August 31st, 2011
HEIDELBERG, Germany — Arid Uka’s courtroom account Wednesday of gunning down two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt Airport in March didn’t satisfy the lawyer for the family of one of the slain airmen.
August 31st, 2011
Jamey Raines tried marijuana once or twice in high school, but he said he had no interest in it after he joined the Army in 2000. He served in heavy combat in Iraq from 2003 to 2004 and rose through the ranks from private to platoon sergeant. Along the way he drank and smoked cigarettes like many infantrymen do, but he said he was “100 percent against” using any drug in any form.
August 31st, 2011
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, Commander, International Security Assistant force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), who also served as the Multi-National Forces-Iraq Commander, retired from the Army Aug. 31 and will assume his position as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Sept. 6.
August 31st, 2011
The U.S. and South Korean militaries staged a show of sorts Thursday, the stars of which were neither generals nor soldiers but examples of the enhanced firepower that has been brought to the peninsula.
August 31st, 2011
South Korea launched a massive health investigation this week to determine whether Agent Orange allegedly buried at Camp Carroll more than three decades ago has made residents of nearby villages sick.
August 31st, 2011
The U.S. military has commissioned a survey to gauge the environmental impact of replacing Sea Stallion helicopters on Okinawa, Japan, with tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft.
August 31st, 2011
Soldiers have been working on their sea legs in recent days at this port in Yokohama.
August 31st, 2011
About 2,000 members of the Navy, Naval Special Warfare and San Diego military communities attended a memorial service at a San Diego church to pay their respects to the 30 Americans killed Aug. 6 when their helicopter was downed in Afghanistan.
August 31st, 2011
About 2,000 members of the Navy, Naval Special Warfare and San Diego military communities attended a memorial service at a San Diego church to pay their respects to the 30 Americans killed Aug. 6 when their helicopter was downed in Afghanistan.
August 31st, 2011
Military officials have approved distribution of OutServe's gay-themed military magazine for distribution at Army and Air Force base exchanges starting next month. It's the first publication of its type to reach the exchange shelves and the mainstream military audience.
