U.S. automatic cuts send Pentagon contract awards down 52 percent
Pentagon contracts tumbled 52 percent in April from a month earlier as across-the-board federal budget cuts took hold. The Defense Department ...
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Militaries’ growing use of ground robots raises ethics concerns
By Andrew Conte, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review If North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un ever orders troops into the demilitarized zone, an army of South ...
Facebook shutters page that taunted lawmaker's push to curb military rape
A "direct threat" against a U.S. congresswoman — posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem ...
With 10 patterns, U.S. military branches out on camouflage front
In 2002, the U.S. military had just two kinds of camouflage uniforms. One was green, for the woods. The other was brown, for the desert.
Risky Religion
Conservatives remain concerned about the military’s rules regarding soldiers sharing their faith despite efforts by the Pentagon to quell the ...
US army chief slams Russia for arming, emboldening Assad
Dempsey calls Moscow’s insistence on providing Syria with advanced arms ‘very unfortunate’; Hagel says all sides must work to avoid a descent into ...
LSU ROTC cadets graduate
BATON ROUGE, La. (KALB News Channel 5) –There was 18 students commissioned during the May 16th LSU spring graduation. Retired Major James W.
Pentagon Spec Ops Chief Sees ’10 to 20′ More Years of War Against al-Qaida
The war against al-Qaida is far from winding down, according to top Pentagon officials. The Pentagon's chief of irregular warfare sees it lasting for ...
Obama vows to end 'scourge' of military sex abuse
President Barack Obama is pledging to eliminate the "scourge" of sexual assault in the military while cautioning that it will take a long and ...
Slowly, Military Opens the Door to Outside Prosecutions for Sexual Assault
The military doesn't want to take sexual assault cases out of the chain of command. But as scandals compile and Congress prepares to act, it may have ...