Aug 15 Military gear on Ferguson police piques concern in Washington By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Images of police outfitted in paramilitary gear clashing with protesters in suburban St. Louis are giving new impetus to efforts to rein in a Pentagon program that provides free machine guns and other surplus military equipment to local law enforcement… Continue reading
Aug 12 Pentagon to send 130 more military advisers to Iraq By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon is sending 130 more military advisers to northern Iraq to help local forces in their escalating fight against Islamic militants, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 12 U.S. drone destroys Iraqi militant mortar position By Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials say an armed American drone has attacked and destroyed a mortar position of Islamic militants in northern Iraq. Continue reading
Aug 10 Study: Past trauma increases risk of suicide among U.S. military members By Carey Reed Three studies presented at the American Psychological Associations 122nd Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. this week suggest that military members who experience trauma prior to enlisting are more at risk for suicide than those who have not. Continue reading
Aug 07 President Obama signs bill allowing new changes in veteran health care By Matthew Daly, Darlene Superville, Associated Press FORT BELVOIR, Va. — President Barack Obama says the government must ensure that the Veterans Affairs Department has the resources to keep up with the demands of troops returning from war. Continue reading
Jul 24 House, Senate VA committees offer competing veteran health bills By Associated Press WASHINGTON — With Congress scheduled to recess in a week, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees offered competing proposals Thursday to fix a veterans' health care program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records… Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch ‘Valor was everywhere’: Medal of Honor winner Pitts honored for Afghan battle heroism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 21 Former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts to receive Medal of Honor By News Desk President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to former Army staff sergeant Ryan M. Pitts during a White House ceremony Monday. Continue reading
Jul 18 Chelsea Manning to begin gender treatments in military custody By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — National security leaker Chelsea Manning can get initial treatment for a gender-identity condition from the military after the Bureau of Prisons rejected the Army’s request to accept her transfer from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to a civilian facility. Continue reading
Jul 16 Bowe Bergdahl hires lawyer for military investigation By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has hired a well-known lawyer and military justice expert to represent him as the Army investigates how and why the soldier left his post in Afghanistan five years ago, before being captured by the Taliban. Continue reading