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  1. Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith, an aircraft maintenance ground support Marine based in Okinawa, Japan, has launched a petition on Whitehouse.gov asking that the military find another way to measure the body fat of Marines who exceed weight standards for their height Colin Kelly / Staff

    Marine petitions White House to revise the tape test

    After years of frustration with a military body-fat measuring system that experts have said is inaccurate, one active-duty Marine is petitioning the White House to force a change.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
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    Chief quotas: Best chance to advance in 7 years

    Advancement opportunity for chiefs has risen yet again, marking the highest chance to move up in seven years.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  3. Navistar Defense was awarded a $9 million modification to a multiyear contract for field services representative support. But the Army is about to divest itself of 13,000 MRAPs, or 62 percent of the fleet. Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie / Army

    Deal to fix MRAPs awarded despite fleet-cutting plan

    Despite budget cuts that put most depot maintenance on hold for months or years and eliminated reset maintenance for all equipment that is not slated to go back to the fight, the Army is finding money to fix mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

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  5. Sex assault charges brought against three midshipman

    Three male midshipmen accused of sexually assaulting a female mid while she was unconscious were charged with rape, sexual assault and other sexual misconduct on Wednesday, a Naval Academy release said.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  6. Thinning the ranks: Not enough airmen voluntarily left the Air Force by the May 31 deadline, so 600 must be involuntarily separated from the service by the end of the fiscal year. Of that number, 250 have already been targeted as meeting 'mandatory' separation criteria. Air Force

    AF targets another 600 for cuts

    Not enough airmen have volunteered to leave this year, and now 1,700 are at risk of being forced out under a new round of date of separation rollbacks.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  7. MoH recipient's photos used in romance scam

    An online lothario is accused of using pictures of a fallen Medal of Honor recipient to seduce and scam a California woman.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  8. The Coast Guard and China have made inroads and will continue to do so, Commandant Adm. Bob Papp said in a June 5 interview with Navy Times. Mike Morones / Staff

    Papp: CG eyes stronger ties with China

    While the Defense Department may have a tenuous relationship with China, the Coast Guard has forged a bond with the country that's getting stronger.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  9. The Navy says its new weather-forecasting model will help sailors steer their ships away from heavy seas and storms thanks to more reliable predictions. Here, the littoral combat ship Fort Worth battles heavy seas during an August 2012 storm. MC2 Josue L. Escobosa / Navy

    Navy gets new weather forecasting system

    Get ready for smoother sailing. A new weather prediction system developed by the Office of Naval Research is making forecasts more accurate and allowing sailors to better plan operations around the weather.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  10. US President Barack Obama announced to a crowd in Berlin that he is set to propose slashing the US nuclear arsenal by up to 1,000 warheads, below the level already targeted under a treaty signed by the United States and Russia in April 2010. Air Force

    Obama sparks new fight in seeking huge nuke reductions

    President Barack Obama upped the ante in a growing political debate, announcing to a crowd in Berlin that he is set to propose slashing the U.S. nuclear arsenal by one-third, or about 500 warheads, in the coming years.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  11. Senator presses Pentagon on Guantanamo feeding

    The force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  12. Defense: U.S. man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group

    A U.S. Army veteran was confused and mistaken when he told authorities he fought with an al-Qaida group seeking to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, his defense lawyer said Wednesday in court papers.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  13. Military Entrance Processing Command chief removed from duty

    The chief of U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Ill., was abruptly relieved of command this week.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  14. Poll: Will you buy an Xbox One?

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  15. Marine Capt. AJ Cillo, 27, is a Ground Supply Officer and an ultrarunner. In May, he placed 20th in the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100-miler. Mike Morones / Staff

    Military Muscle: Improve your balance with these agility ladder drills

    Few pieces of fitness equipment can be used immediately by anyone who walks through the door.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  16. F-15s begin leaving Montana Guard base

    The first of 20 F-15 fighter jets assigned to the Montana Air National Guard has left Great Falls for Fresno, Calif., as the 120th Fighter Wing begins changing its mission.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
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    June 19, 1863: Hand-to-hand combat erupts near Middleburg

    Union and Confederate forces are clashing today in fierce hand-to-hand combat around the village of Middleburg, Va., just 40 miles from the Union capital.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  18. New commander for SC Army Recruiting Battalion

    Convincing young people that the Army provides opportunities is a big challenge amid headlines of military cutbacks, government furloughs and reports of sexual harassment, the new commander of the Army recruiting battalion based in South Carolina said Wednesday.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  19. Guardsman sues Target over 'no show' firing

    A member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard has sued Target Corp., saying he was wrongly fired from one of the chain's Pittsburgh-area stores for violating its 'no-call, no-show' policy while he was on a two-week training assignment in Virginia.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  20. Renee Seay looks June 18 into the basement of her father's house and what was her childhood home. Dick Hoffman lost his home in the Black Forest Fire in Colorado. Jerilee Bennett / The Gazette via AP

    2 killed in Colo. wildfire had AF connections

    Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  21. House bill would let more vets get private care

    An Arizona lawmaker wants to expand veterans' access to private health care by requiring the Veterans Affairs Department to make the best interest of the patient a priority when deciding whether contracted care is appropriate.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  22. NATO solders walk toward a Chinook helicopter June 18 after a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide. Rahmat Gul / AP

    Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks

    Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility f

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  23. President Barack Obama delivers a speech June 19 in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin. Michael Kappeler / AP

    Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions

    Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called 'the global threat of our time.'

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  24. 90th Missile Wing has 1st female commander

    The 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base has a female commander for the first time.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  25. 16 dead: Militants infiltrate U.N.'s Somalia office

    Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pickup rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

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