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BALLSTON LAKE — New York Army National Guard Major Robert Mitchell will take command of the 501st Explosive Ordnance Battalion on Saturday Dec. 5 in a ceremony at Stratton Air National Guard Base.
Northrop Grumman Corp. said on Tuesday it won't bid on a major contract to make a new Air Force tanker plane unless the Defense Department changes the rules.
BREWER, Maine -- Four years ago, Capt. Paul Bosse was a member of a Brewer-based Maine Army National Guard unit assigned to convoy security and force protection in Iraq.
A long-awaited veterans home in east Ventura will be open to the public to tour on Friday and Saturday, with the first veterans possibly moving in by the end of the year.The California Department of Veterans Affairs will hold an opening ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, with an open house scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, department spokeswoman Jeanne Bonfilio said. Both are free and open to ...
After a season-ending loss to Callaway in the Georgia state playoffs, junior running back Ralph David Abernathy IV walked off the bus upon arrival at Westminster Academy, ready to meet his parents and get home. Head down and still feeling the sting of the loss, Abernathy was pulled aside by a sophomore teammate who put his arm around him and told him that this was now Abernathy's team.
Tareq Salahi said Tuesday he and his wife "did not party-crash" a White House state dinner last week.
Read the entire text of President Barack Obama's speech at the United States Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
BOISE -- Word of President Obama's Afghanistan plan came out Monday and so far, it's getting mixed reviews. General Stanley McChrystal asked for about 10,000 more troops than the president is calling for. Former President George Bush's adviser Karl Rove is backing the move, while some Democrats say sending more troops will lead to more violence. The U.S. military focus will shift from remote ...
Remarks of President Barack Obama -- As Prepared for Delivery The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan United States Military Academy at West Point December 1, 2009
General Dynamics Electric Boat will christen Missouri , the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, at a ceremony at its Groton shipyard on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m.
President Deploying 30,000 More Troops, Plans Pullout Beginning July 2011; Says "I do not Make This Decision Lightly"
The American Legion Youth Baseball Christmas tree sale is today in the Harps parking lot starting at 9 a.m. and will last all day, said Lester White, head baseball coach of the Lockeroom baseball team.
Experts say Tareq and Michaele Salahi could face felony criminal charges if they lied to get into the White House for last month's state dinner
A registered sex offender attacked 14 women and killed 11 of them, leaving their remains in and around his home, a prosecutor said Tuesday in announcing a grand jury indictment against the suspected serial killer.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Five days before a California man was scheduled to ship off to a Texas U.S. Air Force boot camp, the military changed its policy on tattoos, his father said.
Who is the number one employer in the United States? It's Uncle Sam. There are 1.8 million federal employees. If you add in military and civilian Department of Defense employees -- the number jumps to roughly 4.8 million.
The key questions facing the President as he reboots the "right war," and what his answers to those questions will mean
The U.S. Congress likely will need to pass a separate spending bill next year to pay for President Barack Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Tuesday.
Barack Obama will make one of the most consequential – and controversial — speeches of his presidency Tuesday night when he announces he’ll send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next six months. The White House calls it an “accelerated” push to beat back gains by the Taliban and root out al-Qaida.
The members of the Hopelawn Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1352 said they look forward each year to sharing their experiences with area elementary students.
MCLEAN, Va.----Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, was awarded a $2.8 million task order to enhance and support an Alion-developed secure, automated system that Department of Defense Operations Security personnel use to collect, analyze and collaborate on critical information, vulnerabilities, and threat.
