http://www.mail.com/people/16820-james-f-amos.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/16820-james-f-amos.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1931980-military-leaders-welcome-house-gop-budget-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive House Republican measure to keep the government operating would ease some of the pain of automatic spending cuts slamming the Defense Department, the nation's senior military leaders told Congress on Tuesday. Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff painted a dire picture of construction projects on hold, limits on aircraft carrier... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:05:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1931980-military-leaders-welcome-house-gop-budget-bill.html 2013-03-05T21:05:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1916422-military-leaders-congress-sequester.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The billions of dollars in defense budget cuts scheduled to begin at the end of the week will have a swift and severe impact on military readiness and Congress needs to take fast action to stop them, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday in an 11th hour bid to keep the reductions from going into effect. Testifying before the ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:23:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1916422-military-leaders-congress-sequester.html 2013-02-26T18:23:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1889006-mckeon-to-blame-dods-fiscal-dilemma.html WASHINGTON (AP) — There is plenty of blame to go around for the pending automatic budget cuts that have put the U.S. military on the brink of a readiness crisis, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon said that neither Congress nor the Obama administration has "clean hands." The debt crisis ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:28:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1889006-mckeon-to-blame-dods-fiscal-dilemma.html 2013-02-13T19:28:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1887104-top-officers-issue-urgent-warning-budget-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Pending automatic spending cuts have put the U.S. armed forces on a path to being so unprepared for combat that it would be "immoral" to use them, the Defense Department's top leaders told lawmakers Tuesday in their most dire warning yet of how looming budget reductions could undercut military readiness. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1887104-top-officers-issue-urgent-warning-budget-cuts.html 2013-02-12T18:53:00Z 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/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/news/politics/1736730-correction-women-combat-story.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a story Dec. 1 about women in combat, The Associated Press reported erroneously that former Marine Capt. Anu Bhagwati served at Camp Pendleton. Bhagwati served in officer training school at the base in Quantico, Va. She was stationed at Okinawa, Japan, and Camp Lejeune, N.C.. A corrected version of the story is below: Marine pioneering... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736730-correction-women-combat-story.html 2012-12-03T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1726872-troops-debate-risks-benefits-women-combat.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by four service members Tuesday challenges the Pentagon's longstanding policy barring women from serving in direct combat positions. Here are the issues: WHAT IS THE CURRENT POLICY REGARDING FEMALE TROOPS? The 1994 combat exclusion policy bars women from being assigned to ground combat units, which are smaller and ... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1726872-troops-debate-risks-benefits-women-combat.html 2012-11-27T22:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1726790-female-military-members-sue-to-serve-combat.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as officials are gauging the effect that lifting the prohibition will have on morale. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, is the second one this year... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1726790-female-military-members-sue-to-serve-combat.html 2012-11-27T22:47:00Z