A new fuel-efficient aircraft engine designed in part by Air Force Academy cadets has won an innovation contest sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

They had simple plans, and grand ones.

The unemployment rate for the newest generation of veterans jumped by 1 full percentage point in October, according to new federal data, but the figure of 7.2 percent is about average for 2014 and actually a marked improvement from last year’s overall unemployment rate of 9 percent for that group.

‘He’s coming for all of us,’ said the serious voice on the other end of a late-afternoon call.

Days after handing over all security duties to local forces, the head of the Marine Expeditionary Brigade – Afghanistan said he believes that Afghans have good control of their country.

When Congress passed new rules for firing Veterans Affairs executives in July, the goal was to get rid of problem employees faster and without bureaucratic confusion. So far, it’s done neither.

The U.S. military has shot down three missiles nearly simultaneously during a test off Hawaii.

The Corps has revised its checklist for Marines attending resident professional military education courses to include scrutiny of tattoos to make sure they’re within the service’s regulations.

More than 600 U.S. service members told military medical staff that they believe they were exposed to chemical warfare agents in Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, The New York Times reported Thursday.

It’s mission accomplished for little green army men.