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  1. Sailors suggested the best way to truly establish a fleetwide 'culture of fitness' was to allow time for workouts during the workday. Here, sailors exercise in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis. MC3 Benjamin Crossley / Navy

    Bright ideas to fix the fleet: Sailors answer Navy's call for solutions

    Thousands of sailors are stepping up to expose time-wasting, inane tasks and layout solutions — and the brass is listening.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  2. A dress code poster at Fort Stewart, Ga., suggests violations of wardrobe policy. Fort Stewart

    Post's ban on baggy pants, visible thongs sparks ire, applause

    A crackdown on what people wear off duty at several posts has provoked a surprising call for stricter dress codes across the Army.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  3. Emboldened by mounting evidence of the tape test's inaccuracy, Staff Sgt. Jeff Smith has launched a grassroots effort to push for a change. Josh Gaede

    Tape test protest: One Marine takes his body-fat fight to the top

    When Staff Sgt. Jeff Smith was assigned to the Marine Corps' Body Composition Program in 2009, he knew what to expect. After all, he helped run the exercise portion of his unit's BCP a few years prior.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  4. A loadmaster gives final signals to the crew of a B-52 as it begins shutdown procedures at RAAF Base Darwin, Australia. Air Force

    Pacific shift: New assignments and duty stations in throwback to Cold War deployments

    As the U.S. builds its presence in the Pacific, the Air Force is looking back to the Cold War for managing deployments.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  5. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Smith, 33rd Rescue Squadron, receives the Air Force Commendation Medal last year from Brig. Gen. Matthew Molloy, 18th Wing commander, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Smith was killed in a helicopter crash last week on Okinawa, Japan. Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie / Air Force

    Air Force identifies airman killed in helicopter crash

    The Air Force has identified an airman killed in a helicopter crash last week as Tech. Sgt. Mark A Smith.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  6. Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter, part of the White Platoon fire team, 8-1 Cavalry, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides overwatch on a road near Dahla Dam, Afghanistan, in July 2012. Courtesy Ty Carter

    Fighting undid him in the Corps; as a soldier, it earned him the MoH

    An Army staff sergeant who previously served in the Marine Corps will receive the Medal of Honor on Aug. 26, making him the second soldier to be honored with the nation's highest valor award for actions during a fierce October 2009 battle in Afghanistan.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  7. Senior NCOs face QMP screening

    The Qualitative Management Program again will be used in conjunction with senior noncommissioned officer promotion boards to screen out soldiers of the Regular Army and Active Guard and Reserve (Army Reserve) who do not measure up to service standards for

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  8. PACAF cuts back on exercises because of sequestration

    Despite the long-term buildup in the Pacific, the Air Force has had to put some exercises there on hold because of sequestration.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  9. Yemen's al-Qaida leader vows to free prisoners

    The leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaida offshoot vowed in a message posted Monday to free fellow militants from prisons and urged jailed fighters to remain faithful to the terror group's ideology.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  10. New West Point cadets in annual 'March Back'

    The new class of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy is set to wrap up the first six weeks of basic training with a 12-mile march to West Point.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  11. New Mexico returning to Groton after 1st deployment

    A Navy attack submarine is returning to Groton after completing its first deployment.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  12. DoD responds to child abuse crisis

    Faced with an epidemic of child abuse across the four services, the Defense Department is establishing a child abuse working group, according to a Pentagon spokesman.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  13. 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
  14. One sailor says many of the Navy's personnel-records issues stem from more civilians and fewer sailors in personnel support detachments. Here, sailors at PSD Balboa, Calif., digitize records in 2010. MC1 Anastasia Puscian / Navy

    RAD ideas that will make you pick a side

    Seven suggestions that pit sailor against sailor, enlisted against officer or command against rank-and-file:

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  15. These RAD ideas are the most off the wall

    Some of the more ridiculous (albeit intriguing) ideas that prompted RAD posts:

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  16. These RAD ideas are not gonna happen

    Bringing up the rear of the RAD site:

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  17. What people say about banning 'sexy, vulgar' clothing

    A sample of comments from Army Times' Facebook page:

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  18. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Jonathan Woodson File

    Pentagon wants new limit on Tricare

    The Pentagon's latest proposal to rein in its medical costs could potentially block millions of retired troops and their familiy members from accessing the Tricare health system and is likely to set off yet another battle on Capitol Hill.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  19. Maj. Gen. Michelle Johnson Air Force

    New USAFA superintendent to begin today

    The Air Force Academy will get its first female superintendent when Maj. Gen. Michelle Johnson formally takes the academy's top job Monday.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  20. Editorial: A budget blow to troops

    When Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently floated the broad outlines of his Strategic Choices Management Review, the section on military pay and benefits included now-familiar proposals to shrink future annual military pay raises and make changes in the

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  21. Lt. Col. Christopher G. Dixon, then commanding officer, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, speaks with Afghans at the Musa Qala District Center in 2011. Cpl. Michael J. Carberry / Marine Corps

    Embattled Marine commander in career limbo over urination cases

    Lt. Col. Christopher Dixon was in his office at Camp Lejeune, N.C., when he first watched the video of Marine scout snipers urinating on dead insurgents in Afghanistan.

    • Aug. 11, 2013
  22. Soldiers patrol this summer in Afghanistan. The Army is planning the wrong future for them and other soldiers, says an officer on the Army staff. Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann / Army

    Lt. col. urges firing of unaccountable generals

    An Army officer who called on the military a year ago to come clean about the 'absence of success on virtually every level' in Afghanistan, is now calling for a sweeping overhaul of top Army leadership.

    • Aug. 11, 2013
  23. Alison Weir, second from the left, at the National Diaper Bank Network's kick-off distribution in January 2012 at Covenant House in Washington, D.C. Also featured: Dan Brannen, Executive Director of Covenant House; Joanne Goldblum, Executive Director, NDBN; Janice Weiman, then President of Kids in Distressed Situations; Corinne Cannon, Executive Director of DC Diaper Bank; Chris Blake, then Vice President of Kids in Distressed Situations. Courtesy Alison Weir

    Retired lt. col. helps get diaper supplies to families in need

    Alison Weir worked in the space and intelligence arena in the Air Force, but now she has a new mission — overseeing diaper supply programs to diaper banks across the U.S.

    • Aug. 11, 2013
  24. 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
  25.  Courtesy of Remington Defense

    Corps seeks modular stock for sniper rifle

    The Marine Corps' M40 sniper rifle, in use since the Vietnam War, will get a radical upgrade to make the rifle more adaptable, compact and ergonomic for shooters of all builds. It will also become more deadly.

    • Aug. 11, 2013

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