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The Russians arent fooling anyone. Thats the stark message from the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and four-star chief of U.S. European Command, Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove. In a blunt post on his blog Thursday , Breedlove said he rejects the Russians claim that their military...
A veterans group will present a petition next week to the New York delegation of Congress asking that the Medal of Honor be awarded to Civil War Col. Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first unit of free African Americans recruited into the Union army. Shaw was killed while leading ...
Earlier this month, the Marine Corps quietly took leave of Nimroz province, consolidating its operations in Afghanistan to a single province and completing another chapter in its drawdown efforts. Nimroz and Helmand, bordering provinces along Afghanistans southern tip, comprise Regio...
Veterans advocates are denouncing an opinion piece in the New York Times that draws links between veterans and white supremacist groups in attempting to explain the actions of the suspected gunman in a recent and deadly shooting outside a Kansas Jewish center. Frazier Glenn Cross, als...
High in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the enemy ambush was quick and deadly. Spc. Kyle Whites platoon leader was dead, as was a Marine sergeant tasked with advising Afghan soldiers. A fellow paratrooper was wounded, and at least three others were missing. White, already dazed...
High in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the enemy ambush was quick and deadly. Spc. Kyle Whites platoon leader was dead, as was a Marine sergeant tasked with advising Afghan soldiers. A fellow paratrooper was wounded, and at least three others were missing. White, already dazed...
Brad Pitt will reportedly play Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal in the movie adaptation of a book written by the reporter who got McChrystal fired. McChrystal resigned as commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan following a scathing June 2010 article in Rolling Stone by Michael Ha...
When they contracted with the Vets Prevail program late last year, Veterans Affairs Department officials hoped the Web-based mental health resource could enroll about 2,200 new veterans in its anonymous counseling over a year. The program reached that number in a little more than thre...
An Army general is upholding Pvt. Chelsea Mannings conviction and 35-year prison sentence for giving reams of classified U.S. government information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The Military District of Washington said Monday that Maj. Gen. Jeffery Buchanan has taken final ...
A Russian fighter jet on Saturday made repeated provocative close-range, low-altitude passes above the U.S. Navy destroyer Donald Cook while it was steaming in the Black Sea, heightening Cold War-style tensions that have continued to escalate for weeks, a defense official said. The ...
A Russian fighter jet on Saturday made repeated provocative close-range, low-altitude passes above the U.S. Navy destroyer Donald Cook while it was steaming in the Black Sea, heightening Cold War-style tensions that have continued to escalate for weeks, a defense official said. The ...
WASHINGTON — A U.S. military official says a Russian fighter jet made multiple, close-range passes near an American warship in the Black Sea for more than 90 minutes Saturday amid escalating tensions in the region. The official says the fighter flew within 1,000 yards (900 meters) of ...
Troops transitioning out of the military often worry that the jobs they did in uniform will be irrelevant to the jobs they want out of uniform. Theyre often wrong. Weve seen that 85 percent of military jobs have a direct civilian counterpart at Verizon, said Evan Guzman, the compa...
KEY WEST, FLA. — An underwater combat training school in Key West is marking its 50th anniversary. The Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School boasts a $10 million complex with a modern training pool and 50-foot dive tower, as well as boats especially designed for special ope...
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff gave Poison lead singer Bret Michaels something to believe in when they sang a duet together on Thursday. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey and Michaels were presenting Thursday at the sixth annual Military Child of the Year awards , which recognized f...
Stephen Colbert will be the next host of CBS Late Show, drawing congratulations from retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, former commander of U.S. troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan. It is great to see a figure who has been such a tremendous supporter of our men and women in uniform...
Responding to a Rand Corp. report issued last week on challenges facing those who care for ill or injured veterans, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Thursday introduced a bill that would increase federal support for this largely invisible group. More than 5 million Americans provide car...
Military officials are investigating after a Marine gate guard killed a Marine colleague with his M4 service rifle Tuesday evening aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. The incident is not being considered an act of terrorism or an active-shooter scenario like last weeks deadly rampage at Fort H...
In the wake of last weeks shooting on Fort Hood many soldiers and some lawmakers are calling on the military to reconsider allowing troops to carry concealed weapons on post. On social media and elsewhere, soldiers have been speaking out about their inability to defend themselves at ...
Delays in cancer treatment consultations may have played a role in the deaths of 23 veterans and compromised the health of 53 others, according to an internal review released this week by the Veterans Affairs Department. VA officials blamed the problem on cluttered consultation comput...
Carter, Dole spouses join military families effort Michelle Obama and Jill Biden are getting a dose of high-profile support for their nationwide...- 04/8/2014 Fla. veteran treats PTSD by going nude Every year, millions of people in the United States are diagnosed with post traumatic s...
CAIRO Egyptian authorities arrested a top aide to al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri in a Nile Delta city on Monday and are interrogating him in an undisclosed location, officials said. Tharwat Salah Shehata was caught in an apartment in the 10th of Ramadan district of the city of Sharqi...
Whats the worst federal agency for hiring veterans? Try Congress. Despite numerous efforts by lawmakers in recent years to spur veterans employment in the private sector, few congressional offices have followed suit. A new survey estimates that fewer than 180 veterans are employed as...
Army to delve into Fort Hood gunman's medical history The Army will deconstruct Spc.- 04/4/2014 Military playing catch-up on PTSD Even as a soldier diagnosed with mental illness opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, this week, a river...- 04/3/2014 Proposal would make it easier to fire VA ...
As Russia appears moving closer to annexing more of Ukraine, the U.S. is reportedly considering stationing an additional Army brigade in Europe. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Bloomberg in an April 3 interview that Air Force Gen. Phillip Breedlove, head of NATO, is considering a n...
SAN ANTONIO — A military police officer convicted of sexual misconduct at Guantanamo Bay has been sentenced to two years in prison following a court-martial in Texas. A military judge convicted Army 1st Sgt. Richard Smith on charges that he mistreated three females he supervised in Cu...
Iraq War amputee, now a club pro, set to play in celebrity golf tourney When Chad Pfeifer lost his left leg during his deployment with the Army in Iraq, he thought his...- 04/4/2014 Wounded Marine inspired photographer killed in Afghanistan Anja Niedringhaus will be remembered as more...
Army veteran Rick Schumacher has a job interview next week, and he hopes the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting comes up. At least then Id be able to say my piece about it and how not all veterans are troubled, said Schumacher, who served in Iraq in 2005. If they dont bring it up, and I ...
The U.S. has closed nearly 290 bases across Afghanistan as of March 1 and fewer than 80 bases remain. When it comes to personnel, there are still about 33,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, but theres also a steady path to reduce throughout the year, said Marine Brig. Gen. Daniel ODo...
