http://www.armytimes.com en-us Copyright 2013, armytimes.com SaxoTech Online Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 Sun, 26 May 2013 00:55:26 -0400 15 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130525/NEWS/305250001 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. Sat, 25 May 2013 11:27:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130525/NEWS/305250001 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240006 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. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:45:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240006 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240025 Here are some ideas for fun this weekend that won't crush your budget: Fri, 24 May 2013 16:20:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240025 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/BENEFITS06/305240024 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. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:17:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/BENEFITS06/305240024 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240016 The director of the Defense Department schools that educate military children will retire Aug. 31. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:43:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240016 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240018 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. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:43:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240018 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240021 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. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:35:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240021 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240010 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. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:23:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240010 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240019 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. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:19:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240019 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/BENEFITS06/305240017 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. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:01:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/BENEFITS06/305240017 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240015 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. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:47:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240015 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/BENEFITS06/305240014 Tricare is waiving required referrals for specialty care and emergency prescription refills for its beneficiaries in Oklahoma affected by the May 20 tornado. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/BENEFITS06/305240014 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240004 Former President George W. Bush is hosting a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride at his Central Texas ranch for military members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:15:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240004 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240002 Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime - baseball bats. Fri, 24 May 2013 07:41:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305240002 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/CAREERS02/305230029 These soldiers have been selected for promotion to sergeant or staff sergeant in June, the Army announced Thursday: Sat, 25 May 2013 09:03:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/CAREERS02/305230029 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230021 A new round of military base closings is going nowhere in Congress. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:37:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230021 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230027 President Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:07:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230027 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/CAREERS/305230032 These NCO have been selected for promotion in June, the Army announced: Fri, 24 May 2013 12:19:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/CAREERS/305230032 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230033 These NCO have been selected for promotion in June, the Army announced: Fri, 24 May 2013 12:17:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230033 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230045 Two West Point cadets are being credited with rescuing two stranded kayakers on the Hudson River. Thu, 23 May 2013 21:17:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230045 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230044 Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday. Thu, 23 May 2013 21:14:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230044 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/CAREERS03/305230031 The Army has announced these names and projected specialties of soldiers and other U.S. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:42:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/CAREERS03/305230031 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS05/305230030 In a pre-Memorial Day push to show their concern about the backlog of veterans' disability claims, House Republicans are calling for an independent task force to recommend a solution while House Democrats pushed the idea of providing temporary benefits to Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS05/305230030 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS05/305230028 The Defense Department is abandoning its plans to build a single, joint electronic health record system with the Veterans Affairs Department in favor of developing its own system using commercial software. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:44:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS05/305230028 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230018 The head of the U.S. Army in the Pacific says Hawaii's Stryker Brigade needs review amid military budget cuts. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:26:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230018 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230003 President Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security. Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230003 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230024 Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at 91. Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230024 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230012 It seemed like a mission impossible, but Richard A. Lester believed it could be done. Thu, 23 May 2013 13:53:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230012 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230013 They've served their country well. Getting parked in a nondescript dirt lot sure doesn't seem like much of a final resting place. Thu, 23 May 2013 10:51:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230013 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230006 Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:31:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230006 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230005 The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:19:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230005 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230004 Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:07:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/305230004 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/OFFDUTY/305220032 You really can do leg exercises without the isolation-style or massive leg press machines found in most gyms. No more leg extension or leg curl machines. No need to find a leg abductor/adductor combo or hoist a 45-pound Olympic bar. Sat, 25 May 2013 09:51:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/OFFDUTY/305220032 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/CAREERS02/305220027 The Army's list of senior NCOs chosen to move up in June includes many who must re-enlist in order to be promoted: Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/CAREERS02/305220027 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305200036 The Stolen Valor Act that makes it a federal crime to profit from falsely claiming to have received a military medal for valor is on its way to the White House for President Obama's signature, thanks to the efforts of two Nevadans. Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305200036 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220037 Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counter-terrorism drone strikes since 2009. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:43:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220037 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220019 The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, ac Thu, 23 May 2013 07:53:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220019 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220022 A sergeant first class on the staff of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., faces charges of allegedly filming numerous female cadets without their consent, sometimes when they were in the shower, according to the Army. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:43:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220022 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220038 The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting rampage. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:36:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220038 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220036 The WikiLeaks organization and a handful of journalists are asking a federal judge in Baltimore to order greater transparency in the court-martial of an Army private who has acknowledged sending reams of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220036 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220033 Defense Department schools are deciding which days their schools will be closed for the required furloughs this fall and should start posting the information on their websites next week, said Marilee Fitzgerald, director of the Department of Defense Educa Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220033 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/BENEFITS/305220028 A Veterans Affairs Department effort to spend six months concentrating on its oldest benefits claims is having some success, but lawmakers are concerned that the improvements might be temporary. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/BENEFITS/305220028 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220005 After standing empty for seven years, the 82nd Airborne Division's 'ready cage' is filled with 22 fully loaded and inspected vehicles that can be airlifted and dropped anywhere around the world. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220005 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305210044 A key House panel rejected the idea that budget cuts must mean pain for service members, retirees and their families. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:19:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305210044 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS05/305210048 A House panel passed sweeping changes in sexual assault prevention programs on Wednesday, with less command flexibility in reducing or dismissing rape and assault charges and wider support for victims. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:53:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS05/305210048 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/EDU02/305220025 Student veterans applying to use GI Bill benefits would be better served by the Veterans Affairs Department if they were warned of how long it might take to receive those benefits, according to a new congressional report. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:43:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/EDU02/305220025 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220024 A former U.S. Army soldier accused of trying to provide support to a terrorist organization in Somalia after he left the military has asked a court to dismiss the case against him, saying he never had any contact with the group. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220024 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220018 When the 4th Brigade Combat Team from the 101st Airborne Division took control over three key provinces in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, they were likely the last American combat brigade in the area now that the U.S. is handing over responsibilit Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220018 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220015 A U.S. official says the Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system that will allow the department to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:39:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220015 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220009 Hundreds of civilians who provide sexual assault prevention and counseling services will be exempted from the 11-day furloughs that most Defense Department employees will face later this year, a Pentagon official said. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:39:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220009 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220006 Julian Assange's reign as the star of the WikiLeaks story could be coming to an end. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/305220006 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210049 The Army announced it has suspended the commander of Fort Jackson, S.C., amid misconduct allegations that include adultery and a physical altercation, according to a spokesman for Training and Doctrine Command. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:21:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210049 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210022 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. Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210022 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210045 Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Wed, 22 May 2013 07:07:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210045 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210033 More than 150 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. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:38:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210033 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210051 The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Obama wants to close. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210051 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210003 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. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210003 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210002 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. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210002 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210039 Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210039 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210047 The House has passed a bill that would require the Transportation Security Administration to expedite security screenings for severely injured or disabled veterans and any family members or caregivers traveling with them. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:50:00 -0400 http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130521/NEWS/305210047