Ex-soldier upset by no jail time recommendation for Bergdahl
HOUSTON (AP) - A former member of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's platoon said Sunday he's angered by an Army officer's recommendation that Bergdahl face a lower-level court martial and be spared the possibility...
View ArticleThird female soldier earns Army Ranger tab
A third female student in the Army's prestigious Ranger School will graduate from the grueling program, officials announced. The student is the last remaining female soldier of the original group of 19...
View ArticleJames Vernon, 75-year-old veteran, saves 16 children from knife attack at...
A 75-year-old Army veteran is recovering from stab wounds after saving 16 terrified children from a knife-wielding teen who had reportedly planned a mass murder.James Vernon was leading a chess club...
View ArticleCharles Martland, Green Beret discharged for confronting child rapist,...
A Green Beret who is being discharged for roughing up an accused Afghan child rapist is gaining support nationwide from pro-military groups as his appeal nears the finish line.Sgt. 1st Class Charles...
View ArticleMilitary backs dismissals based on misconduct
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Military officials say they are continuing to crack down on misconduct by U.S. soldiers, despite complaints that "other than honorable" discharges are being used as part...
View ArticleArmy misfires on pistol upgrade effort, confuses gun makers with complex...
The Army is botching the procurement of what should be one of the simplest weapons to buy: the pistol.Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain will soon issue a report called "America's...
View ArticleU.S. Army dismissed thousands of soldiers with mental health problems for...
More than 22,000 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from brain injuries and mental health problems have been dismissed from the U.S. Army for "misconduct," an investigation by...
View ArticleGreen Beret war hero cleared of wrongdoing in whistleblower case
A Green Beret war hero, whom the Army had banished from his Pentagon office for whistleblowing to Congress about what he considered a failed hostage rescue policy, has been cleared of wrongdoing and...
View ArticleSyrian rebels parade caged men and women as human shields against Russian...
A group of anti-Assad rebels in Syria this week paraded kidnapped pro-Assad men and women in cages outside Damascus, using them as human shields against Russian airstrikes.Local activists said as many...
View ArticleMuhammadu Buhari, Nigerian president, 'too slow' to deliver on lofty campaign...
ABUJA, Nigeria — President Muhammadu Buhari rode to victory in May on a promise to revive the country's moribund economy, vanquish Boko Haram terrorists who controlled much of the northeastern part of...
View ArticleArmy-Navy game an all-American tradition 'bigger than football'
It's the biggest college football game of the year, featuring a 2-9 team, a hopelessly lopsided rivalry in which one team has won 13 years in a row and a field full of players who will in all...
View ArticleJULIE PULLEY: Forcing women into combat
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced last Thursday that all military occupations will open to women in 30 days. No exceptions. Our leaders appear to finally be decimating military inequality. As a...
View ArticleNavy's Keenan Reynolds motivated by Heisman snub in final game against Army
ANNAPOLIS — When Keenan Reynolds first faced Army in 2012, the Navy quarterback couldn't help getting caught up in the enormity of the historic rivalry."That was a pretty nerve-racking game. When I...
View ArticleHillary Clinton misled Congress on Bowe Bergdahl swap with Taliban
When Republican members of Congress learned in November 2011 that the Obama administration was contemplating a swap — Taliban terrorists for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — they wrote to...
View ArticleBowe Bergdahl attorney lashes out at Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl lashed out on Tuesday at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and congressional committees for peddling misinformation that he says...
View ArticleBrig. Gen. Diana Holland named first female West Point commandant of cadets
Brig. Gen. Diana Holland has been selected as the next commandant of cadets at the Military Academy at West Point and will become the first woman to assume that role when she's officially sworn early...
View ArticleArmy women hurt more often in combat training, experience more mental health...
Army women not only suffer more injuries than men during combat training, but the active-duty female soldiers also are stricken with significantly higher rates of mental health disorders.The statistics...
View ArticleMarine Corps study finds few women in combat in other nations' militaries
As the Obama administration pressed the military to end all sex segregation, the Marine Corps decided to see for itself how other countries employ women in direct combat — and it has amassed some...
View ArticleZahran Alloush assassinated; top rebel's death in Syria reshuffles deck ahead...
BEIRUT (AP) — The assassination of a top Syrian rebel commander who led one of the most powerful groups battling President Bashar Assad's forces has dealt a significant setback to the opposition that...
View ArticleBowe Bergdahl defense could call Donald Trump to witness stand
Donald Trump could receive a summons to testify during the trial of embattled Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, accused of deserting his post in Afghanistan in 2009 which led to his capture by the Taliban.Sgt....
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