HUMBLE, TEXAS — A couple who discovered a tribute flag for a fallen Marine at a Texas flea market has presented it to his mother, more than nine years after he was killed in Iraq. Lanie and Walter Brown gave the flag Saturday to Patsy Maciel before a small crowd gathered at the grave ...
INDIANAPOLIS — About a third of the remaining 36 survivors of the worst single seagoing disaster in U.S. Navy history gathered for a reunion this weekend in Indianapolis, the city for which their doomed ship was named. One of the survivors is Edgar Harrell, 89, a former Marine who has...
The crew of the destroyer Frank E. Evans is fighting once again, 45 years after their ship sank in the South China Sea after a terrifying collision. This fight is on behalf of 74 shipmates who died that day in 1969 and whose names are absent from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial becaus...
Dozens of U.S. Marines and at least seven military aircraft were involved in Saturdays embassy evacuation operation in Libya, Military Times has learned. Embassy staff members were driven in vehicles from their compound in Tripoli to Tunisia, according to the Pentagons top spokesman...
Dozens of U.S. Marines and at least seven military aircraft were involved in Saturdays embassy evacuation operation in Libya, Military Times has learned. Embassy staff members were driven in vehicles from their compound in Tripoli to Tunisia, according to the Pentagons top spokesman...
WASHINGTON — The movement of Russian heavy caliber artillery systems across the border into Ukraine is "imminent," the Pentagon said Friday, saying Russia is escalating the military action there. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the U.S. has seen the powerful rocket syste...
Welsh gives Air Force top ethics marks; Congresswomen say comments are 'troubling' The Air Force's top officer gives his service top marks for personal behavior, saying he is 'very...- 07/25/2014 As Russia-Ukraine tension flares, NATO wants a base closer to the action - 07/25/2014 Pen...
With female officers having served in the boomer force for nearly three years, the Navy is aiming for women to make up a significant portion of the ballistic-missile submarine force by 2020, one of the new waypoints in the silent services historic integration. By 2020, the Navy plans...
New high-tech job training efforts being launched by the White House this week will include veteran-specific programs and placement efforts, Vice President Joe Biden told the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual convention on Monday. Details of the technology training are scheduled to be m...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will announce today that he plans to activate up to 1,000 National Guard troops to help guard the U.S.-Mexico border, a source in the governors office told Military Times. It was not immediately known whether the troops will be tasked with apprehending illegal i...
WEST LAFAYETTE, OHIO — Darin Welker is facing a citation and a hearing in Coshocton Municipal Court for owning 14 ducks, as they are in violation of a village ordinance. Welker, who lives on Grandview Street in West Lafayette, was cited June 23 with a minor misdemeanor. He said he use...
Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday there was mounting evidence Russia assisted separatists in Ukraine in shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. We know for certain that in the last month theres been a major flow of personnel and weapons, including a convoy of 150 vehicle...
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said on July 18 that they were unsure if the BUK surface-to-air missile system suspected of shooting down a Malaysian Air flight on July 17 was transported over the border from Russia, or a Ukrainian system captured by pro-Russian separatists. Speaking to t...
BAGHDAD — A series of bombings, including three over a span of less than 10 minutes, killed at least 27 people across Baghdad on Saturday, shaking the fragile sense of security the capital has maintained despite the Sunni militant offensive raging across northern and western Iraq. The...
Ukraine rebels promise MH17 investigators safe passage Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine agreed Friday to allow investigators access to the...- 07/18/2014 Downed plane could alter course of Ukraine fight The downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine could prove to be a turning po...
Their college campuses are for sale and theyre under attack from federal regulators, but that hasnt stopped a pair of for-profit schools from recruiting new students at military bases. The actions raise questions not just about the schools military marketing strategy but also about...
The Defense Department has resumed transferring excess military vehicles to civilian emergency personnel after reaching an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, said Jeffrey Curtis, executive director, logistics operations support for the Defense Logistics Agency. The 2....
HRABOVE, UKRAINE — A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the aircraf...
Like any active 30-year-old, Marine Capt. Derek Herrera is making the most of his life, serving on active duty in a special operations unit, racing in 10Ks and triathlons, earning his MBA and overseeing renovations of a house he just bought in San Clemente, California. At least three ...
The Pentagons research arm is exploring the development of brain implants that might one day reverse memory loss caused by traumatic brain injuries, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The goal of the project, still in the early stages, is to develop game-changing t...
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — The fleets 3-D printing experiments have produced everything from tools and phone-jack plates to gas caps and training aids in the past year and done so in hours, rather than the days, weeks or months sailors wait for some parts. The state-of-the-art technolog...
BAGHDAD — Iraq is airlifting some 4,000 volunteers to an embattled city west of Baghdad to help bolster government forces locked in a running battle with Sunni militants there, authorities said Saturday. Around 2,500 of the volunteers arrived in Ramadi, located 115 kilometers (70 mile...
It seems nearly every day there's more bad news about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and how it has treated those who served in the military. Whether it's confirmation that veterans died while awaiting care, patient wait-time records being manipulated to trigger staff bonuses...
Troops injured by bomb blasts who absorb the full brunt of a shock wave, are hit by flying debris or even exposed to bomb-making chemicals are at higher risk for developing long-term health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder, persistent headaches and some skin conditi...
Master Sgt. Michael Sears was already on the ground in the midst of a Sept. 29, 2012, firefight in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, when a rocket-propelled grenade flew by, hitting a Polish mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle and seriously injuring the driver. Sears, an explosive or...
A reminder of war's lasting effect flashed across social media today as a photo of a veteran standing behind a sign expressing concerns about fireworks and the emotional trigger of nearby explosions spawned an outpouring of reaction. In less than 24 hours, more than 100,000 people sha...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veteran Affairs hospital cafeteria 500 yards from the emergency room died after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday. It took a half an hour for the ambulance to be dispatched and take the m...
For years, the Pentagons top brass has called for an overhaul of the entire military compensation system, claiming that the cost of troops pay and benefits is soaring unsustainably and threatening future funding for readiness and weapons modernization. But a highly influential panel...
President Obama on Monday nominated former Procter & Gamble CEO Bob McDonald to serve as the eighth Veterans Affairs secretary a move that puts an experienced corporate manager at the helm of the beleaguered department. Describing McDonald as no-nonsense and pragmatic, Obama sai...
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA — A U.S. soldier has been detained on suspicion of killing a Panamanian woman. Sgt. Omar Velez was being held at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Monday in connection with the murder of a young woman whose body was found in central Panama on June 23. Velez had not y...
