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May 3, 2016

Firms Demonstrate Casualty Evacuation with Unmanned Helicopter

Three defense firms recently worked together to conduct the first casualty evacuation using a KMAX unmanned cargo helicopter.

May 3, 2016

DoD to Pay Travel Costs for Families of Marines Killed in Nepal

The Pentagon has agreed to waive the rule that would have forced the families of six Marines killed in a helicopter crash in Nepal to pay their own way to the ceremony for the return of the remains.

May 3, 2016

Second Marine Dies from Hawaii Osprey Crash Injuries

A second Marine died early Wednesday from injuries suffered in the training exercise crash of an MV-22 Osprey in Hawaii.

May 3, 2016

Osprey Crew Chief Identified as Marine Killed in Hawaii Crash

The Marines identified the crew chief as the fatality aboard an MV-22B Osprey that crashed on a training mission in Hawaii.

May 3, 2016

Six Marines, Two Nepalese, Believed Dead In Marine Helo Crash

A Nepalese army column found the wreckage of a UH-1Y Huey helicopter that went missing and crashed on May 12 in the Himalayas.

May 3, 2016

US will find Marines missing in Nepal, commander says

The U.S. military is keeping up their search to find the Marine helicopter that went missing Tuesday with rescuers looking through a wide region outside the country's capital.

May 3, 2016

Second Day Search Fails to Find Missing Marine Huey In Nepal

The second-day search for a Marine helicopter that went missing while on an aid mission in Nepal failed to find the aircraft or the six Marines aboard.

May 3, 2016

US Helicopter with Six Marines On Board Missing in Nepal

A UH-1 Huey with six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers on board went missing the crew was conducting relief operations.

May 3, 2016

Congress Adds $60 Million to Navy Submarine Upgrades

  Lawmakers have added $60 million toward submarine upgrades to include unmanned aerial vehicles, torpedo enhancements and combat systems modernization. The funding initiative, which moved the $60 million from Navy destroyer modernization over to submarine research and development, was put in place during the 2016 defense bill mark up by Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., chairman […]

May 3, 2016

Joint Chiefs to Get Overhaul as Obama Presidency Nears Final Approach

President Obama plans to overhaul the Joint Chiefs of Staff this year as he seeks to replace a handful of longtime members whose terms are coming to a close.