November 20, 2015 Hagel Outlines Nuclear Overhaul Following Systematic Decay Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel proposed Friday a costly fix for “systemic problems” in the way the Air Force and Navy maintain nuclear missiles.,Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Friday for overhauling a nuclear deterrent system plagued by cheating scandals and a maintenance backlog that forced airmen to Federal Express a single wrench between missile silos to tighten screws on warheads.
November 20, 2015 Dunford Picked As Next Marine Commandant Hagel has picked Gen. Joseph Dunford, commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, as the next Marine Commandant.,Gen. Joseph Dunford, the 58-year-old commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan for the past 16 months, has been chosen by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to become the next commandant of the Marine Corps, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
November 20, 2015 Hagel Visits Female Marines Training for Combat Roles Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel asked women Marines Tuesday why there were volunteering for ground combat.
November 20, 2015 Newly identified remains of World War II Marine killed at Tarawa heading home The recently identified remains of a Marine hailed for his bravery in battle are heading home 72 years after he was killed on a remote Pacific atoll during World War II.
November 19, 2015 Former top US official: Significant US ground troops not needed to defeat IS The U.S. president's former special envoy to the global coalition to counter Islamic State militants says the Paris attacks will focus the world's attention on how to defeat the group.
November 10, 2015 Remains of seven servicemen killed at Pearl Harbor identified The remains of seven crew members missing since the USS Oklahoma capsized in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor have been identified, the military said Monday.
October 24, 2015 Combat wounded push medical science in field of prosthetics The blood is not the most jarring part of the photograph taken shortly after the bomb blew off Marine Gunnery Sgt. Brian Meyer's leg and hand. It's his smile.
October 24, 2015 Former Army sergeant raising funds for hormone replacement therapy to treat soldiers with brain injury In the last 15 years, more than 330,000 members of the military were diagnosed with at least one traumatic brain injury (TBI).
September 12, 2015 Jerry Coleman, legendary broadcaster, Marine pilot, dies at 89 Jerry Coleman, a former second baseman for the New York Yankees and Hall of Fame broadcaster who interrupted his pro career to fly as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and Korea, died Sunday after a brief illness, the San Diego Padres said. He was 89.
July 16, 2015 Chattanooga shootings: Why should we make it easy for killers to attack our military? Thursday in Chattanooga we saw yet another tragic attack on innocent people in a gun-free zone.