DoD: Expect fewer F-35s if costs keep rising
Post at 2010-03-05 00-51-41 | 179 Views
The Pentagon will buy fewer F-35s than planned if program costs keep rising, says a senior U.S. defense official. “If there is [additional] cost ... [Read]
DoD officials mum on DADT opinions
Post at 2010-03-05 00-51-41 | 129 Views
It was a day for congressional pontificating on whether to repeal the law banning open military service by gays — and for the Pentagon’s n ... [Read]
Ex-Gitmo detainee said to be Taliban commander
Post at 2010-03-05 00-51-41 | 132 Views
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — A man freed from Guantanamo more than two years ago after he claimed he only wanted to go home and help his family is ... [Read]
Wyo. guardsmen record music video while in Iraq
Post at 2010-03-05 00-51-40 | 132 Views
LARAMIE, Wyo. — Wyoming National Guardsmen Dustin Scott, Nathan Harvey and Jeremiah Eaton were about nine months into a yearlong deployment last ... [Read]
Army sees sharp rise in unfit soldiers
Post at 2010-03-05 00-51-40 | 108 Views
WASHINGTON — The percentage of soldiers who are unavailable for combat has risen sharply during the past two years from 11 percent of each briga ... [Read]
CG crew survives crash in Utah mountains
Post at 2010-03-05 00-51-40 | 128 Views
SALT LAKE CITY — Two crew members remained in critical condition Thursday after a Coast Guard helicopter crashed in the Utah mountains. The heli ... [Read]
AF secretary backs repeal of gay ban
Post at 2010-03-05 00-51-40 | 139 Views
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Thursday he supports the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” putting him at odds with t ... [Read]
Soldier sues, says Hurt Locker based on him
Post at 2010-03-05 00-51-39 | 131 Views
With the 82nd Academy Awards days away, a 38-year-old Army bomb expert said Tuesday that he’s hurt that Hollywood producers cut him out of a fro ... [Read]
Groups say transition programs miss many vets
Post at 2010-02-26 01-11-07 | 148 Views
Programs that help service members start applying for veterans’ disability compensation while they are still on active duty are shaving months o ... [Read]
Disabled vet gets washer-dryer surprise
Post at 2010-02-26 01-11-07 | 137 Views
FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich. — When disabled U.S. Army veteran Zaneta Adams arrived at Sears in the Lakes Mall, she thought she was going to be par ... [Read]
130 Strykers with MRAP-type protection by 2011
Post at 2010-02-26 01-11-07 | 146 Views
If the Army approves funding to keep the production line steady, industry can deliver 130 Stryker vehicles with “MRAP-like” protection in ... [Read]
Pilot who dismissed early Pearl warnings dies
Post at 2010-02-26 01-11-06 | 129 Views
SAN DIEGO — Hawaii-based pilot Kermit Tyler thought the big blip on the radar screen Dec. 7, 1941, was a fleet of U.S. B-17 bombers due in from ... [Read]
Vets deserve a piece of jobs bill, VFW says
Post at 2010-02-26 01-11-06 | 137 Views
The nation’s largest organization of combat veterans is demanding changes in the $15 billion jobs bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday becau ... [Read]
Prosecutors: Law in Green murder trial valid
Post at 2010-02-26 01-11-06 | 137 Views
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal prosecutors argue a law used to convict a former soldier on civilian charges of murder and rape in Iraq is constitutio ... [Read]
Final tanker RFP retains much of draft language
Post at 2010-02-26 01-11-06 | 138 Views
Senior defense officials told lawmakers Wednesday they will keep the scheme proposed in September to evaluate industry bids for a 179-plane, $35 billi ... [Read]
NATO restricts night raids in Afghanistan
Post at 2010-02-26 01-11-05 | 130 Views
KABUL — American troops knocked on the door, and before the Afghan family could find the key to let them in, the soldiers broke it down. There w ... [Read]
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