The U.S. military on Sunday ordered a court-martial for a civilian contractor charged with aggravated assault while working as an Army translator in Iraq - the first such military prosecution since...

Defense Department . The department last updated its figures May 3 at 10 a.m. EDT.Of those, the military reports 294 were killed by hostile action.Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department...

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,075 Currently Viewed 1 day ago - 2 days ago - 4 days ago - 6 days ago - 8 days ago - 9 days ago - 10 days ago - 10 days ago - 11 days ago...

Consumers who used their MasterCard, Visa or Diners Club cards for overseas transactions or cash withdrawals between Feb. 1, 1996, and Nov. 8, 2006, have three options to obtain a piece of a $336...

Posted on: Sunday, 11 May 2008, 12:00 CDT By John Markoff Counterfeit products are a routine threat for the electronics industry. However, the more sinister specter of an electronic Trojan horse,...

5/11/2008 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 10,...

BAGHDAD -- In the glow of a full moon, a U.S. military convoy inched toward a strategic road in Sadr City. The goal: to add to a wall being built to carve out a haven in the Shiite Muslim militia...

A Navy officer disqualified the Pentagon's top legal adviser in the Office of Military Commissions earlier this month from participating in the prosecution of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The...

Although military officials said there have been no charges that human and pet remains were mixed at the Torbert Funeral Chapel in Dover, they are recommending that troops' remains be incinerated at...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO -- A Navy judge has barred a Pentagon legal advisor from participating in the war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver, saying the advisor lacks independence. Air...

Baghdad - The US military said Sunday an operation targeting gunmen from the al-Qaeda terrorist network in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul left four people dead, including a woman and a child. In...

Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Unmanned Ocean Vehicles, Inc. a Phase II STTR Development Contract for design and testing of an Energy Scavenging Unmanned Surface Vehicle. ...

As of Saturday, May 10, 2008, at least 4,074 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...

Yokota's Derrick Seward, left, and SungJun Son of the Christian Academy In Japan battle each other to the finish line in the 200 meters Saturday at the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools...

What to do with a 104-foot flagpole that has a tale? Eight years ago, Army Staff Sgt. Ken Young, now with the 502nd Engineer Company, helped move and erect the weighty pole from Downs Barracks in...

Mannheim, behind two goals each from Taisha Jackson, Anna Cressler and Alanna Crockwell, took control of the Region III race Saturday with a 6-1 romp over Würzburg. Cressler added two assists for...

WASHINGTON — In a rebuke, a military judge has disqualified a key Pentagon general from any role overseeing the Guantánamo trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, saying he doubted the general's...

(newser) – Need more proof that the Pentagon coached ostensibly impartial military analysts about what to say on TV? In Salon, Glenn Greenwald reveals emails from one top defense staffer who...

Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Minor has watched friends die on combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, including the teenage translator killed by a grenade tossed into a Kirkuk street. Minor gave his Purple...

reports. A Delaware Air Force base had been sending the bodies of troops killed in battle to a crematorium that had two separate facilities, one for humans, another for pets. The move was prompted by...

Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell speaks as the Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops' remains, after it was revealed that a crematorium contracted by the military handles...

Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of Air Force Space Command, speaks to Guardian Challenge team members May 8 during the Guardian Challenge 2008 opening ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The...

Masao Shimoji, 57, a physics and math teacher at the University of Maryland on Okinawa, is a native of the island. He says many Okinawans his age have a bias against GIs from the days of military...

Some barracks have "mold and moisture-related problems," Army spokesman says $250 million was redirected from other funds for repairs, Army officials say 45 barracks "were found to...

Military has been using mortuary that also incinerates pets Facility's signage and location didn't indicate proper respect, Pentagon says Defense Secretary orders change, apologizes to relatives of...

Kurdish families displaced by the conflict between Turkey and Kurdish rebels are seen at a refugee camp in the Qandil region, northern Iraq, Friday, May 2, 2008. Turkish warplanes bombed a key...

May 9, 2008 - 7:09 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. spent $3.78 million in the first quarter to lobby on funding for a range of Defense Department and Homeland...

The U.S. military said on Friday the top leader of al-Qaida in Iraq network has not been detained amid reports that Iraqi security forces captured Abu Hamza al-Muhajir during an overnight raid in the...

Military has been using mortuary that also incinerates pets Facility's signage and location didn't indicate proper respect, Pentagon says Defense Secretary orders change, apologizes to relatives of...

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,073 Currently Viewed 3 days ago - 4 days ago - 6 days ago - 7 days ago - 8 days ago - 8 days ago - 9 days ago - 10 days ago - 10 days ago...

Osan Air Base's Morin Gate reopened Friday after closing in March for a repaving project. Checking the paperwork of a commercial vehicle is Airman 1st Class Justin Hart, 20, of Gaylord, Mich., an...

Lance Cpl. Alan Bundoc, left, and Pfc. Darrel Slaven, both with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a communications link shortly after going ashore at Sattahip,...

WASHINGTON: The Marine Corps may begin shifting its major combat forces out of Iraq to focus on Afghanistan in 2009 if greater security in Iraq allows a reduction of Marines there, top Pentagon...

, however, was kept in the dark. When the CIA and the State Department found out about the meetings a few weeks later, they strenuously protested to the White House and demanded that the contacts be...

Mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles are loaded onto an airplane at the Charleston Air Force Base in North Charleston, S.C. The military has bought thousands of MRAPs to guard troops from deadly...

Joint Fires Center of Excellence students Senior Airman Nathan Depew, left, of Bellaire, Mich., and Senior Airman Paul Hauter of Peoria, Ill., use a laser range finder to pinpoint targets at...

Hope and jubilation were tempered by skepticism Friday after a wary work force scrutinized news of an Air Force policy change that could put thousands of dollars more a year in the pockets of some....

Airman 1st Class Lucas Tripp, Staff Sgt. Kevin Parke and Senior Airman Alan Batema, from the left, all security forces airman deployed from Davis-Montham Air Force Base, await transportion after...

Washington - A US military aircraft has been given permission to deliver emergency aid to Myanmar in the wake of a cyclone that has left tens of thousands dead and thousands of others without...

Retired Army Maj.Gen. James Dozier, who survived a kidnapping by the Italian terrorist group Red Brigades in 1981, speaks with Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Rebecca Owens, who attended the Dynamics...

5/9/2008 - ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN) -- The Robins Air Force Base Noncommissioned Officers Academy officially closes May 20, one of several academies that have closed or are closing...

C-130 Hercules aircraft, like this one, are standing by to transport personnel and supplies to Myanmar, if requested. (U.S. Air Force file...

5/9/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Officials from the U.S. Air Force Marathon office made a stop at the Pentagon May 6 and 7 to increase awareness for the Sept. 20 event held at Wright-Patterson...

5/9/2008 - MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AFPN) -- Two Air Force generals spoke to more than 1,000 5th Bomb Wing Airman May 2 here to remind them of their mission's importance to the nation...

5/9/2008 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- New wings are the answer to Air Force concerns on the aging A-10 Thunderbolt II, an airframe flying since 1975. Air Force officials awarded a...

5/9/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Defense Department officials here are developing a proposal to finance university research on national security-related issues, a senior Pentagon official said May 7. ...

An FBI probe has uncovered the use of counterfeit networking kit by the US military, but subsequent investigations suggest a counterfeit ring more interested in money making - rather than espionage -...

Raytheon Co. has landed a $32 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and integrate electronics systems in a class of expiditionary warships. The work done by Waltham, Mass.-based...

Now the Iraq veteran is in a Mexican jail while a judge decides whether to believe his account: that an experienced soldier accidentally ended up in a border town where drug cartels pay top dollar...

Jamel Daniels of New York, left, and Staff Sgt. John Kriesel of Minnesota were among the wounded veterans trying out their new Segways in Arlington, Va., this...