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  1. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel walks into Michie Stadium through a cadet cordon at the beginning of the U.S. Military Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony on May 25. Tommy Gilligan / Army

    Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.

    • May. 25, 2013
  2. Lance Cpl. Clinton Bilbrey, a squad leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, takes a break after completing a platoon attack on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., in 2011. Cpl. Reece Lodder / Marine Corps

    Corps devises new career path for second-tour squad leaders

    The Marine Corps is developing new courses for select noncommissioned officers amid a broader effort to update how it chooses and grooms infantry squad leaders, Marine officials said.

    • May. 25, 2013
  3. The modified 'batwing' design has tools to remotely defeat improvised explosive devices, including a hook for grabbing or cutting command wire, a rake for breaking up soil, and a spade for moving and digging up items. Army photo

    'Batwing' attachment adds new wrinkle to iRobot IED hunters

    The Army's EOD iRobot 310 SUGV has helped soldiers successfully detect improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, but a new attachment known as the 'batwing' is helping them do it from a safer distance.

    • May. 25, 2013
  4. Maj. Rob Marshall and Capt. Andrew Ackles, members of the Air Force Seven Summits team, hold the Air Force flag May 19 after reaching the highest point of the world, atop Mount Everest at 29,035 feet. Air Force

    Fundraising climbers reach 7th summit

    The U.S. Air Force Seven Summits Challenge team reached Mount Everest's summit last week, completing a journey eight years in the making.

    • May. 25, 2013
  5. GovMedia

    Tougher screening rules for CO hopefuls

    Getting a shot at command used to be hard. Now, it's even harder.

    • May. 25, 2013
  6. Eugene Slabinski, left, 83, of Hanover Township, Pa., sits with Gerald Alder, 81, of Davis, Calif., in Greenville, Maine, at a 50th anniversary remembrance of a B-52 crash in January 1963 on Elephant Mountain, Maine. Slabinski, an Air Force medic, dropped from a helicopter to rescue Adler, one of two survivors of the crash. Seven other crew members died. David Sharp / The Associated Press

    Deadly Maine B-52 crash recalled on 50th anniversary

    After surviving a deadly B-52 bomber crash and a night on a frozen mountainside, Gerald Adler, injured and frostbitten, could recall only the red handlebar mustache of his rescuer.

    • May. 25, 2013

  7. Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny

    One patient with a history of substance abuse and suicidal thoughts was left alone in a waiting room inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center, where he obtained drugs from a hospital visitor and later died of an overdose.

    • May. 25, 2013

  8. Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level

    Some call it wishful thinking, but President Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.

    • May. 25, 2013

  9. Vest of would-be Kabul suicide bomber detonates early

    A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said.

    • May. 25, 2013
  10. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel walks into Michie Stadium through a cadet cordon at the beginning of the U.S. Military Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony on May 25. Tommy Gilligan / Army

    Amid sex scandals, Hagel to address West Point graduates

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is scheduled to speak Saturday to about 1,000 graduates at West Point.

    • May. 25, 2013
  11. Midshipmen of the class of 2013 are commissioned May 24 during the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. Mike Morones / Staff

    Obama lauds future leaders at USNA graduation

    While the hats being tossed were round instead of square and no one shuffled a tassel from right to left, the Naval Academy’s Class of 2013 had one thing in common with college grads across the country: excitement — and a few nerves — about what comes next.

    • May. 24, 2013
  12. Pfc. Barrett Austin was driving an armored truck on patrol when it was hit by insurgents. Mykal McEldowney for USA TODAY

    From boyhood to battlefield: Long war takes its toll

    When the terrorists struck on 9/11, Barrett Austin was in Mrs. Spearman's second-grade class here. Weeks later, he'd wear a Ninja costume with a red headband for Halloween.

    • May. 24, 2013

  13. Senators: Limit recruits' athletic shoe choices to U.S.-made footwear

    Athletic shoe vouchers for Army, Navy and Air Force recruits could be used to purchase only American-made footwear under a bill introduced Thursday by two senators from Maine.

    • May. 24, 2013

  14. West Point grads eager to step up and serve

    For as long as he can remember, Mark Castelli wanted to go to the United States Military Academy. His father, Michael Castelli, attended the elite military academy, as did two older brothers.

    • May. 24, 2013

  15. Troops offered deals for Memorial Day

    Here are some ideas for fun this weekend that won't crush your budget:

    • May. 24, 2013

  16. Bill would require mental health checkup every 6 months for deployed troops

    Troops would be required to get a mental health checkup once every six months when deployed to contingency operations under a draft version of the 2014 defense bill approved by the House Armed Services Committee's personnel panel.

    • May. 24, 2013

  17. Naval Academy Class of 2013: L-Z

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    • May. 24, 2013

  18. Naval Academy Class of 2013: A-K

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    • May. 24, 2013

  19. DoD school director to retire in August

    The director of the Defense Department schools that educate military children will retire Aug. 31.

    • May. 24, 2013

  20. Army vet charged in policeman's slaying found dead in cell

    An Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid was found Friday hanging dead in his cell, authorities said.

    • May. 24, 2013

  21. DoD seeks to reprogram '13 budget to improve readiness

    The Defense Department's request to reprogram its budget for the rest of the fiscal year could return some combat squadrons to full readiness, but likely will not get grounded squadrons back in the air.

    • May. 24, 2013

  22. Town turns out to welcome injured Ranger home

    Tossed like a rag doll by an exploding 500-pound bomb, Army Ranger Cory Remsburg landed face down in a canal. He lay motionless as his buddies scrambled to find him.

    • May. 24, 2013

  23. Pentagon: F-35 program costs fell $4.5 billion last year

    No Nunn-McCurdy breach in Selected Acquisition Report

    • May. 24, 2013

  24. Lawmakers want DoD to study whether Tricare may cover horse therapy

    The family of Kaitlyn Samuels, 16, and many other family memnbers with special needs were hoping Congress would pass a law requiring Tricare to cover hippotherapy — physical therapy conducted on horseback.

    • May. 24, 2013

  25. Biographer regrets affair with David Petraeus

    The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family.

    • May. 24, 2013

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