Rape case going to trial despite earlier dismissal

A rape case that was re-investigated after being dismissed by Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin last year is going to trial.

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Judge rules Army command interfered in Sinclair sex assault case

A military judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Army improperly interfered with a decision to reject an offer by Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair to plead guilty to lesser charges in his sexual assault case.

More coverage of the Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair case

DLA in Bahrain expands to meet growing demand

The Defense Logistics Agency has moved its operation here from the U.S. Navy base to a new, expanded off-base facility in response to the growing demand for supplies to U.S. military forces in the region.

The effort to make sure troops' gear never fails. Ever.

Since 2007, Project Executive Officer Soldier has collected more than 25,000 pieces of equipment, and research shows that not one single helmet, not one single plate has failed.

Stolen passports probed in Malaysian plane mystery

Authorities questioned travel agents Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation into what they were doing on the flight.

Investigators chase 'every angle' in missing jet

Why Malaysia Airlines jet might have disappeared

US plans to scan workers with secret clearances

U.S. intelligence officials are planning a sweeping system of electronic monitoring that would tap into government, financial and other databases to scan the behavior of many of the 5 million federal employees with secret clearances, current and former officials told The Associated Press.

Several cyber security initiatives lost after Snowden leaks

Report puts Snowden-like leaks as No. 2 threat to US security

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US sending 12 F-16 jets and 300 servicemembers to Poland

Polish government officials said Monday that the U.S. military was sending 12 F-16 fighter jets and about 300 servicemembers to their country in response to the situation in Ukraine.
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Obama meets with Ukraine prime minister Wednesday
Rescue team from Bataan pulls Turkish mariners from damaged ship
Jobs program for National Guard members expanding to include all military branches
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Commissaries to be run as a business, not a benefit
Drug kingpin is really dead this time, Mexican officials say
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Ukraine defense official: More Russian troops have arrived in Crimea
Fort Carson: Punishment for soldier's non-salute selfie will be kept secret

Shoe-bomb witness to speak from London at N.Y. trial

The trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and al-Qaida spokesman after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is resuming Monday with the airing of testimony from a London resident who says he participated in a 2001 shoe-bomb plot.
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Executive officer of USS Connecticut relieved

The executive officer of the USS Connecticut was relieved of his duties March 8 due to a loss of confidence.
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Sinclair defense cites new emails in bid to get charges dropped
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Obama meets with Ukraine prime minister Wednesday
Jobs program for National Guard members expanding to include all military branches
Traumatic brain injury: Knowing is half the battle
Coast Guardsman guilty in sexual misconduct case

US military boosting its presence in Spain

More Marines will be temporarily based in Spain to respond to potential crises in Africa, the Pentagon announced Monday.
14:28 March 10, 2014
Germany rejects Snowden claim it bowed to NSA

Germany on Monday dismissed a claim by NSA leaker Edward Snowden that it had bowed to U.S. demands to water down privacy rights for German citizens.
12:41 March 10, 2014
Russia warns Ukraine over 'lawlessness' in east
2 people on missing Malaysia Airlines jet used stolen EU passports

Israel displays rockets seized in Red Sea raid

Israel's prime minister on Monday triumphantly toured a display of dozens of rockets that navy commandoes intercepted on the Red Sea last week, allegedly on their way from Iran to the Gaza Strip, and angrily accused the international community of ignoring Iranian support for militant groups while falling victim to an outreach campaign by the new leadership in Tehran.
12:32 March 10, 2014
Israelis shoot, kill Jordanian judge at border

Israeli guards shot and killed a Jordanian judge on Monday who the Israelis said tried to grab a rifle from a soldier at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.
11:13 March 10, 2014
Afghan Taliban order fighters to disrupt vote
Afghan VP, ex-Northern alliance commander, dies

USS Germantown captain relieved of duty

The captain of the USS Germantown has been relieved of command for failure to use good judgment and uphold standards in relation to a sexual assault investigation involving one of the ship’s top sailors, Navy officials said Monday.
13:57 March 10, 2014
Fire destroys bank, Camp Henry's only ATMs

A fire destroyed the Community Bank building Saturday at Camp Henry in Daegu.
13:57 March 10, 2014
Japan won't change 1993 apology on 'comfort women'
Construction crunch slows Japan tsunami rebuilding

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Thomas M. Brady is named DODEA director

Department of Defense Education Activity has named a new director, with oversight of all 191 DOD-run schools in the U.S. and overseas, DODEA announced Monday.

US military boosting its presence in Spain

Pentagon outlines ideas for hybrid retirement system

DLA in Bahrain expands to meet growing demand

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