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Jackie Speier: Rape in the military is epidemic, yet only a few cases go to trial -- largely because commanders call all the shots. Victims deserve impartial investigations and a chance for cases to be tried in a military court.
Bombs exploded Tuesday at two major military bases on the outskirts of a central Nigerian city at the heart of ethnic and religious unrest in Africa's most populous nation, injuring an unknown number of people.
A flap over NGOs could prevent Egypt from buying millions in U.S. combat gear.
Wherever North Korea's young new leader goes, they're there: a group of graying military and political officials who shadow Kim Jong Un as he visits army bases, attends concerts and tours schools.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has announced new initiatives to curtail what he calls "the epidemic" of rape and sexual assaults in our armed forces. In 2010, an estimated 19,000 service members were raped or sexually assaulted by other service members. Clearly, more resources devoted to counseling for victims and training for prosecutors and judges will help.
As of Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at least 1,769 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
The US military's top general believes it is too soon to hold a parade in New York City honoring troops who fought in the Iraq war while fellow soldiers are still on the battlefield in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday.
Soldiers guarding a city at the heart of ethnic and religious clashes in Nigeria detained and later threw out journalists working for a French television station trying to cover the ongoing unrest there, ...
Last week this series started off with a look at why the military wants to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and some of the ways in which it plans to do that. Today we?ll take a closer look at some of the specific technologies and products the military is pursuing and the various plans ...
One of the vintage military planes in the new exhibition at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Ariz. A group of planes, as well as aircraft sections, have been reimagined by a series of contemporary artists. (Credit: Courtesy of Eric Firestone Gallery) If there's one medium that you wouldn't expect to see get taken on by graffiti and other contemporary artists, it's military airplanes. 1-2 ...
