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Spec Ops launches 'secret surrogate' missions in new counter-terror strategy
U.S. counter-terrorism missions will soon place more emphasis on a little-known Pentagon program designed to help 'surrogate forces,' rather than traditional allied units that are dependent on U.S. training, advice and assistance. ...
VA says it has never been more cooperative with Congress. So why can't lawmakers get the answers they want?
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials issued a formal announcement this week that they are 'providing a new and unprecedented level of transparency to lawmakers in Congress.' Democratic lawmakers are asking if that's the case, ...
Housing, relocation, access to health care are top concerns for military families in survey
New survey results underline several issues that were brought to the forefront last year for troops and families: some dissatisfaction with housing, stressful relocations, and problems with access to health care. More than 10,000 family members, ...
Lawmakers aim to reverse Trump's ban on transgender troops
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers introduced new legislation Thursday designed to block President Donald Trump's rules regarding transgender troops by removing any limits to their service. ...
US emergency aid for Venezuela arrives at Colombian border
CUCUTA, Colombia — Trucks carrying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela arrived Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them into their troubled nation despite objections from embattled President Nicolas Maduro. ...
Cameroon is a good counterterrorism partner, but US cannot ignore alleged atrocities, says AFRICOM head
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The United States has cut some military aid to Cameroon over human rights concerns but the countries' relations remain excellent, the U.S. ambassador asserted Thursday, while the central African nation's government remained silent. France said it would not follow the U.S. ...
Like Trump, troops say we should watch Iran — but maybe not by increasing our force in Iraq
Troops agree with President Donald Trump that we should keep an eye on Iran — but that doesn't mean they want a big presence in Iraq to do so, the results of a recent Military Times poll suggest. On Sunday, Trump told CBS' 'Face the Nation' that he planned on moving the roughly 2, ...
Admiral: LCS will hunt drug smugglers
A littoral combat ship is slated to deploy to the waters of U.S. Southern Command this year to battle drug smugglers, its top officer told lawmakers Thursday. SOUTHCOM commander Adm. ...
State senator to deploy to Afghanistan before session ends
ANNAPOLIS, Md.— The new vice chairman of a Maryland legislative committee will deploy to Afghanistan 10 days before the legislative session closes. The Daily Record reports that Sen. Will Smith announced Wednesday that he's been called up to active duty effective March 29. ...
How 3D printers are cutting down surgery times and helping vets get mobility back at VA hospitals
Some doctors use printers to produce patient records or referrals. Others use them to replicate human organs. That's what Dr. Beth Ripley is doing at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Washington. Granted, ...
Junior officer pleads guilty to sexual harassment and assault charges
A Norfolk-based junior officer entered a guilty plea at court-martial last week to charges involving sexual harassment and assault, according to charge sheets and officials. Lt. j.g. Ruben L. Anderson, an aerospace engineering duty officer with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, ...
Cruiser, dry cargo vessel involved in collision sail to Florida
NORFOLK —Two Navy ships that collided yesterday afternoon during an underway replenishment in the Atlantic Ocean arrived a Naval Station Mayport in Florida on Wednesday so officials could assess the damage and probe what happened. ...
Do you know a sailor who goes above and beyond the call of duty?
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Investigators say he had only base photos on his cellphone and camera, and none of familiar tourist locations in Key West.
KEY WEST, Fla. РІР‚' A Chinese student has been sentenced to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally taking photos of a U.S. military installation in the Florida Keys. A federal judge imposed the sentence Tuesday on 20-year-old Zhao Qianli. ...
As the Navy's orders for Littoral Combat Ships fell, the service kept buying helicopters for a ghost fleet of warships.
Dogged by cost overruns, design glitches and debates about the vessel's ability to withstand modern sea battle, the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program has faced its share of controversy. ...
Turkey's president heavily criticized the U.S. on Tuesday over delays in establishing a buffer zone in Syria, saying that if Washington won't contribute to the effort, Ankara will do it alone.
ANKARA, Turkey РІР‚' Turkey's president heavily criticized the U.S. on Tuesday over delays in establishing a buffer zone in Syria, saying that if Washington won't contribute to the effort, Ankara will do it alone. ...
The Defense Ministry said it will not send the helicopter carrier Izumo to Busan in southern South Korea in April.
TOKYO РІР‚' Japan announced Tuesday it has canceled a port call in South Korea by its main warship during a multilateral naval exercise as relations between the two Asian neighbors fall to their lowest level in recent years. ...
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea РІР‚' the country's official name РІР‚' also continues to violate an arms embargo, a ban on luxury goods and financial sanctions, the experts said.
UNITED NATIONS РІР‚' North Korea's nuclear and missile programs 'remain intact' and its leaders are dispersing missile assembly and testing facilities to prevent 'decapitation' strikes, U.N. experts said in a new report. The experts' report to the Security Council, seen Tuesday by The Associated Press, ...
Do you know a Coastie who goes above and beyond the call of duty?
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Ahead of the State of the Union, Trump's top general in the Mideast said he was not consulted or warned Trump would declare a U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria.
WASHINGTON РІР‚' As President Donald Trump is expected to call for an end America's ongoing wars overseas, his top general in the Mideast said he was not consulted or warned Trump would declare a U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria. 'I was not aware of the specific announcement. ...