WASHINGTON — More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President...
The top Marine general and four of his legal advisers are implicated in a complaint to the Defense Department Inspector General charging they inappropriately inserted themselves into the prosecution of cases stemming from the infamous video showing scout snipers urinating on dead insu...
SANAA, YEMEN — 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. The officials said the attack took place around dawn in an area called Deyqa in Abyan province. Officials spok...
Stateside military bases are generating 130 megawatts of solar energy a modest amount thats only enough to power 22,000 homes, but still a step the solar power industry says is improving national security. Ambitious plans call for solar power to make up 58 percent of the militarys...
Two Gold Star Mothers who lost sons in separate IED attacks are coming out in support of the scout snipers who urinated on the corpses of insurgents whom they believed were responsible for killing their friends. Carolyn Jones Hibberd and Sherry Bradley had sons assigned to 3rd Battali...
Two Gold Star Mothers who lost sons in separate IED attacks are coming out in support of the scout snipers who urinated on the corpses of insurgents whom they believed were responsible for killing their friends. Carolyn Jones Hibberd and Sherry Bradley had sons assigned to 3rd Battali...
The commandant of the Marine Corps must keep the moral and ethical health of our institution front and center and therefore will confront poor command climates with new climate surveys, he said in a letter to all Marines published Thursday. Commandant Gen. Jim Amos said Marines must...
Facebook has removed a page that denigrated women in the Marine Corps after a congresswoman complained to the Pentagon and called the page another example of the militarys lax attitude toward sexual harassment. The page, called Fn Wook, was among a number cited by Rep. Jackie Spei...
The commanding officers of two Marine Corps helicopter squadrons were removed from their jobs in recent weeks after senior leaders lost confidence in them, Marine Corps Times has learned. Lt. Col. Aaron Wells was relieved April 18 as commanding officer of Marine Medium Helicopter Squa...
The Marine Corps commandant apologized to Congress Tuesday for the shameful behavior of my Marines, as the Pentagon released new statistics outlining the militarys growing sexual assault problem. Gen. Jim Amos said at a House defense appropriations subcommittee hearing that the s...
The Marine Corps has revoked the medical retirement of a scout sniper who is facing court-martial for his role in one of the most highly publicized incidents of U.S. troops misbehaving in Afghanistan. Sgt. Robert Richards, one of seven Marines to face disciplinary action for a video s...
Two Marine special operators died Saturday in an apparent insider attack by a soldier with the Afghan National Army. Staff Sgt. Eric Christian, 39, and Cpl. David Sonka, 23, were killed while conducting combat operations in Afghanistans Farah province, the Defense Department said in ...
Two Marine special operators died Saturday in an apparent insider attack by a soldier with the Afghan National Army. Staff Sgt. Eric Christian, 39, and Cpl. David Sonka, 23, were killed while conducting combat operations in Afghanistans Farah province, the Defense Department said in ...
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Five U.S. service members were killed on Saturday by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the latest deadly attack against international troops since the Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive this week. The coalition did not disclose the locati...
Call it freedom of religion vs. freedom from religion: The Defense Department was engulfed in a firestorm over religious expression last week, caught in the middle of a tit-for-tat fight between Mikey Weinstein, the former Air Force officer and lawyer at the head of the Military Relig...
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Five U.S. service members were killed on Saturday by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the latest deadly attack against international troops since the Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive this week. The coalition did not disclose the locati...
Call it freedom of religion vs. freedom from religion: The Defense Department was engulfed in a firestorm over religious expression last week, caught in the middle of a tit-for-tat fight between Mikey Weinstein, the former Air Force officer and lawyer at the head of the Military Relig...
If youre in a bind on mortgage payments on a house at a former duty station or are facing that prospect with an upcoming permanent change-of-station move you should look into relocation assistance payments. Lenders offer these cash payments once a borrower wants to pursue a short...
A Marine and a Navy corpsman will both receive the militarys third-highest award for valor this week in separate ceremonies. Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (FMF) Benny Flores, who repeatedly braved enemy small-arms fire to treat wounded Marines and an Afghan police officer, will be hono...
As part of an ongoing campaign to appeal to female veterans, the Veterans Affairs Department last week established a hotline exclusively for women to answer questions about services like health care, education benefits and claims. The call center at 1-855-VA-WOMEN, or 1-855-829-6636...
The Marine Corps will soon be able to dispatch squad-level teams for immediate embassy security reinforcement as the service responds to calls to better protect diplomatic facilities in the wake of Septembers deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya. The Security Augmentation Unit will be ba...
The commander of the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, where last month three Marines died in an apparent murder-suicide, was removed from his job this week by the services top general. Col. Kris J. Stillings, a decorated infantry officer who served previously as a military as...
The Marine Corps has begun deploying its new crisis-response force for Africa to an air base in Spain, and is now looking to develop a second force for use in the Caribbean Sea and Central and South America, said Commandant Gen. Jim Amos. Six MV-22B Ospreys for the Africa unit departe...
The Marine Corps' new crisis-response force for emergencies in Africa and Europe has begun to deploy, and will be based out of Morón Air Base, Spain, Commandant Gen. Jim Amos said Wednesday.
Six months after the Corps rolled out its premiere functional fitness program, officials are working to ease apprehension among Marines who remain skeptical of the new workouts. They are establishing a training pipeline that will enable troops to teach one another, like they do with m...
The Pentagon has approved the development of a new 500-man Marine crisis-response force, but the U.S. must still determine where it will be based overseas, two top Marine officers said. The unit is called Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force–Crisis Response, said Lt. Gen. Rich...
The Veterans Affairs Department will take unprecedented steps to reduce its large backlog of disability benefits claims by assigning “provisional” ratings to any claim that has been pending for one year or more. The move, announced Friday, would apply to claims filed by about 500,000 ...
Very few of the Marine Corps’ 1,200 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles still in Afghanistan will be traveling back to the U.S., the Corps’ deputy commandant for installations and logistics said this week. Speaking at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Wednesday afternoon, ...
Hundreds of Marines with Task Force African Lion have suddenly been left with a lot less to do after Morocco abruptly canceled the huge annual exercise on Tuesday, just days after the Marines arrived. The surprising turn of events came about after the Obama administration supported th...
A man in a cowboy hat whose efforts to help victims of Monday’s Boston Marathon were captured on film has been identified as the father of a fallen Marine. Carlos Arredondo was supporting five marathoners from the Run for the Fallen who were in running to honor Maine service members w...
