TOKYO – Well, I guess it’s back to cold showers for the Marines on Okinawa.
Conservative leader Toru Hashimoto apologized Monday and retracted his earlier suggestion that Marines use the “legally accepted adult …
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Comrades in Arms…
Soldiers placed flags at all 220,000 graves in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., this Memorial Day weekend.
Preaching in Moore: Faith That Stands Up to the Storm
The residents of tornado alley are a religious people. They need that this Sunday more than ever
Risky Bridges: 10 of America’s Most Troubled Structures
Memorial Day: A Whole New Meaning
Once upon a time, I lived a life where Memorial Day weekend marked the beginning of summer, with backyard barbecues and three days off from work and school.
I was always touched by the parade and cemetery services in that …
Can President Obama End the War on Terror?
In his broad address on drone strikes, al Qaeda terrorists, and the prison at Guantanamo Bay Thursday, Barack Obama wrestled with some of the hardest moral questions that have defined national security policy since
On Memorial Day, Remember the Sequester
Remember the sequester? Those broad, blunt government cuts that kicked in on March 1?
There were lots of doomsday predictions about what would happen when the $85.4 billion in spending reductions took effect for fiscal year …
Canine Commandos
We noted back in March that the SEALs were seeking outside trainers to mold the dogs that accompany them on their secret missions into lean, mean biting machines, and whatever else might be required.
Naval Special Warfare …
No More Getting Lost in Translation
By now, we must be in “stanza 10” of a song that’s been playing on repeat for years.
Each stanza, although worded with its own flavor, tells the same story: service members risk their lives for our country; they …
What’s Behind The Drop in U.S. Teen Birth Rates
Teen birth rates in the U.S., which have been declining for two decades, have reached a record low, with significant drops in almost every state.
$21,615,600,000
— The cost growth in Pentagon weaponry, from December 2011 to December 2012, due to increased quantities of arms slated to be bought. Twenty-two billion dollars may sound like a lot of money, but it represents only a 1.3% boost in the $1,660,983,300,000 total the U.S. military is spending on its 78 major weapons systems, according to the Pentagon's latest Selected Acquisition Report released Thursday, here. Overall cost growth was nearly $40 billion; the $22 billion increase is solely due to 2012’s plan to buy more ships, planes and missiles than had been called for in 2011. And you thought the Pentagon was cutting back.
MRAP Medevac
Marines fasten a damaged MRAP to a Kalmar RT240 rough terrain container handler in Helmand province, May 19.
“This War, Like All Wars, Must End.”
President Obama channeled John Lennon Thursday at the National Defense University in Washington.