Robert Gates Planning For Book Tour Later This Month While in a Neck Brace
Former Secretary of Defense fell on New Year's Day
Military
Poll: Only 17 Percent of Americans Support the War in Afghanistan
Most want American troops home before December 2014 deadline
Reported Sexual Assaults in Military Up 50 Percent in 2013
Officials say it could be because high profile incidents encouraged other victims to come forward
Army, Marine Rapid Reaction Forces at Work Evacuating US Personnel From South Sudan
Aborted evacuation attempt on December 21 left 3 Navy SEALs wounded
Veterans and Lawmakers Pushing To Prevent Military Benefits Cuts
Obama signed the spending bill implementing the changes yesterday
Okinawa Governor Approves Plan For Relocation of US Marine Base
Breaking campaign pledge to have it removed
Obama Signs Defense Bill that Reforms Military Sex Assault Rules
Also: $80.7 billion for Afghanistan war
Pakistani Army Begins Assault Near Afghanistan Border
Residents claim civilians have been killed
Obama Tells Congress the US May Take Further Military Action To Protect Americans in South Sudan
46 troops have already been deployed
President Sets One-Year Deadline for Military Sex Assault Reforms
Senate approved bill pushing changes
Senate Passes Latest Defense Biill, Includes Measures Against Sexual Assault in the Military
Not even sex assault officers have been immune from sex assault allegations
China Uses Amateurs To Obtain US Military Technology
There has been a more than 50 percent rise in arms trafficking cases related to China since 2010
China Confirms American and Chinese Navy Ships Almost Collided Earlier This Month
U.S. claims its ship was in international waters
Six American Troops Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash
No enemy activity was reported in the area
Japan Approves Plan For Increased Defense Spending
Drones, fighters, and destroyers among the equipment to be bought
British Police Dismiss Claim Military Was Involved in Princess Diana's Death
Allegation was made in August
David Cameron Says the Mission in Afghanistan Has Been Accomplished
British combat troops expected to leave next year
Russia: US Does Not Need Missile Defense Shield After Iran Deal
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov says the shield is "no longer valid"
US Military Abandons Contract to Refurbish Aircraft for Afghan Air Force After Spending Nearly Half a Billion Dollars
Inspector General now investigating
US Military Flights To Assist CAR Intervention Set To Begin Today
C-17s expected to fly forces from Burundi to CAR's capital Bangui
Feds Dealt with Mentally Ill Soldiers Following WWII with Lobotomies
Around 2,000 or more given the treatment
Japan to Deploy Surveillance Drones
Set up amphibious unit as well, in response to China's behavior
Family's Lawsuit: DOD Sent Home Body of Marine Without Heart, Were Later Sent Someone Else's Heart
Marine committed suicide while working on the embassy security detail in Athens; local hospital allegedly performed unauthorized autopsy
British Royal Marine Gets 10 Years for Murdering Wounded Afghan Insurgent
Shot him in the chest at close range
In Afghanistan, People Died for No Good Reason
And keeping the troops there won't change that.
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reopens Probe Into $34 Million Facility That's Never Been Used
Corruption. Leave Afghanistan now. Problem solved.
Army Sergeant Convicted of Adultery, Patronizing a Prostitute at Fort Hood, Was Accused of Taking Part in Prostitution Ring Run by Base's Sexual Assault Prevention Officer
The sexual assault prevention officer has not been charged, was accused of coercing cash-strapped young female recruits into prostitution
Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Case of Protest on Government Easement
Man blocked from protesting near, but not actually on, military base
NORAD Adds Santa's Fighter Jet Escort to Tracking Animation
Fighter jets have been linked to NORAD's Santa program since the 60s, but its the first time they'll show up in the animation
