For Muslims in military, a different America than the one they swore to defen
San Luis Obispo Tribune - U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Emir Hazdic was a Muslim refugee.
View ArticleFederal appeals court considers: Is it discrimination for only men to...
Washington Post - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit heard arguments in a lawsuit first filed in 2013.
View ArticlePicture still unclear months after the airstrike on Kunduz hospital
Sherman Herald Democrat - WASHINGTON - Doctors Without Borders and a U.S. lawmaker have taken issue with the Pentagon's recent claims about what happened on Oct. 3 when a U.S. airstrike decimated the...
View ArticleJohn McCain blasts senators for acting in 'dark of night' on Russian rockets
Washington Post - The omnibus spending bill released Wednesday touched off a hostile political war with Sen. John McCain accusing the leading members of the Appropriations Committee of usurping the...
View ArticleJohn McCain blasts appropriators for acting in "dark of night."
Washington Post - The Armed Services chair was angry when senate appropriators eased restrictions on Russian-made engines used for national security launches.
View ArticleThe Pentagon names first-ever female commandant of West Point's cadets
Business Insider - US Army Photo by Spc. Osama Ayyad, 10th Mountain Division Brig. Gen. Diana Holland is set to become the first female commandant of West Point's Corps of Cadets, the Army announced...
View ArticleFailure in Afghan police search may have led to US deaths near Bagram Air Field
Stars and Stripes - It was just after 1 p.m. at Bagram Air Base Monday when Marine Gunnery Sgt. Sean Fagan heard the blast and felt its shockwave shake his vehicle. "Then we heard them come up on the...
View ArticleWe still don't know what weapons the Paris attackers used. Why that matters.
Washington Post - Despite speculation that the weapons may have come from the Balkans or various conflict zones, available information is too limited for any meaningful interpretation.
View ArticleDeclassified: How Pentagon planned to nuke Soviet Union, China during the...
Stars and Stripes - In the event of a nuclear war, the Pentagon in 1956 penned a report that listed 1,200 cities and 1,100 airfields spread across eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China that were...
View ArticleDeclassified document reveals Pentagon's 1950s nuclear plans
Houston Chronicle - The details of the Pentagon's plans were recently revealed in the 800-page Strategic Air Command Atomic Weapons Requirements Study for 1959, "the most comprehensive and detailed...
View ArticleWhy success against Islamic State in Ramadi hints at US military strategy to...
Stars and Stripes - On the heels of other victories against the Islamic State in the Iraqi cities of Sinjar, Bayji, Tikrit, the victory in Ramadi suggests a blueprint may be emerging on how the Iraqi...
View ArticleArrests in NY and Belgium target suspected New Year attack plots
Stars and Stripes - Suspected plots to wage New Year's Eve violence led to an arrest in New York state and raids in Belgium, as security agencies around the world imposed extraordinary measures amid...
View ArticleIn the Marine Corps' mission against the Islamic State, troops await the new...
Albuquerque Journal - AL-TAQADDUM, Iraq ? The war here smells like diesel fumes and nostalgia.
View ArticlePentagon shutters African drone base, moves aircraft to other hot spots
Washington Post - The U.S. military has stopped flying unarmed Reaper drones from an airfield in Ethiopia that had served as a key hub since 2011.
View ArticleSome veterans look at Oregon occupation and see 'loose cannon clowns'
Stars and Stripes - Veterans, like most of the country, are split in their opinions on patriot groups, which often rely heavily on veterans for training and leadership roles. A number of patriot groups...
View ArticleThis shadowy JSOC general is expected to be the next leader of America's...
Washington Post - In this 2008 photo, Lt. Gen. Raymond "Tony" Thomas talks with men in the Sulaymaniya provincial government in the city of Sulaymanya, Iraq. (Photo by Sgt. John Crosby) It's a big week...
View ArticleNew DARPA chip could give US a leg up in electronic warfare
Stars and Stripes - A new chip from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency would give the U.S. military a much needed boost when it comes to operating in a combat environment where...
View ArticleForget the bean-counters and the haters. Powerball is joy.
Washington Post - Though it is premises are false, Powerball may bring people together.
View ArticleIntense Diplomacy Between Kerry, Iranian Counterpart To Secure Sailors' Release
Southwest Times Record - WASHINTON ? Secretary of State John Kerry spoke at least five times Tuesday by telephone with his Iranian counterpart in intense diplomacy that led to the release Wednesday...
View ArticlePentagon chief says Navy boats strayed off course because of 'navigational...
Sherman Herald Democrat - The two U.S. Navy boats that were taken by the Iranian military strayed accidentally into Iran's territorial waters because of a navigational error, Defense Secretary Ashton...
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