Stars and Stripes
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:37
Gunmen killed a retired Army sergeant and three members of his family, Puerto Rico police said Tuesday. A 13-year-old son survived despite being stabbed and thrown off a bridge.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 06:40
The United States will train fighters from the Syrian moderate opposition in Turkey, the Department of Defense said Monday. According to a report this weekend in the Istanbul-based Hurriyet Daily News, military officials from both countries agreed that the U.S. would begin training and equipping 2,000 Free Syrian Army fighters at a training center in central Turkey in late December.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:42
Gloria was 10 years old when armed rebels burst into her home at night, forced her father to his knees and shot him twice in the back of the head as the family watched. The guerrillas never said why. When she was 14, the men returned. Four of them raped her.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 05:54
Malian troops and separatist Tuareg rebels clashed this week despite a cease-fire agreement between the sides.
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 05:45
The Navy will commission its new missile defense base in southern Romania on Friday, one of two European land-based interceptor sites for a NATO missile shield vehemently opposed by Russia.
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 05:37
Forgoing combat rifles and body armor, U.S. troops preparing to fight Ebola in Liberia were instead stepping gingerly Thursday into white germ-proof suits and pulling on thick, blue rubber gloves and gas masks.
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 05:29
Six U.S. military planes arrived in the Ebola hot zone Thursday with more troops as West Africa's leaders pleaded for the world's help in dealing with a crisis that one called "a tragedy unforeseen in modern times."
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 06:35
The U.S. may station a dozen CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Yokota Air Base next year, according to Japanese news reports.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 05:49
Chinese soldiers began an exercise Down Under alongside U.S. and Australian troops Tuesday, according to Australian Defence Minister David Johnston. Ten members of China’s People’s Liberation Army are participating with U.S. Marines and soldiers and Australian Army forces in Exercise KOWARI 14, Johnston said in a statement.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 06:58
The lack of internal controls or failure to properly follow such controls on some vessels create opportunities for theft, the Department of Defense inspector general found in an assessment of the Navy’s ability to account for ordnance on 21 vessels, including surface ships, submarines and civilian-operated support vessels.