http://www.mail.com/organizations/4498-united-military.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/4498-united-military.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861250-marine-survey-lists-concerns-women-combat.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — Male Marines listed being falsely accused of sexual harassment or assault as a top concern in a survey about moving women into combat jobs, and thousands indicated the change could prompt them to leave the service altogether. The anonymous online questionnaire by the Marine Corps surveyed 53,000 troops last summer, with the results provid... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861250-marine-survey-lists-concerns-women-combat.html 2013-02-01T23:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861812-games-to-follow-pentagon-women-combat.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lara Croft. Samus Aran. Jill Valentine. Chell. In the realm of video games, it's not difficult to identify tough-as-nails women who uncover ancient treasures, blast away aliens, battle zombies and outwit malicious robots. However, when it comes to finding fictional females who take down terrorists, call in airstrikes, frag combatants an... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861812-games-to-follow-pentagon-women-combat.html 2013-02-01T20:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861256-australian-general-key-us-army-post.html FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (AP) — Maj. Gen. Richard Burr salutes with his palm facing out, like he's shielding his eyes from the sun. He wears a wide-brimmed felt "slouch hat" with a brown and green camouflage uniform. The two-star general in the Australian Defence Force stands out amid the American soldiers donning berets and green and beige fatigues at the U.... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861256-australian-general-key-us-army-post.html 2013-02-01T13:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861216-us-weighs-tougher-action-china-cyberattacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies haven't worked, so officials say the Obama administration is now considering a range of actions. China-based hackers have long been an economic and national security concern, but as cybersecurity experts report a... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861216-us-weighs-tougher-action-china-cyberattacks.html 2013-02-01T08:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861198-us-limited-fight-north-africa-militants.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is struggling to confront an uptick in threats from the world's newest jihadist hot spot with limited intelligence and few partners to help as the Obama administration weighs how to keep Islamic extremists in North Africa from jeopardizing national security without launching war. The spread of militants across Libya, Al... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861198-us-limited-fight-north-africa-militants.html 2013-02-01T07:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861040-coast-guard-blames-officer-deadly-boat-crash.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — The failure of a Coast Guard boat operator to drive his craft safely led to a 2009 collision with a pleasure boat that killed an 8-year-old boy and injured 10 people in San Diego Harbor, according to a final Coast Guard report released Thursday night. The report also cites failures of the crew to follow standard risk management methods an... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861040-coast-guard-blames-officer-deadly-boat-crash.html 2013-02-01T05:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860682-marine-leader-skepticism-infantry-women.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the Marine Corps — the most male of all military branches — said Thursday the infantry side is skeptical about how women will perform in those units, and some combat positions may end up being closed again if not enough females meet the rigorous, physically demanding standards. Gen. James Amos made the remarks to reporters at ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860682-marine-leader-skepticism-infantry-women.html 2013-02-01T03:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1860562-us-action-china-cyberattacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. companies and government agencies. As The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-base... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1860562-us-action-china-cyberattacks.html 2013-02-01T00:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860604-leaves-clinton-sounds-warning-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a parting warning Thursday about Syria's civil war, accusing Iran of playing an increasingly prominent role in directing the violence, which she said heightened the danger of a larger regional conflict that draws in Israel or other neighbors. "I've done what was possible to do," Clinton to... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860604-leaves-clinton-sounds-warning-syria.html 2013-01-31T23:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858372-republicans-hammer-defense-nominee-chuck-hagel.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators hammered former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing Thursday on issues ranging from Israel and Iran to his support for a group that advocates the elimination of nuclear weapons. But with most Democrats in his corner, an unflustered Hagel seems headed for approval as defense secretary. Hagel, a former two-... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858372-republicans-hammer-defense-nominee-chuck-hagel.html 2013-01-31T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858548-congress-grapples-with-gap-scofflaw-contractors.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of civilian contractors remaining in Iraq and Afghanistan, Justice Department officials want Congress to resolve a legal issue they say obstructs efforts to prosecute any such workers who rape, kill or commit other serious crimes abroad. Scofflaw Pentagon employees and contractors supporting the American war mission overse... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858548-congress-grapples-with-gap-scofflaw-contractors.html 2013-01-31T18:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1859818-american-deaths-afghan-war-drop-to-4-year-low.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan have plunged to the lowest level in four years, reflecting a pullback from direct combat into the less deadly role of advising and assisting Afghan forces as they do more of the fighting. Attacks by Taliban insurgents also have declined, although the war is far from finished. Pentagon figures show that th... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1859818-american-deaths-afghan-war-drop-to-4-year-low.html 2013-01-31T18:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859340-joint-chiefs-looming-cuts-would-hollow-military.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The military's top leaders are warning Congress that automatic spending cuts looming in March would force the Pentagon to slash operating budgets, weakening the armed forces and possibly forcing furloughs of 800,000 civilian employees. The Joint Chiefs say in a letter to Congress that the cuts would create a "hollow force" and would requ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859340-joint-chiefs-looming-cuts-would-hollow-military.html 2013-01-31T16:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859338-body-us-pilot-missing-f-16-adriatic.html ROME (AP) — The body of a U.S. Air Force pilot whose F-16 fighter jet went missing Monday during a nighttime training mission has been found in the Adriatic Sea. The family of Capt. Lucas Gruenther said his body was found on Thursday afternoon. Italian rescue teams were joined by F-16s in the search for Gruenther, and earlier in the week recovered debris ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859338-body-us-pilot-missing-f-16-adriatic.html 2013-01-31T15:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853688-guard-vessels-pass-leaking-miss-river-barge.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Coast Guard is letting vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg as it evaluates how traffic would affect efforts to remove and clean up oil from a leaking barge, a Guard spokesman said Wednesday. Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski told The Associated Press that a 16-mile stretch of the river re... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853688-guard-vessels-pass-leaking-miss-river-barge.html 2013-01-31T02:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857232-hagel-military-view-shaped-vietnam.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Hagel says his experience fighting in Vietnam alongside his younger brother will shape any decision he makes to unleash military force if the Senate confirms him to be President Barack Obama's defense secretary. On the eve of his confirmation hearing, Hagel offered his opinions on a long list of issues, from cuts in defense spendin... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857232-hagel-military-view-shaped-vietnam.html 2013-01-30T21:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854750-us-eyes-drone-base-africa-with-al-qaida-mind.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans to base unarmed American surveillance drones in the African nation of Niger highlight the Obama administration's growing concern about extremist influences in the volatile region. They also raise tough questions about how to contain al-Qaida and other militant groups without committing U.S. ground forces in yet another war. In the ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854750-us-eyes-drone-base-africa-with-al-qaida-mind.html 2013-01-29T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854808-wanxiang-panel-approves-a123-sale.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. said Tuesday that a federal panel has approved its purchase of most assets of failed battery maker A123 Systems Inc. The approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) came more than a month after a Delaware bankruptcy judge signed off on the deal, valued... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854808-wanxiang-panel-approves-a123-sale.html 2013-01-29T20:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854682-us-military-deaths-afghanistan-2045.html As of Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at least 2,045 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is two less than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST. At least 1,706 military service members have died in A... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854682-us-military-deaths-afghanistan-2045.html 2013-01-29T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853300-official-us-set-up-drone-base-niger.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is moving toward setting up a military base in northwest Africa from which to operate surveillance drones to collect intelligence on Islamic militants in the region, several U.S. defense officials said Tuesday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because the plan is still in the works, said the base in Niger wo... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853300-official-us-set-up-drone-base-niger.html 2013-01-29T18:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1852936-lawmaker-va-to-fill-mental-care-gap.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans who have trouble getting timely mental health care from Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics should also have access to thousands of health care providers who care for military personnel and their families, says the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. The proposal by Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., borrow... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1852936-lawmaker-va-to-fill-mental-care-gap.html 2013-01-29T15:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1849828-oil-leak-miss-river-vicksburg-remains-closed.html VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four dozen vessels stacked up Tuesday along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean up leaking oil spilled in a weekend barge accident. Workers have been skimming oily water around the clock near Vicksburg, Miss., ev... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1849828-oil-leak-miss-river-vicksburg-remains-closed.html 2013-01-29T09:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1850178-deal-signed-to-clear-myanmar-debt-allow-loans.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The World Bank announced a long-awaited deal to allow Myanmar to clear part of its huge decades-old foreign debt, opening the door for new much-needed lending to jumpstart its lagging economy. The bank's Washington headquarters said in a statement Sunday that the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, the country's overseas devel... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1850178-deal-signed-to-clear-myanmar-debt-allow-loans.html 2013-01-28T02:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847980-hospital-61-killed-venezuela-prison-riot.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll has risen to 61 following fierce gunbattles between inmates and National Guard troops at a Venezuelan prison, a hospital director said Saturday. About 120 more people were wounded in one of the deadliest prison riots in the nation's history. Penitentiary Service Minister Iris Varela said Saturday that officials had... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847980-hospital-61-killed-venezuela-prison-riot.html 2013-01-27T01:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847482-health-answers-sought-burned-off-war-garbage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — J.D. Williams didn't think much about the smoke cloud that often shrouded his air base in Iraq. Not when it covered everything he owned with black soot or when his wheezing and coughing made it difficult to sleep at night. "We just went about our business because there was a war going on," said Williams, a retired chief warrant officer w... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847482-health-answers-sought-burned-off-war-garbage.html 2013-01-26T13:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847510-myanmar-rejects-us-criticism-ethnic-conflict.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar has rejected the latest U.S. criticism of its conflict with ethnic Kachin rebels, and deplores that Washington still calls the country by its old name, Burma, according to a statement published Saturday. A Myanmar Foreign Ministry statement published in the state-run Myanma Ahlin newspaper "rejected" a news release issued Th... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847510-myanmar-rejects-us-criticism-ethnic-conflict.html 2013-01-26T10:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847384-wife-female-army-officer-join-spouses-club.html FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A woman who is married to a female Army officer at Fort Bragg and who was recently denied membership in its officers' spouses club said late Friday that she has been invited to become a full member. Ashley Broadway told the Associated Press that she received the invitation from the club's board in an email Friday. The invitation ca... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847384-wife-female-army-officer-join-spouses-club.html 2013-01-26T05:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1846108-pentagon-budget-crisis-hurt-war-effort.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Afghan war effort eventually would be harmed by across-the-board budget cuts, even as the Obama administration intends to shield the military's combat mission from the reductions, the Pentagon's No. 2 official said Friday. "There will be second-order effects on the war," Ashton Carter, the deputy defense secretary, said in an intervi... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1846108-pentagon-budget-crisis-hurt-war-effort.html 2013-01-25T21:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1846808-american-women-served-died.html WASHINGTON (AP) — American women have served and died on the nation's battlefields from the first. They were nurses and cooks, spies and couriers in the Revolutionary War. Some disguised themselves as men to fight for the Union or the Confederacy. Yet the U.S. military's official acceptance of women in combat took more than two centuries. New roles for fe... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1846808-american-women-served-died.html 2013-01-25T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845300-1st-woman-to-lead-combat-thrilled-with-change.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Army Capt. Linda L. Bray says her male superiors were incredulous upon hearing she had ably led a platoon of military police officers through a firefight during the 1989 invasion of Panama. Instead of being lauded for her actions, the first woman in U.S. history to lead male troops in combat said higher-ranking officers ac... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845300-1st-woman-to-lead-combat-thrilled-with-change.html 2013-01-25T08:51:00Z