Military

Federal officials reconsider giving military equipment to police

By Associated Press

After a decade of sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the country, federal officials are reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Missouri.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

‘Valor was everywhere’: Medal of Honor winner Pitts honored for Afghan battle heroism

By PBS News Hour

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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.

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.