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Deployed Marines face electrocution threat
Deployed Marines face electrocution threat
At least four Marines have been electrocuted in Afghanistan since November, highlighting another hazard for ground forces fighting in Helmand province.
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  • USMC braces for post-combat child abuse spike
    With the end of full-scale combat in Afghanistan in sight, the Marine Corps wants to head off an anticipated spike in the number of child-abuse and child-neglect incidents associated with...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 15:48:10 EDT
  • Last Phrog pilot to take final check ride
    OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The Marine Corps' last officer to be trained to fly the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter will do his final "check ride" Wednesday at Camp Pendleton, Calif., according to 3rd...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 19:12:31 EDT
  • Wait gets longer for VA disability benefits
    Ill or injured service members now wait an average of 394 days to move through the military's disability evaluation process, an increase of more than 10 percent since 2010 and well off the goal of...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 17:35:21 EDT
  • Dempsey, Panetta to Congress: Pass sea treaty
    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday told senators that by not ratifying the Law of the Sea Convention, the United States puts itself at greater risk of entering into conflict.
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 17:13:20 EDT
  • Lawmaker: CIA, DoD too close to filmmakers
    WASHINGTON — A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 18:16:51 EDT
  • BRAC fight may not be over, DoD official says
    The Defense Department is still pushing for two more rounds of base realignments and closures despite opposition from Congress, according to a senior Pentagon official.
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 16:18:25 EDT
  • U.S. appeals court clarifies piracy definition
    RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday on the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 17:29:16 EDT
  • As vets process memories, uniforms get new life
    Former Marine Cpl. Nick Collier said it was not hard to shred pieces of his old uniform into a pile of fabric scraps.
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 12:41:28 EDT
  • Doctor who helped CIA find OBL convicted
    PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 19:37:11 EDT
  • Disney hosts career expos for veterans
    BURBANK, Calif. — The Walt Disney Co. kicked off a series of career expos Tuesday aimed at helping returning veterans make the transition to civilian life.
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 17:43:16 EDT
  • Russia test-fires new ballistic missile
    MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile with an enhanced capability to penetrate missile defenses and commissioned a new early warning...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 11:17:18 EDT
  • New York City readies for Fleet Week
    NEW YORK — Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in New York City's Fleet Week, which runs Wednesday through May 30.
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 12:33:00 EDT
  • Lawyer blasts military justice, leaves practice
    A well-known military defense attorney who has represented troops in some of the most high-profile military cases in recent memory is planning to leave his criminal defense practice, saying he...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 17:29:06 EDT
  • Taliban, Afghanistan neighbors may hamper exit
    KABUL, Afghanistan — The NATO summit's plan to "responsibly wind down" the Afghan war is not entirely in the hands of President Obama and his fellow world leaders.
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 10:17:17 EDT
  • Panel votes to cut aid for Pakistan, Egypt
    WASHINGTON — In a fresh warning to Pakistan, a Senate panel on Tuesday approved a foreign aid budget for next year that slashes U.S. assistance to Islamabad by more than half and threatens...
    Posted Tuesday May 22, 2012 17:59:48 EDT
  • GAO auditing Pentagon propaganda campaigns
    WASHINGTON — The top members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have called for a federal audit of the Pentagon's "military information support operations" in light of concerns about their...
    Posted Tuesday May 22, 2012 14:52:39 EDT
  • 6th grader’s USMC shirt too much for school
    A Mississippi sixth-grader whose grunt brother is deployed to Afghanistan was told by his school's administrators to turn his shirt inside-out because they were offended by its depiction of an...
    Posted Wednesday May 23, 2012 19:09:59 EDT
  • U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan to step down
    WASHINGTON — Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over two administrations, is stepping down as ambassador to...
    Posted Tuesday May 22, 2012 15:27:25 EDT
  • 1,600 museums offer troops free tickets
    WASHINGTON — More than 1,600 museums across the country will offer free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer in a program that has more than doubled in...
    Posted Tuesday May 22, 2012 18:25:49 EDT
  • New Zealand to pull troops from Afghanistan
    WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand says it will withdraw its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned.
    Posted Tuesday May 22, 2012 8:49:27 EDT
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