Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel wants to wait until next year before asking Congress to make fundamental changes to the current military retirement system, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday. One day after the Defense Department released detailed proposals for military retirement reform, ...
Researchers at Stony Brook University in New York have coined the term Iraq-Afghanistan war lung injury to describe respiratory symptoms developed by some veterans and they have duplicated the problem in mice, using dust from Camp Victory in Baghdad. In an article published Friday...
Reservists would be eligible to begin receiving military retirement pay immediately after completing 20 years of part-time service under a new Pentagon proposal for overhauling the retirement system. The plan would blur the lines between active and reserve careers by allowing both to ...
After years of silence on the intensely controversial issue of military retirement reform, the Pentagon on Thursday unveiled a detailed proposal for fundamental, far-reaching changes to the current pension system, Military Times has learned. The changes would preserve the current syst...
Exclusive: DoD proposes revolutionary changes in retirement benefits After years of silence on the intensely controversial issue of military retirement reform, the Pentagon on Thursday unveiled a detailed proposal for fundamental, far-reaching changes to the current pension system, Mi...
House to ask for autonomy for Gulf War Illness board The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs is putting together legislation to give autonomy back to a...- 03/6/2014 Tricare won't pay for genetic tests; labs left with bills A change in medical classifications last year has left clini...
A retired U.S. general with deep knowledge of the geopolitical dynamics at play in Ukraine says the countrys military will stand its ground if Russian forces launch an assault. My experience was the Ukrainian infantry was very tough, retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, the former ...
BRUSSELS — NATOs top official says Russias military intervention in Ukraine is in violation of the U.N. charter and threatens peace and security in Europe. NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke Sunday before going into a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the allian...
President Obama has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that his military forces need to return to their military bases in the Ukraine, according to the White House. The two leaders held a 90-minute phone call today, during which Obama expressed his deep concern about Russias clea...
President Obama has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that his military forces need to return to their military bases in the Ukraine, according to the White House. The two leaders held a 90-minute phone call today, during which Obama expressed his deep concern about Russias clea...
A massive veterans legislative package that would have expanded a host of post-military benefits was sidelined Thursday after Senate Democratic backers failed to find enough support among their Republican colleagues. A procedural motion to cut off debate and allow the bill to move to ...
A massive veterans legislative package that would have expanded a host of post-military benefits was sidelined Thursday after Senate Democratic backers failed to find enough support among their Republican colleagues. A procedural motion to cut off debate and allow the bill to move to ...
The Veterans Affairs Departments top health official dismissed a report this week that VA health care system employees dumped thousands of medical appointment records in an effort to cover up overdue work. Robert Petzel, VAs undersecretary for health, called the report by the Daily ...
DoD, VA issue new concussion care guide The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have published new guidelines on post-concussion care...- 02/26/2014 Vets benefits bill clears initial Senate hurdle A sprawling Democratic bill expanding health, education and other benefits for vete...
TEHRAN, IRAN — A senior Iranian military official said Tuesday that the Islamic Republic has analyzed Israeli strikes during the 2006 war in Lebanon to boost its own defense capabilities against the U.S. and Israel. Iran sees Israel as its arch-nemesis. The Jewish state fought a 2006 ...
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department on March 4 will propose a five-year plan that boosts Pentagon spending by a total of $115 billion over sequestration spending caps, according to multiple sources who have been briefed on the plan. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday will preview...
The Marine Corps is experimenting with a new unmanned ground vehicle that can patrol installations and detect intruders or potential enemy forces nearly a mile away. The Mobile Detection Assessment Response System, or MDARS, was used in late January to successfully secure an air base ...
Heres a Stars and Stripes shocker: Prior to Friday, flags bought by the Defense Department werent necessarily 100 percent American-made. But going forward, flags purchased by the military must be wholly sourced from the U.S. and not have any elements from overseas, according to a ...
Since there was not time to dig in, Baldonado, a machine-gunner of the third squad, placed his weapon in an exposed position and delivered a withering stream of fire on the advancing enemy, causing them to fall back. The enemy then concentrated all their fire on Baldonados gun, and a...
NATO's top military commander spoke by telephone with the head of Ukraine's armed forces Friday, amid growing concerns about the political crisis there. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, who also serves as commander of U.S. forces in Europe, spoke with Adm. Yuriy Ilyin. "The nature of ...
A Marine Corps veteran says he was told to leave a Texas restaurant because he brought his dog in training to be certified as his service animal. I take my dog a lot of places, so I dont really look for permission anymore because Ive never had any problems, Don Brown, of Spring Te...
NORFOLK, VA. — The Maersk Alabama was cleared to leave the island nation of Seychelles after authorities there completed an onboard investigation into the deaths of two Americans aboard the ship that was the focus of a 2009 hijacking dramatized in the movie Captain Phillips, a compa...
BATH, MAINE — Some of the Navys futuristic weapons sound like something out of Star Wars, with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic speeds. That future is now. The Navy plans to deploy its first laser on a ship later this...
WASHINGTON — When then-Lt. Col. Kay Hensen awarded a National Guard recruiting contract worth at least $200 million to an Alabama marketing company in 2005, investigative records show, the Guard failed to get a legal review for the program, did not conduct any market research and negl...
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — An improvised explosive device killed a NATO service member in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the U.S.-led international military coalition said. In its statement, the coalition did not give further details on where the incident occurred or the nationality of t...
New bill would make it easier to fire senior VA employees Two Florida Republicans want to make it easier to fire senior Veterans Affairs Department employees...- 02/14/2014 Broad veterans' bill faces uncertain fate in Senate The repeal of planned reductions in military retirement pay ...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave limited support to terrorists or terrorist groups. The change is one of President Obamas first actions on immig...
When Sgt. 1st Class Steven Janotta first floated his idea for a retirement medal, some of his peers thought he was joking and wasting their time. But the infantryman, who has 25 years of service, was serious. If youve stayed in for the long haul and hit your 20-year mark, thats a s...
Frustration is building at Marine Corps headquarters over a congressmans aggressive support for a whistle-blower who has accused the commandants office of abusing its authority. Rep. Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee, has take...
TOKYO — At U.S. military bases in Japan, most service members found culpable in sex crimes in recent years did not go to prison, according to internal Department of Defense documents. Instead, in a review of hundreds of cases filed in Americas largest overseas military installation, ...
