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    The Pentagon won't be dictating program cuts to the services, said Jessica Wright, acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Mike Morones / staff

    DoD: Fate of quality-of-life programs left to services

    As more and deeper budget cuts loom, the fate of the military's quality-of-life programs will be left to the individual services, defense officials say.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
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    DoD weighs major COCOM realignment

    The Pentagon is considering a major overhaul of its geographical combatant commands, possibly realigning oversight within hot-button areas of the world and eliminating thousands of military and civilian positions,according to defense sources..

    • Aug. 11, 2013
  1. Army uses Air Force lessons learned in basic training review

    The Army wants to learn from the Air Force's mistakes.

    • Aug. 10, 2013
  2. President Barack Obama speaks Saturday at the Disabled American Veterans' convention in Orlando. Jacquelyn Martin / AP

    Obama: Progress made on disability claims backlog

    President Barack Obama assured disabled veterans Saturday that his administration is making progress on reducing a backlog of disability claims and said the number of requests for assistance has fallen by nearly one-fifth since peaking at more than 600,000 just a few months ago.

    • Aug. 10, 2013
  3. Yemeni soldiers inspect a car at a checkpoint Saturday on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa, Yemen. Eighteen U.S. diplomatic outposts closed because of a terrorist threat will reopen Sunday, but the U.S. Embassy in Yemen will remain closed due to ongoing concerns about potential terrorist attacks by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Hani Mohammed / AP

    Post-Benghazi, Obama plays it safe with embassies

    President Barack Obama seems determined to make sure he doesn't have another Benghazi.

    • Aug. 10, 2013
  4. How will Affordable Care Act affect veterans? New VA website has answers

    The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a new website explaining the likely impact of the Affordable Care Act on former troops and their families.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
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    New film explores fallout from weapons testing

    Nine years ago, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo made a promise to victims of nuclear fallout from Cold War weapons testing in Nevada.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
  5. Congressman wants VA to rescind bonuses after Legionnaire's outbreak

    Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy wants Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shineski to rescind more than $100,000 in bonuses given to VA leaders in the wake of a Legionnaire's disease outbreak at Pittsburgh's Veterans Affairs hospitals.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
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    U.S., Russian diplomatic and defense chiefs to meet

    The crisis in Syria, arms control and missile defense headline what are expected to be chilly talks between top U.S.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
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    Pentagon's information operations chief moves on

    The Pentagon's point man for 'information operations,' Austin Branch, is moving on to the National Counter Terrorism Center.

    • Aug. 8, 2013
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    President Barack Obama speaks in front of Marines on Aug. 7 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Gregory Bull / AP

    Photo gallery: Obama visits Camp Pendleton

    Speaking to Marines at Camp Pendleton in California, President Obama said Wednesday he would keep battling two very different challenges to the military: Budget cuts and sexual assault.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  6. In a new draft memo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the department intends to treat all married military personnel the same and 'make the same benefits available to all military spouses, regardless of sexual orientation.' NATO

    Pentagon may revise same-sex benefits

    Same-sex spouses of military members could get health care, housing and other benefits by the end of August under a proposal being considered by the Pentagon. But earlier plans to provide benefits to gay partners who are not married may be reversed.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  7. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is interviewed Aug. 7 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. Mike Morones / Staff

    DoD looks for ways to scale back BAH

    The Pentagon is hammering out details for potential cutbacks to Basic Allowance for Housing, a change that could force nearly a million troops to pay more out-of-pocket cash for their own living expenses.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  8. Furloughs leave backlog of work at Wright-Patterson

    It could take anywhere from weeks to months to get to all the work that has piled up during the furloughs, the base's installation commander said.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  9. Muslim holy period to be celebrated at Gitmo

    Guards were preparing to serve the first in a series of special meals Wednesday to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to mark the end of the Muslim holy period of Ramadan, which this year brought a lull in a long-running hunger strike.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
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    Cuts in DoD review are too big, experts say

    The cuts are simply too big.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
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    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is reducing the number of furlough days its civilian employees must take. Alex Wong/Getty Images

    DoD civilian furlough days cut from 11 to 6

    The Pentagon moved Tuesday to ease the pain of mandatory, unpaid furloughs that civilian employees have had to bear for a month because of budgetary pressures, cutting the number of days off from 11 to six.

    • Aug. 6, 2013
  10. Combat appears to have little or no influence on suicide rates among U.S. troops and veterans, according to a new military study. Anja Niedringhaus / AP

    New study: Suicides not linked to combat exposure

    A new study appears to reinforce the Defense Department's assertion that suicide among troops is not tied to deployment stress or combat exposure.

    • Aug. 6, 2013
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    Deputy U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Aug. 5 that unless Congress and the White House reach a deal to avert sequestration cuts, the Pentagon will have to make a series of tough and dangerous reductions in military and civilian personnel. Alex Wong/Getty Images

    Troop, civilian cuts likely, Pentagon's No. 2 says

    Troop cuts and civilian layoffs are imminent unless Congress and the White House reach a deal to avert another round of automatic budget cuts this fall, according to the Pentagon's No. 2 official.

    • Aug. 5, 2013
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    The Strategic Choices Management Review states that the Air Force could cut the size of the C-130 fleet with 'minimal risk.' 1st Lt. Jason Uhlig / Army

    Cuts stretch across fighter, airlift and bomber communities

    The Air Force's share of budget cuts could add up to five tactical aircraft squadrons and much of its C-130 fleet.

    • Aug. 5, 2013
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    Senators call for end to Afghan helicopter deal

    Twelve Republican and Democratic senators are calling on the Pentagon to cancel all contracts to buy helicopters for Afghan security forces from a state-run Russian arms exporter that is a top weapons supplier to the Syrian government.

    • Aug. 5, 2013
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    Smaller raises, fewer troops

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has for the first time offered details of how today's budget cuts will affect the military over the next decade, suggesting the Army and Marine Corps force levels could drop to historic lows, the Navy's carrier fleet will fac

    • Aug. 5, 2013
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    Pentagon fires 60 troops after sex-assault review

    Sixty troops have been disqualified as sexual assault counselors, recruiters or drill instructors after the military investigators found they had committed violations ranging from alcohol-related offenses to child abuse and sexual assault.

    • Aug. 2, 2013
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    Congress approves expedited airport screening for wounded warriors

    A bill that requires the Transportation Security Administration to provide expedited security screening for injured or disabled troops and veterans is heading to President Obama's desk for his signature.

    • Aug. 2, 2013
  11. Extra disability pay promised for vets who submit more complete claims

    The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a unique incentive program for disabled veterans that will potentially provide up to one year of extra disability compensation if a benefits claim is submitted with almost all of the information required for pr

    • Aug. 2, 2013

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