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The United States and Australia are planning a major expansion of military ties, including possible drone flights from a coral atoll in the Indian Ocean and increased U.S. naval access to Australian ports.
The top allied commander in Afghanistan said the recent killings of U.S. and coalition troops by Afghan soldiers have created an "erosion of trust" between international and Afghan forces.
The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a new $11.4 million station at Training Center Cape May, New Jersey, that will help prevent and respond to maritime events.
In a survey of wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, nearly 80 percent reported having symptoms of a combat-related mental health condition, and roughly half said they had a traumatic brain injury.
The Navy’s top enlisted sailor says he’ll retire this year, triggering a search for his successor under a new set of rules limiting who is eligible to apply.
European Union forces are set to step up their mission countering piracy off the Horn of Africa, with EU ministers likely to sign off on beach bombardments and attacks on other land-based targets.
The United States still will need "significant combat power" in Afghanistan in 2013 despite the call for reducing the force, the top U.S. commander there said Thursday.
U.S. Marines based on Okinawa would be spread out across the Pacific as part of a strategic realignment being worked out with Japan, according to sources quoted in the Yomiuri newspaper.