Afghanistan Deadline Awaits Next U.S. President
How does a president bring the war in Afghanistan to an end? There are 68,000 American troops serving in the country as the war enters its 12th year.The war hasn't been a major issue in the...
View ArticleMarine General Expected To Be Next Commander In Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce during a meeting of NATO defense leaders in Brussels Wednesday that Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford will be nominated to succeed Gen.
View ArticleSecond Female Marine Fails Grueling Infantry Officer Course
The second of two female Marines who tried to make it through the grueling Infantry Officer Course has failed due to medical reasons.
View ArticleHorses, Bayonets And The Modern Military
President Obama said during Monday night's debate that the U.S. Army has fewer horses and bayonets than in the past.That's true. Although Army Special Forces were on horseback in Afghanistan when they...
View ArticleU.S. Eager To Step Aside; Are Afghan Forces Ready?
America's exit strategy in Afghanistan is to have Afghan forces take the lead in fighting for their country. But too often these days, the job still falls to U.S. troops.A senior officer in Afghanistan...
View ArticleU.S. Offers New Details Of Deadly Libya Attack
Once a mob began attacking the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on the night of Sept. 11, officials in Washington, D.C., watched with alarm. Now, new details are emerging about their response to the...
View ArticleFarewell, USS Enterprise
Sailors, veterans and their families are saying goodbye in Norfolk, Va., on Saturday to the USS Enterprise, which was the largest ship in the world and the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier when...
View ArticleU.S. Officials: Syria Has Prepared Several Dozen Chemical Bombs
U.S. and allied officials say the forces of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad have prepared several dozen bombs and shells loaded with the lethal chemical sarin.The number is a larger estimate...
View ArticleHagel Would Be First Former Enlisted Soldier To Run Pentagon
Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska is said to be on President Obama's short list to be the next defense secretary.
View ArticleU.S. Military Builds Up Its Presence In Africa
An Army brigade from Fort Riley, Kan., some 4,000, soldiers, will begin helping to train African militaries. The idea is to help African troops beat back a growing terrorist threat posed by...
View ArticleU.S. Military Seeks Its Role In Troubled North Africa
The recent crises in northern Africa, from Libya to Mali to Algeria, have raised a host of questions about the role of the American military command responsible for the entire continent.Founded in...
View ArticlePentagon Will Brief Congress On Deadly Sept. 14 Camp Bastion Attack
More than four months after a deadly attack at a sprawling allied base in Afghanistan that killed two U.S. Marines, there are lingering questions about how it happened.Capitol Hill sources say they've...
View ArticleReview Of Deadly Attack On Base In Afghanistan Finds Troops Let Guard Down
A Marine Corps review of the deadly Taliban attack on an allied base in Afghanistan last September found that some guard towers were unattended, and the insurgents "got lucky" by cutting through the...
View ArticleU.S. Troops Train For Possible Mission To Secure Syrian Chemical Agents
Several weeks ago, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said the U.S. is planning what to do about Syria's vast chemical weapons program once Bashar Assad's regime falls. The Syrians...
View ArticleAs Qualified Men Dwindle, Military Looks For A Few Good Women
When the Pentagon said earlier this year that it would open ground combat jobs to women, it was cast in terms of giving women equal opportunities in the workplace — the military workplace.But the move...
View ArticleWith Eye On Budget, Hagel Seeks Pentagon Changes
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in his first major policy speech, laid out Wednesday how to deal with threats in an era of tight defense budgets.Hagel has ordered the Pentagon to take a hard look at how...
View ArticleU.S. Faces Fight At Intersection Of Crime And Extremism
A suspected drug kingpin from the tiny West African nation of Guinea-Bissau was captured on the high seas by agents from the U.S.
View ArticleFrom Battleground To Boston: Marine Comforts Bombing Survivors
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View ArticleService Members Observe Memorial Day Through Sweat And Tears
At Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Michael Johnson exercises under a long, steel framework set on a wooden platform. It looks like a giant jungle gym. Above his head are pull-up bars...
View ArticleAs The Clock Ticks, U.S. Forces Scale Back Afghan Goals
As the American military winds down its efforts in Afghanistan, grand plans for nation building are giving way to limited, practical steps: building up the Afghan forces and denying the Taliban key...
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