Poor maintenance likely led to fatal T-38 crash
Post at 2009-10-15 14-15-18 | 341 Views
An Air Force accident investigation board has determined that a failure in the rudder operating mechanism — most likely due to maintenance issue ... [Read]
Proposal could ease way for disability payments
Post at 2009-10-15 14-15-08 | 336 Views
WASHINGTON — Female soldiers and others serving in dangerous roles behind the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan have long complained it was ha ... [Read]
Italy denies it made secret payoff to Taliban
Post at 2009-10-15 14-15-06 | 347 Views
ROME — The Italian government denied a newspaper report Thursday that its secret services paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to keep an area ... [Read]
Lawmakers hear U.S. options in Afghanistan
Post at 2009-10-15 14-15-05 | 312 Views
The witnesses testifying before the House Armed Services Committee crossed the broad range of strategy options in Afghanistan now likely being conside ... [Read]
SecNav: Cut half of oil use by 2020
Post at 2009-10-15 14-14-57 | 330 Views
Navy Department leaders issued a set of ambitious new plans to boost the Navy and Marine Corps’ energy efficiency Wednesday, including the goal ... [Read]
KDH gets contract for armor plate carriers
Post at 2009-10-11 15-48-58 | 1164 Views
Army equipment officials awarded a contract Oct. 9 for 58,000 armor plate carriers in an effort to lighten heavy loads soldiers carry in Afghanistan.K ... [Read]
Pilot program trains veterans for farm jobs
Post at 2009-10-11 15-48-57 | 686 Views
ROSS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A dozen jobless military veterans have gone through a four-week course that could move them into the farm labor force.The ... [Read]
Sailors take aim at new recruiting slogan
Post at 2009-10-11 15-48-57 | 409 Views
The Navy’s new recruiting slogan, “America’s Navy: A global force for good,” was designed from the outset to motivate existing ... [Read]
Labs report progress in regrowing bones
Post at 2009-10-11 15-48-57 | 1070 Views
ATLANTA — As military doctors in Iraq and Afghanistan have seen more horrific injuries involving skin, nerve, vascular and bone losses from expl ... [Read]
Donley admonishes former Chief of Staff Moseley
Post at 2009-10-09 18-05-21 | 946 Views
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley has issued a letter of admonishment to former Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley for receiving gifts and social ... [Read]
Navy to name supply ship for civil rights hero
Post at 2009-10-09 18-05-21 | 721 Views
WASHINGTON — Slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers will be honored Friday with a Navy supply ship named for him.Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a for ... [Read]
Navy arrives in Indonesian quake zone
Post at 2009-10-09 18-05-20 | 731 Views
PADANG, Indonesia — The massive relief effort following Indonesia’s deadly earthquake received a boost Friday when Navy ships and helicopt ... [Read]
Pirate attacks off of Somalia drop
Post at 2009-10-09 18-05-20 | 572 Views
The number of ships captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia has dropped dramatically in the past two months because of the presence of an interna ... [Read]
Legion slams Congress on concurrent receipt
Post at 2009-10-09 18-05-20 | 680 Views
The nation’s largest veterans organization is “furious” over the omission from the final 2010 defense authorization bill of promised ... [Read]
New options displayed for Humvee cockpit
Post at 2009-10-09 18-05-19 | 816 Views
Sitting in a cramped Humvee commanding hundreds of combat missions in Baghdad two years ago, Capt. Steve Rooney never thought he’d one day help ... [Read]
Source: Obama leans toward limited troop boost
Post at 2009-10-09 18-05-19 | 756 Views
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is prepared to accept some Taliban involvement in Afghanistan’s political future and appears inclined ... [Read]
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