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/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/4498-united-military.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763236-crime-osprey-add-to-okinawan-anger-us-bases.html OKINAWA, Japan (AP) — For nearly 70 years, Okinawa has gotten more than its share of America's military — more jets rattling homes, more crimes rattling nerves. It's the only Japanese island invaded by U.S. land forces during World War II. It endured 27 years under U.S. administration, and it continues to host two-thirds of Japan's U.S. bases. The 1995 ra... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763236-crime-osprey-add-to-okinawan-anger-us-bases.html 2012-12-13T12:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760524-us-hesitant-condemning-north-korean-launch.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is drawing no "red line" for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to avoid raising tensions or possibly rewarding the reclusive communist nation with too much time in the global spotlight. The U.S. has told the world that it won't tolerate Iran's acquisition of ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760524-us-hesitant-condemning-north-korean-launch.html 2012-12-13T01:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760270-panetta-obama-weighing-us-presence-afghanistan.html ALI AL-SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday that President Barack Obama will decide in the next few weeks how many U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends in December 2014. Panetta did not reveal what options Obama is considering, but officials have said he may settle on a figure betwe... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760270-panetta-obama-weighing-us-presence-afghanistan.html 2012-12-12T04:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759562-senator-rock-removal-mississippi-to-start.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Crews might be allowed to begin destroying two rock pinnacles impeding barge traffic on the Mississippi River as early as next week, more than a month ahead of schedule, a senator said Tuesday, cautioning that further steps may be needed to ensure the vital shipping route remains open. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and two river industry tr... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759562-senator-rock-removal-mississippi-to-start.html 2012-12-12T00:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758292-hunting-bin-laden-history-zero-dark-30.html NEW YORK (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal were knee-deep in preparing the follow-up to their Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker," a film that would chronicle the manhunt for Osama bin Laden, his escape in Tora Bora and the vanishing trail of the world's most wanted man. "Then history changed," says Bigelow. After a team of Navy SEALs killed bin Laden in h... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758292-hunting-bin-laden-history-zero-dark-30.html 2012-12-11T16:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757734-apnewsbreak-explo-faced-scrutiny-la-scare.html DOYLINE, La. (AP) — The explosives recycling company that caused the evacuation of a Louisiana town has come under scrutiny for explosions and its handling of dangerous materials before, and it was so far behind on its rent that the Louisiana National Guard refused to lease it more space. Explo Systems Inc. was cited for safety violations by the federal g... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757734-apnewsbreak-explo-faced-scrutiny-la-scare.html 2012-12-11T15:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757850-panetta-syria-chemical-threat-slowed.html KUWAIT CITY (AP) — The Syrian government seems to have slowed preparations for the possible use of chemical weapons against rebel targets, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday. Last week, U.S. officials said there was evidence that Syrian forces had begun preparing sarin, a nerve agent, for possible use in bombs. Speaking to reporters flying w... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757850-panetta-syria-chemical-threat-slowed.html 2012-12-11T12:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1756874-house-dems-gop-embrace-cuts-defense-spending.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Substantial reductions in military spending should be part of any budget deal that President Barack Obama negotiates with Congress to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts, a group of House Republicans and Democrats said Monday. With just three weeks to the double economic hit, 22 lawmakers endorsed ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1756874-house-dems-gop-embrace-cuts-defense-spending.html 2012-12-10T21:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754892-obama-praises-special-ops-forces-rescue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of a U.S. special operations team was killed during a weekend rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor abducted by the Taliban outside of Kabul five days ago. President Barack Obama praised the special forces on Sunday, saying the mission was characteristic of U.S. troops' "extraordinary courage, skill and pat... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754892-obama-praises-special-ops-forces-rescue.html 2012-12-09T23:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753618-us-led-coalition-us-doctor-rescued-taliban.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An American doctor abducted by the Taliban five days ago was rescued Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led military coalition said. Dr. Dilip Joseph was captured by Taliban insurgents Wednesday outside the Afghan capital, in the Sarobi district of Kabul province. He was rescued in an early morning operation ordered after in... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753618-us-led-coalition-us-doctor-rescued-taliban.html 2012-12-09T00:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753124-same-sex-weddings-wash-to-sunday.html OLYMPIA, WASH. (AP) — Two retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses this week as Washington state's voter-approved law allowing same-sex marriage took effect. Former Air Force flight nurse Maj. Margaret Witt, of Spokane, and retired nurse, Army Col. Gret... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753124-same-sex-weddings-wash-to-sunday.html 2012-12-08T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1751908-correction-people-psy-protests-story.html In a story Dec. 7 about the South Korean rapper PSY, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a charity concert where the singer is slated to perform. The concert is Sunday, Dec. 9, not Dec. 21. It will be broadcast on TNT on Dec. 21. A corrected version of the story is below: Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests PSY apologizes fo... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1751908-correction-people-psy-protests-story.html 2012-12-08T16:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1752464-us-200-teens-detained-afghan-war.html NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. military has detained more than 200 Afghan teenagers who were captured in the war for about a year at a time at a military prison next to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, the United States has told the United Nations. The U.S. State Department characterized the detainees held since 2008 as "enemy combatants" in a report sent every ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1752464-us-200-teens-detained-afghan-war.html 2012-12-08T08:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751696-chemical-weapons-risk-syrian-missiles-shells.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios — neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence. The first is that President Bashar Assad, in a last-ditch effort to save his regim... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751696-chemical-weapons-risk-syrian-missiles-shells.html 2012-12-07T20:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747608-with-war-shifting-us-russia-talk-syrias-future.html DUBLIN (AP) — Diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war moved forward Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joining Russia's foreign minister and the U.N. peace envoy to the Arab country for extraordinary three-way talks that suggested Washington and Moscow might finally unite behind a strategy as the Assad regime weakens. In Wash... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747608-with-war-shifting-us-russia-talk-syrias-future.html 2012-12-06T20:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747478-nato-moves-toward-deployment-syria-border.html BEIRUT (AP) — As fears grow in the West that Syrian President Bashar Assad will unleash chemical weapons as an act of desperation, NATO moved forward Thursday with its plan to place Patriot missiles and troops along Syria's border with Turkey to protect against potential attacks. Assad's regime blasted the move as "psychological warfare," saying the new d... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747478-nato-moves-toward-deployment-syria-border.html 2012-12-06T18:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1744014-man-calls-14-foot-canoe-boston-harbor.html BOSTON (AP) — Michael Richard Smith is a man without a fixed address, someone who leaves it to the wind and tide in Boston Harbor to help decide where he'll dream from night to night. With his possessions packed in a 14-foot canoe, the wiry, mustachioed man paddles to small offshore docks after dark to pitch his tent and sleep. He wears his brown locks lo... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1744014-man-calls-14-foot-canoe-boston-harbor.html 2012-12-05T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1746064-proponents-seek-to-ban-abortion-coverage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Proponents of ending the ban on women in the military using their health insurance to pay for abortions in cases of rape and incest stepped up the political pressure on Wednesday, insisting that this year's defense bill be used to finally lift the prohibition. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., chief sponsor of a provision in Senate legislatio... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1746064-proponents-seek-to-ban-abortion-coverage.html 2012-12-05T21:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1744080-pentagon-planning-massive-budget-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department has begun planning for the roughly $500 billion in personnel and program cuts over a decade that will be needed if Congress and the White House fail to reach a deal that would avoid the double hit of tax hikes and automatic spending reductions dubbed the "fiscal cliff." Department spokesman George Little said the c... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1744080-pentagon-planning-massive-budget-cuts.html 2012-12-05T19:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745700-mississippi-river-dropping-slower-than-expected.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — A revised Mississippi River forecast offered a bit of a reprieve for shippers Wednesday, showing the water level isn't dropping as quickly as feared. Still, at least two large barge companies already are reducing their loads over concerns about the river's depth. Months of drought have left the Mississippi near historic low levels, a prob... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745700-mississippi-river-dropping-slower-than-expected.html 2012-12-05T18:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1745632-us-military-planners-focused-mali-intervention.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military planners are working closely with African nations in advance of an offensive to wrest control of northern Mali from al-Qaida linked extremists, Obama administration officials said Wednesday. The cooperation reflects the increasing U.S. and international concern about the political, security and humanitarian challenges in Ma... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1745632-us-military-planners-focused-mali-intervention.html 2012-12-05T18:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1745416-military-planning-massive-budget-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department says it has begun planning for the roughly $500 billion in personnel and program cuts that will be needed if Congress and the White House fail to reach an deal that would avoid the double hit of tax hikes and automatic spending cuts dubbed the fiscal cliff. Pentagon spokesman George Little says the Pentagon started... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1745416-military-planning-massive-budget-cuts.html 2012-12-05T16:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744728-official-iran-evidence-captured-us-drone.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft, a prominent lawmaker in Tehran said Wednesday, rejecting U.S. Navy statements that none of its drones in the region was missing. Tehran on Tuesday claimed to have captured a Boeing-designed ScanEagle drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the ... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744728-official-iran-evidence-captured-us-drone.html 2012-12-05T15:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744582-islamist-sect-nigeria-grows-deadly.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The radical Islamist fighters gather around piles of weapons and ammunition they've stolen and shout praises to God as they shoot into the expanse of the African desert. Those depicted in this video don't come from long-lawless Somalia, nor from al-Qaida North Africa branch. These extremists are from Boko Haram, the Islamist group in N... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744582-islamist-sect-nigeria-grows-deadly.html 2012-12-05T09:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1741490-judge-appointed-fort-hood-shooting-case.html FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army's highest legal branch appointed a new judge to preside over the case of the Fort Hood shooting suspect, indicating the court-martial is on track to move forward after lengthy delays. U.S. Army Col. Tara Osborn was named Tuesday to head the case of Maj. Nidal Hasan, who faces the death penalty if convicted in the 2009 shoo... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1741490-judge-appointed-fort-hood-shooting-case.html 2012-12-04T23:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1743438-senate-passes-631-billion-defense-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a sweeping, $631 billion defense bill Tuesday that sends a clear signal to President Barack Obama to move quickly to get U.S. combat troops out of Afghanistan, tightens sanctions on Iran and limits the president's authority in handling terror suspects. Ignoring a veto threat, the Senate voted 98-0 for t... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1743438-senate-passes-631-billion-defense-bill.html 2012-12-04T23:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1741556-coast-guardsman-fired-gun-to-avoid-fatal-crash.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Coast Guardsman fired several gunshots from an inflatable boat before it was slammed by another vessel in a crash that caused the first law enforcement fatality since the smuggling of drugs and immigrants by boat began spiking along the California coast several years ago. A criminal complaint filed Monday against two Mexican nationals a... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1741556-coast-guardsman-fired-gun-to-avoid-fatal-crash.html 2012-12-04T18:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741476-iran-claims-us-drone-capture-navy-denies-loss.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran claimed Tuesday it had taken another prize in a growing showdown with Washington over drone surveillance, displaying a purported U.S. unmanned aircraft it said was captured intact. The U.S. Navy, however, said none of its drones in the region was missing. The conflicting accounts could put pressure on both sides for more details o... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741476-iran-claims-us-drone-capture-navy-denies-loss.html 2012-12-04T17:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741474-ap-impact-insider-attack-trust-cost-2-lives.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an Afghan army base, wrapping up a long day of coordinating the safe arrival of nearly 100 Afghan religious and tribal leaders for a peace conference at a nearby palace. Darkne... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741474-ap-impact-insider-attack-trust-cost-2-lives.html 2012-12-04T15:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1741264-marine-special-operations-team-members-honored.html CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Monday honored four members of a Marine special operations team in a rare public ceremony for those who have served in the covert forces. In a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Mabus awarded Marine Sgt. William Soutra Jr. the Navy Cross, the Navy's highest honor and the military's second highest ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1741264-marine-special-operations-team-members-honored.html 2012-12-04T03:21:00Z