Feb 25 Watch 9:16 Budget cuts could ground nearly unstoppable A-10 Warthog aircraft By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 25 How the A-10 Warthog became 'the most survivable plane ever built' By Dan Sagalyn Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Monday that the Air Force will retire the entire fleet of A-10 Warthogs, an aircraft that ground forces view as their guardian in the sky. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 'Beloved' A-10 Warthog aircraft may not survive Pentagon attack By Justin Scuiletti Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch How will proposed military savings affect strategy and security? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 Hagel proposes downsizing Army to smallest size in decades By Robert Burns, Associated Press Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel is recommending shrinking the Army to its smallest size in decades in an effort to balance defense needs with budget realities, according to defense officials. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch Military using unproven programs to take on mental illness By PBS News Hour Nearly one thousand veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder each week. A recent report from the Institute of Medicine found that few of the military programs for preventing mental illness have been tested or… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Afghans who assisted American missions wait in fear for U.S. to open its doors By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 19 Tongue tied in Afghanistan By P. J. Tobia These Afghans helped the US war effort. Now they've been left behind, in the Taliban's cross-hairs. Continue reading
Feb 14 Amid delays in U.S.-Afghan security pact, will there be hope with Karzai's successor? By Julie Pace, Associated Press The Obama administration has quietly stopped demanding that Afghan President Hamid Karzai finalize a stalled security pact within weeks, opening up the possibility that a decision on keeping U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan after this year might not be… Continue reading
Feb 06 Hagel urges military leaders to instill 'moral character' in troops tainted by ethics scandals By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel wants military leaders to inject more urgency into ensuring "moral character and moral courage" in a force suffering a rash of ethical lapses. Continue reading