(BOISE, Idaho) — An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during his first court appearance Friday on federal charges from Idaho and Utah that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there.
BattlelandMilitary Spending
Tracking CINCellulite
The Pentagon has been complaining for years that the impending budget cuts – slated to return it to 2007 levels of spending – will cripple national security.
Kind of hard to believe there aren’t smart reductions yet to …
17-Year-Old Charged in Deaths of Ohio Brothers
A 17-year-old who pointed Ohio authorities to the bodies of two teenage brothers who had been reported missing was charged with aggravated murder in their deaths.
BattlelandJapan
Japan Assault Fleet Arrives at Pearl Harbor…Just For Practice
TOKYO – Warships from Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force have making stops at the American naval base at Pearl Harbor for more than two decades. But it’s going to seem strange, indeed, when Japanese ground troops clamor …
Pictures of the Week: May 10 – May 17
From tornadoes in Texas and the demolition of Hurricane Sandy’s iconic rollercoaster to President Obama’s rain check and a dancing lion, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
How to End Sexual Abuse in the Military
Reassuring comments from President Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel aside, the Department of Defense’s approach to preventing sexual assault is doomed.
It’s nice that President Obama “has your back” if you’re …
Why the U.S., Russia, and Iran Can All Agree To Wrestle
Logan Stieber, a 22-year-old from Monroeville, Ohio, mauled Russian Opan Sat and drove his head into a padded mat on the floor of New York’s Grand Central Terminal.
Why Warming Oceans Could Mean Dwindling Fish
It’s easy to forget that global warming doesn’t just refer to the rising temperature of the air. Climate change is having an enormous, if less understood, impact on the oceans
BattlelandMilitary History
Swapping Silk for Khaki: America’s First Female Soldiers
Amid the bumper crop of tales of sexual assault in the ranks of the U.S. military, it’s refreshing to go back in time — 71 years ago this month, to be precise — when Army created the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps amid World …
Inside The Disney World Line-Skipping Allegations: ‘How The 1% Does Disney’
Are rich parents cutting the queue at Disney World by paying disabled tour guides to pose as family members?
BattlelandAsia-Pacific
Double-Secret Training For America’s Feuding Asian Allies
TOKYO – Even as Japan and South Korea engage in another round of trash-talk over historical issues, they are quietly – very, very quietly – continuing to cooperate on the high seas.
Japanese and South Korean warships …
Don’t Drink the Pool Water! It Contains a Surprising Amount of…Human Waste
Chlorine is supposed to take care of most of the microbes floating around in pools, but human waste, it seems, is stubbornly resistant to being sanitized.
BattlelandSexual Assault in the Ranks
The Roots of Sexual Abuse in the Military
Even before the Army confirmed a third military sexual-assault preventer had been implicated in sexual harassment in the past two weeks late Thursday – the charges ranged from sexual battery, to pandering, to stalking an …
