The U.S. Defense Department says Iraq’s new defense minister says his troops will go on the offensive against Islamic State militants who have taken over large sections of the country.
U.S.: Iraq says troops will go on offensive
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Lawmaker uses Canadian case to criticize Obama
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee used Canadian leaders’ response to the Ottawa shootings to take his own swipe at President Obama on Thursday.
New quick-reaction NATO force to stand up next year
NATO is pushing forward with a new quick-reaction force that will combine the armies of multiple member nations and is intended to serve as a deterrent to Russian aggression.
Virginia subs to get berthing changes for female crew
Sub designers are puzzling out how to fit enlisted women into the berthings on the Virginia-class attack submarines already in the force.
CSM who fought in Panama, Somalia and Iraq dies at 52
A decorated soldier who participated in major military actions spanning three decades and spent the last few years of his career helping fellow wounded warriors was found dead in his Georgia home Oct. 13 of natural causes.
Few vets use free credit monitoring after VA breaches
Only about one in 25 veterans offered free credit monitoring in the wake of Veterans Affairs Department security breaches has signed up for the service, a figure that VA officials call disappointingly low.
1,000-pound pod falls off Marine Corps Prowler mid-flight
Marine officials say they have recovered a 1,000-pound tactical jamming system pod that fell off an EA-6B Prowler aircraft while it flew a mission over a military air station in Arizona.
U.S. OKs Samsung devices for classified data
For the first time, the government will allow devices made for the consumer market to handle classified information.
Ask the Lawyer: Be careful when, to whom you admit drug use
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‘We cannot accept average,’ surgeons general say
The message the Army, Navy and Air Force surgeons general have taken from the military health system review released earlier this month is that their hospitals and clinics are performing on par with the nation’s top private systems.