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  1. A YogaFit for Warrior program is being taught to base yoga instructors that will help those troops suffering from PTSD.

    Yoga program focuses on wounded warriors

    Lt. Col. Shaye Molendyke has seen the mental health effects of war up close and personal. She worked the psychiatric ward at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and daily, she saw the invisible effects of war on troops.

  1. Suspected U.S. drone in Yemen kills 4 militants

  2. F-35A successfully starts air refueling

  1. Refueling operations in Mali pass 200 missions

  2. Benghazi e-mails show 'no conspiracy,' expert says

  3. Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention

  4. DoD makes final push for 1 percent raise

  5. Nellis airman charged in death of wife

  6. More bases using solar power

  7. Bill proposes opening base gyms to potential recruits

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    Dempsey: DoD may have become 'too forgiving' of sexual assault

    After a decade of war, the military may have become soft on some sexual assault offenders, the Pentagon's top officer said Friday.

    • May. 17, 2013
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    Questions of independent prosecution hang over sex assault legislation

    Lawmakers are wrestling with changes in the military justice system to improve investigation and prosecution of rape and sexual assault cases, with a push toward handling have sex crimes handled outside the normal chain of command.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Assistant Defense Secretary for Special Operations Low-Intensity Conflict Michael Sheehan, center, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 16. From left are, Major Gen. Michael Nagata, Sheehan and Brig. Gen. Richard Gross, JAGC, USA, Legal Counsel, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Carolyn Kaster/AP

    Pentagon: U.S. still in armed conflict with al-Qaida

    The United States remains in armed conflict with al-Qaida and its affiliates, a fight likely to last a decade or two, senior Pentagon officials told Congress on Thursday in arguing against changes to the 2001 military force law used in the war on terror.

    • May. 16, 2013
  4. Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War, edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher, DaCapo, 234 pages, $15.99

    Book Review: War and afterward, in words

    Five new books offer five ways to understand the relationship between service and self, and how to survive both without self-destruction.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /

    DoD proposes lifting Medal of Honor limit

    The Defense Department wants to repeal a decades-old law restricting a service member to receiving only one Medal of Honor, saying the 'V' device added for subsequent awards seems too little for someone who has performed such a valorous act.

    • May. 16, 2013

  6. Letters to the editor: Doolittle and disgust

    Recent coverage in Air Force Times regarding the last Doolittle Raiders reunion ['Remaining Doolittle Raiders gather for final time,' April 29] brought back memories.

    • May. 16, 2013

  7. Delays are OK for an airline, but hampering Air Force's operations

    A decade ago, someone slipped me a United Airlines memo to its employees.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Workplace sweep proper

    Stung by a spiraling number of sexual assaults in the military and a string of scandals, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered all the services to conduct a sweep of workspaces across every military installation to eliminate anything that might be deg

    • May. 16, 2013

  9. Tape tests don't cut it

    For members of the military struggling to stay in fighting trim, the stakes are higher than ever: The services have been cutting end strength as spending slows, and those who fail to meet fitness standards are being booted out in growing numbers.

    • May. 16, 2013
  10. Airman 1st Class James Mason, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, rides his motorcycle around Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Aug. 3. While riding a motorcycle, it is important to wear clothing easily seen by other drivers. Airman 1st Class Anthony Sanchelli/Air Force

    Know the motorcycle rules DoD-wide and at the base level

    When it comes to the rules of the road for military motorcycle riders, every base can be a little different.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security

    President Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, calling on lawmakers to approve his request to increase funding for diplomatic security.

    • May. 16, 2013
  12. The Secret State band members Hunter Schafer, bass and backup vocals; Dan Martiniano, lead vocals and piano; Mike Marx-Gibbons, drums and violin; Josh Jones, guitar and vocals; Danny Espinosa, digital performer. Courtesy of Mitch Schneider Organization

    Not so secret: Guard medic's band is gaining ground

    The secret is getting out. If you haven't heard The Secret State yet, trust us, you will. The band was founded by an Army Iraq veteran and two Coast Guard midshipmen-turned-downrange contractors, and its single '

    • May. 16, 2013

  13. Consumer Watch: Military verification brings more discounts

    New technology is helping active-duty troops, family members and veterans take advantage of more discounts.

    • May. 16, 2013

  14. Tricare Help: Pregnant daughter must stay single to keep Tricare

    Q. I am a retired Marine with Tricare Prime for myself and my family. My daughter, 19 and a full-time student, is pregnant by her boyfriend, also a full-time student.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers questions at the Osaka city office in Japan. Kyodo News/via AP

    Japanese mayor: Remarks on wartime, modern sex services 'lacked sensitivity'

    An outspoken Japanese mayor who outraged many with remarks about Japan's wartime and modern sexual services stood by his comments Thursday, but said he may have lacked 'international sensitivity.'

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Mohammed Wazir talks in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 22 about the night of March 11, 2012, when he says a U.S. soldier burst into his family home. Wazir said he returned home from a trip the morning after the attack to find 11 members of his family dead. Anja Niedringhaus/AP

    Afghans tell of U.S. soldier's killing rampage

    Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl.

    • May. 16, 2013
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    A U.S. soldier arrives Thursday to the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early morning attack. Anja Niedringhaus / AP

    Official: Two U.S. troops among 15 killed in Kabul bombing

    A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, including six Americans and two children, officials said.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Worker dies from injuries in accident at Columbus AFB

    A contract worker involved in an accident at Columbus Air Force Base has died from his injuries.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /

    VA claims processors on mandatory overtime through September

    In an expanding effort to eliminate the benefits claims backlog, the Veterans Affairs Department announced Wednesday it is putting its claims processing staff on mandatory overtime through the end of the fiscal year.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Joint Chiefs chairman cites 'crisis' over assaults

    Sexual assault in the U.S. military is costing the armed services the confidence of women in uniform that the problem can be solved, the nation's top military officer warns.

    • May. 16, 2013
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    From left: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, President Obama, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, and Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson, attend a meeting of service secretaries, service chiefs and senior enlisted advisers to discuss sexual assault in the military in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 16. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

    Obama cites 'shame' in military sexual assault

    President Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are 'ashamed' of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services, and he promised an accelerated effort to find solutions.

    • May. 16, 2013
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    President Obama speaks as a Marine holds an umbrella for him during a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, not pictured, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 16. Charles Dharapak/AP

    Obama calls meeting on military sex assault

    The nation's top defense leaders were summoned to the White House on Thursday to talk about the military's sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem will be solved.

    • May. 16, 2013

  23. Grand Forks AFB getting new commander

    Grand Forks Air Force Base is getting a new commander.

    • May. 15, 2013
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    Suspect in Fort Hood prostitution ring identified

    The Army is investigating Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen, a sexual abuse educator at Fort Hood, Texas, for running a small-time prostitution ring and for the sexual assault of another soldier, senior military officials have confirmed.

    • May. 15, 2013
    • NEWS /
    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks April 29 during a joint news conference at the Pentagon. A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for 'abusive sexual contact' and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. Pentagon press secretary George Little said after Tuesday's announcement that Hagel is angry and disappointed at 'these troubling allegations and the breakdown in discipline and standards they imply.' Evan Vucci/AP

    Hagel: Re-train leaders on sexual assault now

    Revelations that a Fort Hood soldier assigned to prevent assault was accused of being a pimp has intensified calls from both the Pentagon and Capitol Hill to crack down on sexual crimes in the military.

    • May. 15, 2013

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