted Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 14:58:07 EST
More than 100,000 new Afghan forces by December
KABUL — The Afghan government and its international partners have agreed to significantly increase the country’s security forces and outlined plans to lure Taliban militants from the... Posted Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 21:10:56 EST
Hood review leaders share few details on Hasan
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Wednesday criticized leaders of an internal Pentagon inquiry into the deadly Fort Hood shootings for refusing to discuss why the accused gunman moved through the U.S... Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 10:57:17 EST
Your thoughts: scopes with Bible verses
For more than 20 years, rifle optics manufacturer Trijicon Inc. has been etching Biblical references onto U.S. troops’ scopes. Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 12:57:52 EST
Selection panel for FBI Academy to meet in May
A selection board will meet in May to nominate soldiers for attendance at the FBI National Academy during 2011. Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 12:10:15 EST
Report on Virginia VA center finds problems
A new report from the Veterans Affairs Department inspector general will help fuel complaints about an error-filled disability claims process in need of a complete overhaul. Posted Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 10:08:20 EST
Report favors oil rigs near training areas
A new report pokes holes in the idea that oil and natural gas drilling rigs in the eastern portion of Gulf of Mexico would interfere with military training. Posted Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 10:06:09 EST
Nassau ARG, 24th MEU, tapped for Haiti
The Nassau Amphibious Ready Group, carrying the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is being diverted from its scheduled deployment to the Middle East and is instead heading to Haiti for relief... Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 14:46:19 EST
Comfort gets first patients from Haiti
BALTIMORE — Doctors aboard the hospital ship Comfort have begun treating their first patients injured in last week’s earthquake in Haiti. Posted Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 20:46:02 EST
Soldiers in Haiti told to stop handing out food
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Food handouts were shut off Tuesday to thousands of people at a tent city here when the main U.S. aid agency said the Army should not be distributing the packages. Posted Friday Jan 22, 2010 10:40:18 EST
Gates says more ships on way to Haiti
NEW DELHI — The U.S. military is sending additional ships to help with earthquake recovery in Haiti, including one that could remove debris blocking the main port, Defense Secretary Robert... Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 7:02:14 EST
Gates: S. Asian terror groups working together
NEW DELHI — A syndicate of terror groups affiliated with al-Qaida might try to start a new war between rivals India and Pakistan as part of an organized effort to sow upheaval across South... Posted Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 12:53:50 EST
Army: Family photos not behind GI porn charge
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A child pornography charge and a related count filed against an Illinois Army National Guard soldier in Afghanistan do not stem from family photos of a young relative, an Army... Posted Thursday Jan 21, 2010 8:13:04 EST
Petraeus: Taliban attack shows sophistication
ATLANTA — The Army general overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan said Tuesday that a series of brazen daytime attacks in the Afghan capital showed both the endurance and resourcefulness... Posted Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 18:12:39 EST
Major trapped in rubble of Port-au-Prince hotel
Every time Peggy Bourland watches another survivor get rescued from under a collapsed building in Haiti, she asks the same question: “Why can’t it be my husband?” Posted Saturday Jan 23, 2010 9:40:08 EST
Prosecutor: Suspect plotted to kill U.S. troops
NEW YORK — A man with ties to an alleged al-Qaida associate conspired to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan after receiving military training from the terror network, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Posted Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 14:41:39 EST
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