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A congressional panel has been told that the current military retirement system is "neither unaffordable nor spiraling out of control, as some would contend," and was cautioned against proposals to replace it.
The Marine Corps is proposing a year-end date for closing the brig at its base in Quantico, Va., part of a consolidation of military confinement facilities.
Despite a longstanding effort by the military services to root out sexual harassment, it still occurs frequently and is almost never formally reported, according to a new government study.
Russia has sent a set of mobile radar jammers to Iran and is negotiating future deliveries that Moscow believes do not contravene current U.N. sanctions on the Islamic state's regime.
While the Pentagon has yet to give a specific timeline or cost for the deployment of U.S. troops to Uganda, the mission will likely take months and cost tens of millions of dollars, a Defense official says.
One of China's most popular newspapers warned that nations involved in territorial disputes in the South China Sea should "mentally prepare for the sounds of cannons" if they remain at loggerheads with Beijing.
U.S. Central Command has released hundreds of pages of interviews and exhibits indicating there were at least two tactical moves that came in for second-guessing.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed out at North Korea on Monday for "reckless and provocative" acts and criticized China for a secretive expansion of its military power.