The upcoming move of most U.S. forces from Seoul offers a new opportunity for the Dragon Hill Lodge at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, South Korea, to become a premier vacation destination for servicemembers, the lodge's general manager said.
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Though considerable challenges remain in Afghanistan, success there is achievable and important, the commander of U.S. Central Command said.
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While the United States draws down in Iraq and builds up in Afghanistan, "we must not lose sight of our other challenges" in the Middle East, the commander of U.S. Central Command said.
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Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David R. Brewer, a drill instructor at the recruit training center in San Diego, recalled how his grandfather taught him how to catch trout using a cookie.
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Reports of sexual assault involving servicemembers rose by 11 percent in fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2009, according to a report released by the Department of Defense.
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The Defense Department is rolling out a new set of guidelines for the treatment of mild traumatic brain injury among servicemembers in combat areas.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. — A soldier acquitted of killing a mother and two of her young daughters in North Carolina about 25 years ago is now going on trial in military court after prosecutors say new DNA tests link him to the crimes. Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis, 51, is charged with premeditated murder in...
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SAN DIEGO — The Navy SEALs are looking for a few good water polo players. The Navy, seeking to beef up the ranks of its special operations force, commissioned a $500,000 Gallup study last fall to determine who might be the best candidates to become future SEALs. Topping the list were water polo...
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — A funeral for former Air Force Academy superintendent and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. A.P. Clark is scheduled Wednesday at the academy’s Cadet Chapel. Clark’s efforts helping 76 prisoners of war escape during World War II inspired the movie “The Great Escape.” Clark died March 8 at age...
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TAJI, Iraq — The U.S. military handed over control of a prison holding some 2,900 detainees to Iraqi authorities on Monday as the Americans move ahead with preparations for a full withdrawal by the end of 2011. Most of the Taji prison’s detainees are low and midlevel insurgents who were arrested by American...
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Could parachute-wearing bears sniff out bin Laden? That's one suggestion the DoD has received from someone who noted, quite correctly, that a bear's sense of smell is more powerful than a bloodhound's. This idea and scores of others, came from people who clicked on the "contact us" button on the Defense Department's Web site.
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Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.
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The U.S. Air Force says a remote-piloted drone crashed on takeoff in southern Afghanistan on Monday.
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Georgia's opposition politicians on Monday denounced the government over a hoax television broadcast that said Russia had invaded and the president had been killed.
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The U.S. military handed over control of a prison holding some 2,900 detainees to Iraqi authorities on Monday as the Americans move ahead with preparations for a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.
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Citing her support for abortion rights and gay marriage, the Diocese of Scranton has forbidden internationally known anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan from speaking at a local church hall or any other local Catholic venue.
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