Harrier Crashes; Pilot Ejects
An Air Force helicopter rescued a Marine Corps pilot Sept. 22, after he ejected from his AF-8B Harrier II aircraft …More
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Chelsea Manning, the transgender woman who was convicted in 2013 of stealing thousands of documents relating to combat activities in …More
Report: Troops May Have Faced Chem Attack
U.S. and Iraqi troops at a base in northern Iraq may have been hit with a mustard gas attack, according …More
Avoidance Technology May Have Averted Collision
Two F-16 pilots – an Air Force major and a flight instructor – are crediting something called the Automatic Ground …More
Commander Cites Afghan Progress
Army Gen John W. “Mick” Nicholson, the commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan and the Resolute Support mission, presented an optimistic …More
Boeing Unveils Next AF Trainer
Boeing Defense and Saab AB, its Swedish partner, revealed the design for the first two production T-X trainer aircraft. The …More
Wrap Could Help Corpsmen, Medics Save Lives
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is working with partners to develop a wrap that hospital corpsmen and combat medics …More
Belarus Displays Armed UAV
Combat-capable U.S. drones soon will have new un-piloted company in the skies. The Belarus Academy of Science displayed an armed …More
First Female Candidate Washes Out of SF Training
The first female soldier to attempt to earn the Green Beret has washed out. The Washington Times reported Sept. 14 …More
Sailor Gives Birth on Carrier
A female sailor on the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower has given birth to a 7-pound baby girl while the ship …More
Grenade Upgrade Coming
The hand grenade is getting its first upgrade in more than 40 years. Army engineers at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., are …More
Ground Broken for Army Museum
Army Secretary Eric K. Fanning, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, and Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, the former chief …More
Destroyers To Be Named for Heroes
The Navy plans to name the next two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers after Marines who earned the Medal of Honor, Seapower …More
B-21 Gets a Name
The Air Force has selected a name for the B-21 long-range strike bomber: Raider. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James …More
20 Face Discipline in Muslim Recruit’s Death
The Marine Corps will take punitive action against 20 Marines, for their roles in the death of a Muslim recruit …More
‘Swarm’ Test Succeeds
The Navy recently held a successful demonstration of “swarm” technology, in which numerous unmanned undersea vehicles were able to gather …More
ABA Outlines Plan To Aid Veterans
Veterans would have greater access to the legal help they need, under a plan unveiled Aug. 10 by the American …More
Arlington Cemetery Security Tightened
Visitors to Arlington National Cemetery, Va., will face tighter screening. Cemetery directors have decided to implement additional security procedures, in …More
Unmanned Resupply Vehicles Tested
Forward-operating troops someday could be resupplied by unmanned vehicles – eliminating the need to deploy manned convoys on what has …More
Hyten Nominated for STRATCOM Post
President Obama has nominated Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten to be the next commander of U.S. Strategic Command. If …More
LCS Montgomery Commissioned
The Navy commissioned the littoral combat ship Montgomery during a Sept. 10 ceremony in Mobile, Ala. Like other ships in …More
Army Announces Unit Deployment
Roughly 1,400 soldiers from the Fort Campbell, Ky.-based 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) will deploy to …More
Eye, Hearing Appointment Process Simplified
Veterans who wish to schedule audiology (hearing) and optometry (vision) appointments should have an easier time doing so. The Department …More
IG: Card Misuse Persists
Pentagon officials have not done enough to squelch misuse of government-issued credit cards, according to a new inspector general’s report. …More
Navy Orders LCS Engineering Stand Down
The Navy has ordered a stand down of all littoral combat ships (LCSs), following recent incidents involving systems failures on …More
NFL’s Jets Sponsor Touch-Football Game
Service members stationed at Bagram Air Base were invited to take to a special game of touch football last month …More
Lasers Detect Cracks
Navy technicians have proven they can use laser technology to detect cracks in riveted joints. In tests conducted by the …More
Researchers Try To Steady Trigger Fingers
Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., are studying ways to help soldiers hold and …More
AF Disciplines Pilots
The Air Force has disciplined four pilots for buzzing the practice field of the NFL Carolina Panthers. The Guardian newspaper …More
Weapons Interoperability Test Succeeds
The Navy successfully tested a complex integration of systems intended to identify and ultimately destroy targets through each step of …More
