
Most military sexual assault cases go unreported
They are young, often low-ranking service members out on the weekend in the late night and early morning hours. Sometimes they've been drinking.

Cyberattacks a growing irritant in US-China ties
Signs are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the U.S., lending urgency to ...

Military sex assault reports up, changes ordered
Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew ...

Senator says military plagued by sexual assaults
The sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense ...

Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi
Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told ...
Pentagon: Chinese government waging cyberattacks
The Pentagon for the first time used its annual report on China to directly assert that Beijing's government and military have conducted ...
Hill aides: White House recalculates spending cuts
The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the ...

China emerging as new force in drone warfare
Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China's security forces considered a tactic they'd never tried before: calling a ...

Hagel: US rethinking possibly arming Syrian rebels
The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with the Syrian regime for more than ...

US officials: More in favor of arming Syria rebels
Discussions within the Obama administration in favor of providing arms to the Syrian rebels are gaining ground amid new indications that President ...

Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons
President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's ...

Outraged lawmakers look to change military justice
Outrage over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case has Republicans and Democrats joining forces ...
Hagel: US assessing reported Syrian chemical use
The U.S. and its allies are still trying to figure out details of Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons against its own people, Defense Secretary ...
More Osprey aircraft heading to Japan
The U.S. will deploy a second squadron of the MV-22 Osprey to Okinawa despite controversy over the aircraft, officials said Monday. Amid persistent ...

Air Force secretary stepping down after 5 years
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will step down after a five-year tenure during which he improved the service's handling of nuclear materials, but ...

Air Force's officer transfer draws Ariz. protest
The Air Force's decision to transfer an officer to Arizona after his sexual assault conviction was overturned drew dozens of people to a Tucson ...

Rally held to protest Air Force officer's transfer
Protesters rallied outside a Tucson military base Thursday to denounce the Air Force's decision to transfer a lieutenant colonel to Arizona after his ...

Once-touted corruption cases collapse in Mexico
Some of Mexico's most high-profile corruption cases have unraveled recently on thin or made-up evidence, reinforcing long-held notions that the ...
Israel to make wings for F-35 warplanes
Israel Aerospace Industries says it has signed a long-term contract with U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin to produce wings for the F-35 ...

Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran
On Chuck Hagel's inaugural visit to Israel as U.S. defense secretary, Syria surpassed Iran as the security threat of greatest urgency to the U.S.
GOP report faults State Dept. on Libya security
An interim report released Tuesday by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for security ...

Army warns of steeper reductions in troop numbers
Senior Army officials warned Tuesday they may have to cut more than 100,000 additional soldiers over the next decade unless automatic spending ...

Israeli official: Syria's Assad used chemical arms
A senior Israeli military intelligence official said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons last month in his battle ...

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save
Parked around the airstrip at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly ...