SAN DIEGO — A Seabee is in trouble after she allegedly ran a Humvee into the back of a car on a road in Okinawa, Japan, on Tuesday night and then left the scene, Navy officials said. Two hours after the incident, military police arrested the Seabee, identified as a petty officer third...
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The Dutch military’s failure to intervene during a 1995 massacre in Serbia suggests that allowing gays to serve openly — as the Dutch military does — hurts military readiness, a retired Marine Corps general said Thursday. Gen. John “Jack” Sheehan, who commanded Atlantic-based NATO forces in the 1990s, told the Senate Armed Services...
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The Army has found a new way to transport its MRAP-All Terrain Vehicles to Afghanistan, according to the service’s top logistician. Up until a week ago, the Army had been flying the vehicles directly from its integration facility in Charleston, S.C., said Lt. Gen. Mitchell Stevenson, deputy chief of staff for logistics. On...
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NEW YORK — For 68 years, John E. Love has been haunted by the memory of carrying fallen comrades to a mass grave hollowed out of a Filipino rice field. Now, at last, a bit of history is being rewritten because of those memories. After six months of research, The Associated Press this...
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Somewhere, over the rainbow… (click to view full) Nuclear reactors save a lot of diesel fuel, but until the new CVN-21 carriers arrive, there’s a catch. Mid-way through the ships’ 50-year life, the nuclear reactor needs to be refueled – a long, complex, and expensive process. Anyone who has ever done home renovations...
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Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. fielded questions about cuts in budget and manpower, as well as the service’s management of Deepwater at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday morning to be the next commandant of the Coast Guard. Papp is commander of the Atlantic Area, which stretches from the Rocky Mountains...
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As millions of Americans scramble to make last-minute adjustments to their NCAA tournament brackets, the Defense Department is playing the role of bracket buster before the tournament even tips off Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department took steps Thursday to make it easier for veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to get disability benefits. To qualify for the new streamlined status, they must have malaria, West Nile Virus or one of seven other diseases. The VA has proposed a regulation change that...
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SAN ANTONIO — A Defense Department official under investigation for allegedly running an off-the-books spy program says the operation was authorized and saved lives in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In an interview published Thursday, Michael D. Furlong told the San Antonio Express-News that military superiors approved using private contractors to gather information about potential...
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A U.S. company is accused of illegally exporting defense technology used by the U.S. military to South Korea, China, Russia and Turkey, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
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The U.S. Marine Corps' investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes that he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor fired shots at a group of Marines.
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The British Embassy says British, French and U.S. troops will march with Russian soldiers on Red Square to mark the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying Somali pirate vessels closer to the shores of East Africa and the new strategy, combined with more aggressive confrontations further out to sea, has dealt the brigands a setback, officials and experts said Thursday. The new tactics by the European Union...
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A Pennsylvania woman accused of trolling the Internet as "Jihad Jane" while she cared for her boyfriend's father denied in court Thursday that she sought to kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims or agreed to marry a terrorism suspect to help him get travel documents.
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The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple-award contracts to 9 companies for commercial and military institutional building construction in the Southwest United States. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and 4 option years, for all contracts is $900 million. The 9 NAVFAC contract winners are… (more…)
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit demanding the U.S. government prove its legal basis for targeted drone attacks overseas. The lawsuit requests information on the number and rate of civilian casualties; where, when and against whom drone strikes can be authorized.
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At a recent think-tank discussion in Washington, a former Marine described a commander who wouldn't allow troops to get mental health counseling unless they obtained a permission slip — which was attached to a 3-foot-tall teddy bear that they had to carry to the counseling session. Washington lawmakers can talk all they want...
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Looking a little dated (click to view full) The Navy recently awarded an $83 million contract for e-CASS development, production and testing. The AN/USM-636(V) Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) is the US Navy’s standard automatic test equipment family. It provides intermediate, depot and factory level support, both ashore and afloat, for testing all...
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