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Military women moving into jobs closer to combat
1948 — Law passed making women a permanent part of the U.S. military services 1975 — The Air Force puts the first woman on operational crew status ...
Defense report: Troops in bin Laden raid revealed
U.S. special operations forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden were in uniform and wearing nametags during a CIA award ...
Top military leader disputes diplomat on Benghazi
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that four members of Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to stand down after last ...
Defense report: Post-bin Laden raid security lapse
Several weeks after overseeing the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, then-CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed the name of the raid commander in a ...
China skeptical of expanded US role in the Pacific
A Chinese military leader on Saturday pointedly questioned the expanded U.S. role in the Pacific after the Pentagon chief said he hoped for better ...
Hagel issues stern warning to China
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a two-pronged message to Beijing — holding out hope for a slowly improving military relationship with the ...
Ex-Defense Secretary Panetta has deal for memoir
Leon Panetta is the latest Cabinet member who served during President Barack Obama's first term to have a book deal. The 74-year-old Panetta has an ...
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the ...
Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone
Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz. The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Review chairman: Clinton didn't make Benghazi call
The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but ...
Former US official describes Libya attack
A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S.
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 ...
Airman who led sex assault unit charged in groping
An Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged with groping a woman in a northern Virginia ...
Military court reverses suicide attempt conviction
The U.S. military's highest court has reversed a discharged Marine's criminal conviction for slitting his wrists in a case that raised questions about ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Hagel on first trip to Mideast as Pentagon chief
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday began a weeklong trip to the Middle East to consult with Israeli leaders on Syria's civil war and Iran's ...
Records: Army allowed police shooter to resign
Records show the Army commander of a former soldier who gunned down two California police detectives had allowed him to resign from the military ...
Praise, levity greet Hagel in Senate return
Senators who nearly buried Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel found reasons to praise him on Wednesday. Seven weeks after his bruising Senate confirmation ...
Hagel cancels creation of new drone, cyber medal
In the face of withering criticism, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has canceled the creation of a new military medal for drone and cyber warriors, ...
Hagel: Job not to cut heart out of Pentagon
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel rejected the suggestion that President Barack Obama tapped him to "cut the heart out of the Pentagon," pointedly ...
Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program ...
Military's same-sex couples seek overturn of DOMA
The death certificate read "single," even though the fallen soldier was married. When it came time to inform the next of kin, casualty officers did ...
US diplomatic presence in Iraq shrinking fast
A decade after the start of the war in Iraq, the American diplomatic footprint here is shrinking fast. As recently as a year ago, the immense U.S.