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The push to end the policy barring openly gay men and women from serving in the military has new life on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have announced plans to push forward with their efforts despite opposition from most Republicans.
Naval Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU), Panama City, Fla., recently completed the first manned dive of the Saturation Fly-Away Diving System (SAT FADS) and will conduct bell operations Nov. 29.
The United States should trim its lopsided military edge over the rest of the world as part of its efforts to cut its deficit, a nonpartisan group of national security policy experts said as the core defense budget comes under scrutiny.
President Barack Obama and senior White House officials urged top lawmakers on Wednesday to pass a measure this year that would allow gay men and women to serve openly in the U.S. military.
Even in a time of budgetary constraints, the United States must maintain its military might to address the security challenges of today and the future, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
A Coast Guard petty officer implicated in the 2009 boat collision on San Diego Bay that killed an 8-year-old boy has been cleared of wrongdoing, the Coast Guard announced Wednesday. Three others face criminal charges in courts-martial.
The Marine Corps needs to be like a middleweight boxer –- agile, quick and deadly -- the commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command said today.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates said that there were indicators that international sanctions on Iran had caused a rift between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
President Obama on Tuesday will award the nation's highest medal of valor to the first living recipient since 1976, when three service members from the Vietnam War were honored.
Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said billions of dollars could be saved from the defense budget by cutting lawmakers' pet projects, known as earmarks, and fixing troubled arms programs.