Caltech Team Wins RoboSub Competition
A team from the California Institute of Technology took home a $6,000 prize, after prevailing in the RoboSub Competition sponsored …More
Armed Forces News
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersFirst Enlisted Female Earns Dolphins
Chief Culinary Specialist Dominique Saavedra pinned on dolphins Aug. 2, becoming the first enlisted female sailor to qualify for submarine …More
App Explains Blended Retirement
Anticipating the questions about the impending switch to the Blended Retirement System (BRS) that already have begun to surface, the …More
Services Represented at Olympics
Seventeen service members and one Naval Academy midshipman are competing in the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. All but …More
Unit To Deploy
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), will deploy to Iraq from its base at Fort Campbell, …More
Guidance Issued for Election Season
The Pentagon has issued a reminder of the do’s and don’ts for service members and civilian employees during the ongoing …More
Schools Compete in Robotics Challenge
An engineering team from the Georgia Institute of Technology took top honors in a recent robotics competition sponsored by the …More
Researchers Study Bedbug-Borne Illnesses
Researchers at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine have joined with the University Hospitals in Cleveland to study …More
Panel Examines Medical Record-Sharing
The Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations subcommittee held a hearing in late July, to study progress the Defense …More
Gallup Poll: Confidence in Military Remains High
Seventy-three percent of all Americans are confident in the military, according to a Gallup poll conducted June 1-5. As such, …More
Power Returns to Incirlik
Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, began receiving commercially supplied electric power on July 22, six days after it was cut off …More
Wilson Promoted to Vice Chief
Gen. Stephen W. Wilson became vice chief of staff of the Air Force during a July 22 ceremony at Offutt …More
Thornberry Cites Progress
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, returned from a trip to Afghanistan and Iraq optimistic about progress in …More
Notion of U.S. Involvement in Turkey Coup Dismissed
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dismissed reports in some Turkish news-media outlets …More
Marines Toughen Fitness, Body-Fat Standards
Starting Jan. 1, Marines will have to meet higher standards in order to pass the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) and …More
Submarines Could Grow Produce Someday
An Army researcher, ironically, is working on a project that one day could foster the ability to grow edible produce …More
Africom Gets New Commander
Marine Corps Thomas D. Waldhauser succeeded retiring Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez as commander of U.S. Africa Command July 18, …More
SEAL Trainee’s Death Ruled Homicide
Civilian homicide inspectors in San Diego have determined that Navy instructors were responsible for the death of Seaman James Derek …More
White House Issues Orders for Drone Strikes
President Obama issued an executive order July 1, outlining criteria for drone strikes. The directive requires that more training and …More
Special Forces School To Get First Female Students
The Army has selected two female officers to become the first prospective women to earn the Special Forces tab. If …More
Marines Salvage Aircraft Parts from ‘Boneyard’
The Marine Corps must resort to relying upon retired aircraft for spare parts and flyable aircraft. CNN reported July 14 …More
P-8A Deploys
A Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft made the aircraft’s first deployment with the U.S. 5th Fleet, in the Persian Gulf area. …More
Calls Issued for Higher Pay, No TRICARE Fees
A group of military service organizations in urging Congress to stop cutting strength, increase basic pay, and shelve any plans …More
Veterans’ Choice Reaches 2 Million Vets
More than two million veterans have received health care under the Veterans’ Choice Program since it began nearly two years …More
Submarines Could Grow Produce Someday
An Army researcher, ironically, is working on a project that one day could foster the ability to grow edible produce …More
Court Bars Navy Sonar Use
The Navy can no longer use high-density long-range sonar. In a July 18 ruling, a three-judge panel with the Ninth …More
Former Marine, Soldier Among Baton Rouge Shooting Victims
Matthew Gerald, one of the three Baton Rouge, La., police officers who died at the hands of a gunman during …More
Scientists: Missile Defense ‘A Bad Idea’
The concept of deploying anti-missile defense systems to destroy incoming ballistic missiles has been flawed from its inception more than …More
Vietnam Vet Receives Medal of Honor
Retired Army Lt. Col. Charles Kettles received the Medal of Honor from President Obama during a July 19 ceremony, for …More
Former Marines Play Pokemon Go, Help Nab Fugitive
Two former Marines helped catch a man wanted for several crimes – while they were playing Pokemon Go. According to …More
