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Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78, the second HSM squadron to stand up in San Diego, prepared for its establishment at Naval Air Station North Island by hanging the squadron's sign Oct. 25.
Computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two U.S. government satellites through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission.
Three Hawaii-based Marines accused of hazing a fellow Marine who later committed suicide in Afghanistan will be tried in a court-martial, the Marine Corps said Wednesday.
The Secretary of Defense traveled to Asia this week, and his message—mainly to China and North Korea—was clear: The United States is shifting its focus to the region and bolstering forces and alliances there.
The former commanding officer of the destroyer Momsen has been charged with rape, sodomy and maltreatment and will be court-martialed on Friday, a Navy spokesman confirmed.
Twenty years after the end of the Persian Gulf War, the VA plans to standardize and improve treatment for veterans who suffer from a multi-symptom illness thought linked to the conflict.
Pakistan's security service provides weapons and training to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, Taliban commanders say—allegations that could worsen tensions between Pakistan and the United States.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pledged to preserve a "nuclear umbrella" protecting South Korea, a day after the United States held talks with Seoul's hostile neighbor North Korea.
Taiwan's security chief called Wednesday for improved defenses of a group of islands in the South China Sea, reacting to reports rival claimants to the waters are building up arms.