Army Revises Tattoo Policy
The Army is lifting restrictions on the size and number of tattoos soldiers can have. Under new guidelines, soldiers can …More
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As the Army announced a relaxation of its tattoo policy, the service also cleared the way for soldiers to wear …More
Hood Shooting Victims Receive Purple Hearts
The living victims and surviving family members of those who died during the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting rampage conducted by …More
Navy To Exhume Pearl Harbor Victims
The Navy plans to exhume the remains of sailors and Marines who died when Japanese planes sunk the battleship Oklahoma …More
Soldier Honored for Heroism During Hood Shooting
First Lt. John M. Arroyo received the Army’s highest honor for non-combat related heroism April 6, for ignoring his own …More
Tablet-Driven CAS Test Successful
The Marine Corps and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully tested a prototype system that would allow ground …More
West Point Reverts to ‘Cadets’
The U.S. Military Academy is shedding the “Black Knights” handle for its sports teams. On April 13, the West Point, …More
U.S., Japan Agree To Expand Cooperation
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans to expand security and defense cooperation between the …More
Army Launches New Campaign Against Sex Crimes
The Army is placing greater responsibility on prevention of sexual harassment and assault on senior non-commissioned officers and the first-line …More
Coast Guard Reopens Lower Mississippi River
The Coast Guard reopened a three-mile stretch of the lower Mississippi River April 6, after determining that there was no …More
Study: No Link Between Increased Deployments, Suicide
Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan has no direct link to the rash of suicides that has beset the ranks during …More
NCIS Reacts to ISIL Threat
In response to the recent publication of personal information about service members and their families by the Islamic State in …More
Bergdahl Charged With Desertion
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who disappeared from his unit in Afghanistan in 2009 and held captive by Taliban …More
Iran, Sudan Held Liable for Cole Attack
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled March 31 that the Iranian and Sudanese governments are responsible for the deaths …More
DARPA Takes Aim at Antibiotics Resistance
The Defense Department’s chief research agency is launching a new approach to helping the human body fight off diseases and …More
Army To Continue Paring Civilian Work Force
The Army no longer needs as many civilian workers as it did during the height of combat activities in recent …More
Guards Kill Man at Meade Gate
Security police officers at Fort Meade, Md., shot and killed a man March 30 after the vehicle he was driving …More
Navy Seeks Advanced-Journalism Applicants
The Navy is inviting mass communications specialists to apply for its advanced military visual journalism training program for the 2015-2016 …More
Comfort Deploys
The command hospital ship Comfort deployed from its homeport at Norfolk Naval Station, Va., in early April. During her seven-month …More
AF Offers Notification of Early Retirement
The Air Force is notifying eligible airmen at the 14 1/2-year mark of their careers that they may be allowed …More
AF Survey Underway
The Air Force wants airmen and officers to weigh in with their opinions and suggestions. Through April 27, the service …More
VA Ends Informal Claims Process
In what the agency champions as a way to streamline the bogged-down claims process, the Department of Veterans Affairs is …More
Union Opposes Proposed Comstore, Exchange Merger
The largest union of federal employees is digging in to fight against a proposal before Congress that would consolidate all …More
VA To Relax 40-Mile Rule
Relief is on the way for veterans who had been denied access to health care under the Department of Veterans …More
Sailor Receives Silver Star
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kevin D. Baskin received the Silver Star medal during a March 20 ceremony at Cap Lejeune, …More
Change to Lejeune-Water Registration Proposed
The Marine Corps wants to change the registration procedure for persons who may have been exposed to poisonous water at …More
Carter: ISIL Posted Names From Public Sources
The Independent State for Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) did not receive the names it published online by hacking U.S. …More
Judge: DoD Must Release Abu Ghraib Photos
The Defense Department must release photos showing abuse of prisoners held between 2004 and 2006 by U.S. troops at Iraq’s …More
White House To Slow Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan
The U.S. will maintain a larger military presence in Afghanistan longer than the Obama administration had projected. While the target …More
Ship To Bear Murtha’s Name
The Navy christened its newest amphibious transport dock the USS John P. Murtha, honoring the former Marine who represented Pennsylvania …More
