Fighter flies with most of wing gone
If you can think fast enough and act fast enough, perhaps you, too, could fly an F-15 fighter with 60 percent of its right wing blown off.
Misinformation clouds new GI Bill
Full-tuition educational benefits included in a new veterans’ program signed into law on June 30 will not take effect until Aug. 1, 2009, unless Congress approves a change in the new law. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 18:33:12 EDT
Former Marine sentenced for looting accounts
LAS VEGAS — A 25-year-old former Marine was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for stealing identities and looting the bank accounts of Marines stationed in Iraq. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 11:54:45 EDT
Obama: I need to earn troops’ trust
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama knows that to win the vote of current and former military members and their families, he has to prove himself. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 19:12:01 EDT
Report: Some vets paying more for health care
WASHINGTON — Some military retirees disabled in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan pay more for health care than other retirees, and a new report recommends waiving their insurance premiums to... Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 16:42:58 EDT
New study: Gays should be allowed to serve
A new study by a group of retired military officers says gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military because their presence does not interfere with combat operations. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 16:57:21 EDT
College students seek lost Guadalcanal patrol
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Sgt. Frank Few, swimming away from the ambush, looked back in horror. He saw Japanese swords flashing in the dawn sun over the bodies of his Marine buddies lying on a... Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 15:08:57 EDT
Lincoln shifts to put air power to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Worried about increasing insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the U.S. military says it is sending extra air power there by shifting an aircraft carrier away from the Iraq war. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 19:09:55 EDT
POW-MIA hearing to be first in 11 years
A House subcommittee has scheduled the first congressional oversight hearing in more than a decade to look at military efforts to locate and identify service members missing from past wars. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 11:46:29 EDT
Corps ties record for motorcycle fatalities
Two Marines died in motorcycle accidents over the weekend, giving the Corps a record-tying 19 motorcycle fatalities in fiscal 2008. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 11:54:25 EDT
Mid’s child porn court-martial postponed
The court-martial of a Naval Academy student accused of storing child pornography on his personal computer has been postponed until next month, an academy spokeswoman said Monday. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 11:34:24 EDT
Army modernizing handling of remains
PETERSBURG, Va. — The Army is modernizing how it handles dead soldiers’ remains for the first time in several decades as the increasing number of military fatalities has given more... Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 5:59:36 EDT
Iraqi officials insist on withdrawal timetable
BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials stepped up pressure on the United States on Tuesday to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw American forces, a sign of the government’s growing confidence as... Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 15:29:30 EDT
Mullen sees security increase in Sadr City
BAGHDAD — Iraq appears on track to establishing sustainable security — a key step toward withdrawing U.S. troops — the top U.S. military officer said Monday after visiting the newly... Posted Monday Jul 7, 2008 18:40:08 EDT
Pfc. puts life in shambles by taking war spoils
SARASOTA, Fla. — After nearly three weeks of desert combat and enough death to jangle his brain for a lifetime, Pfc. Earl Coffey arrived in Baghdad in April 2003 thinking he had discovered an... Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 6:12:28 EDT
1,215 re-enlist in massive ceremony in Iraq
It was standing room only Saturday at the Al Faw Palace in Baghdad as 1,215 service members raised their right hands in an unprecedented mass reenlistment ceremony. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 10:03:19 EDT
Study: Parents at risk of boot camp dropout
WASHINGTON — Franklin Smith had a wife and an infant son when he convinced a recruiter in Biloxi, Miss., that he wanted to be a Marine. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 10:03:43 EDT
Rural areas remain fertile for recruiting
ST. LOUIS — Rural America continues to be fertile ground for military recruiters as young people continue to see the armed forces as a way to escape poverty or lack of opportunity in their... Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 10:04:48 EDT
Program aims to help sex assault victims
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — In a women’s restroom at Sheppard Air Force Base, a pink poster features two wine glasses and a sobering message. Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 9:51:28 EDT
Afghan civilian deaths claimed after airstrike
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second... Posted Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 6:12:43 EDT
Adm. Mike Mullen
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen recently sat down with Military Times reporters and editors for an exclusive interview. Read the admiral’s comments on Iraq, Iran and American military.
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