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  1. Oklahoma National Guard soldiers and airmen respond to a devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on May 20. Courtesy Photo/Sgt. 1st Class Kendall James/Army

    Tinker community recovers from massive tornado

    Airmen and civilians at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., were assessing damage to their own homes Tuesday and standing by to help with recovery efforts in nearby Moore, the hardest hit of the communities devastated by a massive tornado that swept through the area Monday.

    • May. 21, 2013
  2. Chance to advance drops; names due this week

    More than 80,000 active-duty and full-time support sailors who passed their Cycle 219 advancement exams in March will find out whether they've advanced later this week, though their chance to move up has decreased from last year.

    • May. 21, 2013
  3. Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Barrera lost his left hand and both legs in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan. Jennifer Rodriguez / Army

    Prosthetic advances closer to real thing

    Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Barrera lost his left hand and both of his legs to an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, and now a set of groundbreaking prosthetic hands is helping him regain his independence.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Bad behavior prompts review of 7th Fleet sailor records

    After yet another string of embarrassing incidents, leaders in 7th Fleet are cracking down on bad sailor behavior.

    • May. 21, 2013
  5. Missileers face extra work, no room for error

    Not only have Minuteman III missile launch officers had to withstand the media fury over 'rot' from within its ranks and being in a 'crisis' mode after a subpar inspection, now the remaining launch officers have to pick up an extra 24-hour shift per month

    • May. 21, 2013
  6. A demonstration of the Distributed Common Ground System - Army was held at Fort Belvoir, Va. Mike Morones / Staff

    Army demonstrates disputed intelligence system

    The Army defended its intelligence gathering and dissemination software as a lifesaving tool for the Army's intelligence corps that places a vast wealth of information in the hands of battlefield commanders worldwide.

    • May. 21, 2013
  7. As part of the No Heat, No Cool program, the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in facilities were turned off at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base., Ohio. Airman 1st Class Krystal Garrett / Air Force

    Sequestration affects quality of life on bases

    Dirtier bathrooms. Longer grass. Taking out your own trash.

    • May. 21, 2013
  8. Oklahoma National Guard soldiers from the 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, respond May 20 to the devastation caused by a tornado that killed dozens of people in Moore, Okla. Sgt. 1st Class Kendall James / Army

    National Guard searches and rescues after Okla. tornado

    Nearly 250 Oklahoma Air and Army National Guard troops were on hand Tuesday to help with security and rescue operations following a devastating tornado in Moore, Okla.

    • May. 21, 2013
  9. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh testifies at a congressional hearing in Washington. His comments during questioning about sexual assault were not intended to imply victims were to blame, he says. Colin Kelly/Staff

    Welsh explains 'hookup' comment

    Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh wants to make it very clear that he was not blaming victims of sexual assault when he mentioned the 'hookup mentality' during a recent hearing.

    • May. 21, 2013
  10. Commentary: Telling truths about sexual assault is risky

    During his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh made a statement that elicited a visceral response from some in Congress and in the media.

    • May. 21, 2013
  11. Annapolis to host football bowl game this December

    The Naval Academy will be the first-ever service school to host a college football bowl game on campus this December — and the name couldn't be more appropriate.

    • May. 21, 2013
  12. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, is escorted into a courthouse May 21 in Fort Meade, Md., before a pretrial military hearing. Manning, who is scheduled to face a court-martial beginning June 3, is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified records to WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad. Patrick Semansky / AP

    WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts plea to 1 count

    The government will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces for sending more than 700,000 classified U.S.

    • May. 21, 2013
  13. VA partners with DAV, American Legion on faster claims

    The Veterans Affairs Department's latest initiative to try to reduce the backlog of compensation claims is a partnership with the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans to help veterans make sure their file has all the essential information.

    • May. 21, 2013
  14. Mothers in uniform get room on base to nurse young

    Army civilian personnel specialist Tracey Leven recalls the time she tried to use a breast pump to express milk in a military office years ago. Instead of 'breast pump in use,' she was required to put a sign on the door reading, '

    • May. 21, 2013
  15. Wounded Iraq vet now says he will remain alive

    Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war veteran who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for now.

    • May. 21, 2013
  16. George Jones, 89, will be the oldest graduate to walk the line May 23 when the Class of 2013 graduates at Kuna High School. Jones left school shortly after World War II started and never got back to get his diploma. Katherine Jones / The Idaho Statesman via AP

    World War II vet gets a shot at graduation

    World history conspired to keep George Jones from getting his high school diploma.

    • May. 21, 2013
  17. Court-martial set at JBER on sex charge

    A general court-martial will be held this week for a chief warrant officer accused of sexual contact.

    • May. 21, 2013
  18. Court: U.S. can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

    A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.

    • May. 21, 2013
  19. Unclaimed veterans' remains buried

    The unclaimed remains of 35 military veterans, including some from World War I, and two military wives have been given formal military burials in Northern California.

    • May. 21, 2013
  20. Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting U.S. air base in 2014

    Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby Afghanistan.

    • May. 21, 2013
  21. Northwestern Health Sciences University chiropractor Zachary Zachman examines Patrick Nelson, a former Army paratrooper, May 6 in Bloomington, Minn. Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled. Jessica Mador / Minnesota Public Radio via AP

    Analysis: Chronic pain affects growing number of vets

    Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled, and there's been a steep increase in such injuries over the past decade.

    • May. 21, 2013
  22. Navy: Dolphin finds 130-year-old torpedo off San Diego

    The Navy says a trained dolphin has found a 130-year-old torpedo off the San Diego coast.

    • May. 21, 2013
  23. Spc. Eugene Aguon of Chalan Pago, left, and Pfc. Dwayne Flores of Sinajana were killed in Afghanistan. Pacific Sunday News

    Two Guam Guardsmen killed in Afghanistan

    Two Guam soldiers were killed Thursday in Afghanistan.

    • May. 21, 2013
  24. Feds want to stop travel for man charged in Navy theft

    Federal prosecutors want to stop a former manager at a Navy bombing range in North Carolina from taking a cruise to the Bahamas, saying he may never return to face charges of stealing more than $6 million worth of scrap metal.

    • May. 21, 2013
  25. SBA starting new lending program for veterans

    The Small Business Administration says it has lined up pledges from more than 120 banks to increase lending to veterans.

    • May. 21, 2013

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