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September 08, 2010 - USS George Washington's (CVN 73) GW Rugby Football Club helped raise more than $20,000 at the Seventh Fat Boy 10's Invitational, an annual charity event held at Clark Airbase on Challenger Field, Sept. 4.
September 08, 2010 - Approved in the Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, the Career Intermission Pilot Program (CIPP) offers a temporary inactivation from active duty - from one to three years - for top performing Sailors.
August 25, 2010 - When the Casey Elementary School warning bell rings for the very first time at 7:55 a.m. Monday, Principal Shelly Kennedy will have already met her students at the entrance of the new building, and a new era will have begun in Warrior Country.
August 20, 2010 - It's extreme, it's funny, it's a lecture and yet it feels like a night at the comedy club.
August 18, 2010 - Exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian, the world's largest command and control simulation exercise began Aug. 16 and continues through Aug. 26.
August 17, 2010 - Soldiers will have three new Department of Defense schools to send their children to starting this month, and $3.7 billion has been slated for school construction projects through 2016.
August 12, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered a thorough force structure review of the Marine Corps to determine what an expeditionary force in readiness should look like in the 21st century.
August 11, 2010 - The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan now has almost 120,000 troops from 47 different countries assigned to it, NATO officials said yesterday.
August 10, 2010 - They're still raising the money, but Triangle Flight of Honor is adding a second flight to transport former servicemen to the Washington memorial dedicated in their honor.
August 07, 2010 - When Iraqi forces began pouring over the border into neighboring Kuwait, most Americans would have had a hard time finding the country on a map.
August 06, 2010 - The day retired Gen. Charles A. Horner received the call 20 years ago that eventually launched Operation Desert Shield he was flying his F-16 Fighting Falcon.
August 03, 2010 - Airmen here invited children from the local orphanage to the base and treated them to a day of fun and activities July 24.
August 02, 2010 - Members of the 35th and 80th Fighter Squadrons here flew a total of 20 sorties July 25 through 28 in support of Exercise Invincible Spirit, the first in a planned series of South Korean and U.S. Forces Korea combined naval exercises.
July 21, 2010 - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced new measures designed to bolster efforts to prevent North Korean weapons proliferation, curb the illicit activities that fund its weapons programs and discourage further provocative actions.
July 20, 2010 - In 1950, the United States and many other countries of the United Nations came to the defense of South Korea when North Korea invaded. The meetings in Seoul, South Korea, beginning tomorrow are a reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to South Korea.
July 20, 2010 - Tour lengths for servicemembers assigned to South Korea and the Army's deployment cycles were on the minds of Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division's 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team when they met with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates here today.
July 20, 2010 - U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program boxer Spc. Jeffrey Spencer won a gold medal and teammates Sgt. John Franklin and Spc. Carrie Barry struck bronze at the 2010 U.S. National Boxing Championships July 12-17.
July 19, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here tonight for a visit intended to underscore the U.S. commitment to South Korea and provide framework for further strengthening the alliance between the two nations.
July 16, 2010 - Sending North Korea a strong message of deterrence and underscoring the strength of the U.S.-South Korean alliance are key aims of an upcoming visit to South Korea by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Pentagon officials said here yesterday.
July 14, 2010 - A young man working on a farm in Illinois decided to enlist in the National Guard in March 1953 after he received a challenge from his friend and employer.
July 10, 2010 - A burning sensation creeps into leg muscles from climbing twenty flights of stairs, heading to a ten-story high platform where jumping off is the only way down.
July 09, 2010 - Tae kwon do is a Korean form of martial arts studied for self-defense, philosophy, power and discipline. Members of the All-Marine Tae Kwon Do Team constantly sharpen these skills so when they do face an opponent, they will be victorious.
July 07, 2010 - Several active duty security forces members now have a better idea what the “Total Force” concept is after learning valuable combat skills from Guard instructors.
July 05, 2010 - Thirty-five Marines from the Landing Force that participated in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2010 graduated from Corporals Course, here July 3.
July 04, 2010 - Military service members from 51 countries became U.S. citizens during a swearing-in ceremony aboard the USS Midway Memorial Museum July 2.
July 03, 2010 - A record number of military service members participated in a citizenship naturalization ceremony July 2 aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego.
July 02, 2010 - The military's efforts to have more language-qualified servicemembers are beginning to pay off, the Defense Department's senior language authority said this week.
June 29, 2010 - Service before self is expected in the military, but one family has taken that concept to new heights.
June 28, 2010 - Fifty-three teenagers received recognition at the 2010 Air Force Youth of the Year Award ceremony June 24 in the Pentagon auditorium.
June 25, 2010 - America exists and prospers because members of the U.S. armed forces step forward and protect it, former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today.
June 24, 2010 - Flanked by Korean War veterans, many proudly bearing the medals and insignias of their military service, defense officials commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Korean War and saluted the veterans during a ceremony held at the Pentagon here today.
June 23, 2010 - A statue that honors legendary Eighth U.S. Army Commander Gen. Walton H. Walker was unveiled beside the 8th Army headquarters here, June 23.
June 21, 2010 - Service before self is expected of our Soldiers, but one family has taken it to new heights.
June 18, 2010 - Unidentified remains of 14 fallen Air Force AC-130 gunship crewmembers were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery here yesterday, nearly 40 years after their aircraft was shot down over southern Laos.
June 08, 2010 - Michigan Army National Guard Spc. Anna Jonkman, 22, says she has a keen sense of cultural awareness. To her, it is a natural instinct she applies daily while escorting Iraqis to work here.
June 06, 2010 - Soon after he addressed a major Asia security summit in Singapore yesterday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates elaborated on current issues involving North Korea and China in an interview with BBC’s Nick Childs.
June 05, 2010 - The top defense officials of the United States, Japan and South Korea today pledged their nations’ continued solidarity in the aftermath of North Korea’s sinking of the freighter Cheonan on March 26 that killed 46 South Korean sailors.
June 05, 2010 - Asian nations must act in the face of provocations as part of their responsibility to preserve peace and reinforce regional stability, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
June 04, 2010 - "Eagles" from across the history of aviation are sharing their stories with Air Command and Staff College students here this week.
June 03, 2010 - South Korea has the full support of the United States as it confronts North Korea’s sinking of its naval ship Cheonan, and the 60-year U.S. alliance with the republic is as strong as ever, President Barack Obama said last night.
June 02, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today embarked on a five-nation trip that will begin with his participation in a major Asian security conference in Singapore.
May 28, 2010 - The United States and Japan agreed yesterday to relocate a controversial U.S. air base to a less densely populated area on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
May 25, 2010 - South Korean officials have laid out a full and appropriate response to the North Korean sinking of a South Korean frigate that killed 46 sailors in March, and the U.S. government fully supports the response.
May 25, 2010 - The U.S. and South Korean militaries will undergo two new training exercises in light of last week's finding that North Korea sank a South Korean navy ship, killing 46 sailors, a Pentagon spokesman announced today.
May 18, 2010 - Iraq combat veteran Troy Yocum is walking 7,000 miles across the nation, banging his drum, gathering followers and trying to meet his goal of raising $5 million for U.S. veterans and their families in need.
May 06, 2010 - Rolling Thunder motorcyclists joined Warrior Games athletes in a wreath-laying ceremony today at the Pentagon Memorial here to honor the victims of Sept. 11, 2001.
April 30, 2010 - Republic of Korea Air Force chaplain corps personnel from across the peninsula gathered at Osan recently for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, or ASIST, facilitated by Air Force chaplains.
April 14, 2010 - The U.S. approach on Iran focuses on preventing that country from obtaining nuclear weapons and on countering its influence in the Middle East, the Pentagon’s policy chief said here today.
April 12, 2010 - The chief of Air Force Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer has announced the 2009 Air Force Gen. John P. Jumper Awards for Excellence in Warfighting Integration and the 2009 Air Force Communications and Information Awards.
April 11, 2010 - While the new U.S. Nuclear Posture Review removes some of the intentional ambiguity from the country’s nuclear policy, “all options are on the table” for countries like North Korea and Iran, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.
April 09, 2010 - U.S. Forces Korea is gearing up for a full range of activities to begin this summer commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, and the strong U.S.-South Korea alliance that continues to maintain stability on the Korean peninsula.
April 08, 2010 - Air Force Public Affairs Agency officials here announced the results of the 2009 Air Force Media Contest in writing, photography and broadcasting April 7.
April 06, 2010 - The Nuclear Posture Review, released today, is the first overarching look at U.S. nuclear strategy since the end of the Cold War, a senior defense official briefing reporters on background said yesterday.
April 06, 2010 - Army veteran Patrick McDonald loved serving his country, but after a tragic training accident in South Korea in 1991, his four-year military career came to an end.
March 29, 2010 - Nations may not always see eye to eye in the political arena, and militaries may find it difficult to agree in how to manage conflicts around the globe.
March 29, 2010 - While continuing to deter external threats to South Korea, Eighth (Field) Army is taking a proactive approach to prevent potential insider violence.
March 25, 2010 - For the first time in 23 years, the U.S. Army is allowing a pair of Sikh Soldiers to keep their hair and beard intact and wear a turban.
March 24, 2010 - Twenty-one Airmen held a weeklong training scenario focusing on improving the C-130 Hercules isochronal inspection process in mid-March here.
March 23, 2010 - Ballistic missile defense has come out of the world of the controversial and improbable and now is in the realm of the accepted and possible, the deputy Defense secretary said March 22 here.
March 23, 2010 - More than 280 loved ones of American servicemembers missing in action and prisoners of war gathered for a briefing from the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office March 20 here.
March 23, 2010 - All eyes were on World War II veterans as they were honored and recognized at the World War II Memorial in Washington March 11 for their participation in the Pacific Campaign more than 65 years ago.
March 22, 2010 - The commander of Air Combat Command visited the 366th Fighter Wing Airmen here March 7 and 8 to see them firsthand, thank them for their sacrifices and gain a better understanding of their mission, capabilities and challenges.
March 16, 2010 - -- In August 2006, Senior Airman Heather Hagerman confidently walked into her Air Force recruiter's office in Baltimore, Md., and told him she wanted to become a linguist.
March 12, 2010 - For the second year in a row, the Air Force Reserve Command was named the Gen. Wilbur L. Creech Maintenance Excellence Award winner.
March 08, 2010 - The planned Feb. 22 rollout of a civilian hiring test initiative activated on schedule, requiring current Air Force civilian employees to follow new procedures when applying for jobs at select bases.
February 11, 2010 - He has faithfully dedicated three times the required years necessary to retire and is still going.
February 10, 2010 - For one Air Force family stationed at Osan Air Base, South Korea, the service’s focus on the Year of the Air Force Family means providing an even greater impact by meeting the needs of others through adoption.
February 02, 2010 - The Defense Department agency responsible for U.S. missile defense systems has requested $8.4 billion for fiscal year 2011, an increase of about a half billion dollars.
January 28, 2010 - President Barack Obama stressed during his State of the Union address tonight the importance of confronting terrorists who threaten the United States and of succeeding in Afghanistan while continuing a responsible military drawdown in Iraq.
January 28, 2010 - National Football League representatives visited Airmen, civilians and earthquake victims Jan. 27 at Homestead Air Reserve Base.
January 26, 2010 - In addition to producing roughly 8,400 forecasts a month for 72 locations in 60 different countries, the American Forces Network Weather Center here has added yet another client: Stars and Stripes.
January 25, 2010 - The 354th Security Forces Squadron training instructors here recently received training on a new simulation system that will train Airmen in marksmanship, collective and judgmental firing skills.
January 20, 2010 - In early 1982, Cedar Springs, Mich., had a population of more than 2,600 people. Among them was 20-year-old Suzan Simmons, destined to become Chief Master Sergeant Suzan Sangster.
January 19, 2010 - The Korean War has been characterized as a forgotten conflict, lost somewhere between World War II and Vietnam.
January 14, 2010 - As early as mid-February, the rollout of a civilian hiring test initiative will require current Air Force civilian employees to follow new procedures when applying for jobs at select bases.
January 14, 2010 - All Airmen, regardless of career field, are now eligible for FLPB in a broad range of languages including those identified as "dominant in the force" such as Spanish, Tagalog, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean and Russian.
January 12, 2010 - Army 2nd Lt. Sophie Hilaire does not particularly fit the general image of an explosive ordnance disposal warrior.
December 30, 2009 - Master Sgt. Karrie Warren has been named the U.S. Air Force Female Athlete of the Year for 2009.
December 29, 2009 - Thirty years ago today, Dec. 29, my father forever changed my life, as well as the lives of his other family members. He took a shotgun and shot himself in the head. His death certificate reads, "Self-inflicted gunshot wound."
December 28, 2009 - Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley visited South Korea Dec. 24 and 25, meeting with Airmen at Osan Air Base and Kunsan Air Base for the first time since being appointed to the position.
December 15, 2009 - A soldier is wounded during a joint British and Afghanistan National Army patrol in Helmand Province. Shot through both legs, his condition worsens while being cared for by the medics.
December 15, 2009 - U.S. Army officials met here Dec. 15 to discuss the 8th U.S. Army's role in the most significant transformation in the 60-year history of the Republic of Korea-United States Alliance.
December 11, 2009 - Hearts Apart morale program members organized an annual holiday party to help families adjust to seperation from deployments Dec. 4 at Hurlburt Field.
December 11, 2009 - The set wasn't the same as he remembered from watching the show in its inaugural season more than 25 years ago.
December 05, 2009 - With the spray of bubbly from a champagne bottle, PCU Missouri (SSN 780), the Navy's newest Virginia-class attack submarine, was christened during a late morning ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., Dec. 5.
December 02, 2009 - Since Col. Mark Baker took command of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in June 2008 when the unit activated, he's seen the unit take its mission to new levels.
November 27, 2009 - Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, celebrated Thanksgiving by serving turkey and other holiday favorites to the Airmen serving remote tours in South Korea.
November 24, 2009 - Early on a drizzly Nov. 13 morning, 39 wives of 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Soldiers stepped off a bus at the soccer field near Camp Casey's Carey Gym.
November 19, 2009 - Retired Col. Lewis L. Millett, who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading what was reportedly the last major American bayonet charge, died Nov 14.
November 18, 2009 - The top teachers in the Defense Department’s worldwide school system were recognized yesterday by the U.S. military’s senior officer at a Pentagon ceremony.
November 17, 2009 - President Barack Obama today emphasized the importance of keeping international efforts focused on nuclear weapons programs in North Korea and Iran.
November 12, 2009 - Airmen at Ramstein Air Base will see a new change in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training with the use of the new M-50 Joint Service General Purpose Mask and Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology, effective immediately.
November 05, 2009 - ESPN's "College GameDay" crew will broadcast live from the U.S. Air Force Academy 8 to 10 a.m. Nov. 7 from the Terrazzo for the Air Force vs. Army football game.
November 03, 2009 - For three days in October 1944, a Japanese-American military unit fought in dense woods, heavy fog and freezing temperatures in the mountains of France, answering the prayers of an American battalion pinned down by German forces.
October 29, 2009 - The ability to mislead an audience and make them believe the impossible is a skill few possess. A good magician leaves the audience with a sense of awe and mystery and the lingering question, “How did he do that?”
October 23, 2009 - As South Korea’s military transitions to full operational control, it’s important to remember the past 60 years of U.S. commitment to the country and to not waver in that support, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
October 22, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today he’s headed to a NATO defense ministers meeting in Slovakia confident there’s enough to discuss about Afghanistan even without a U.S. decision on the strategy there.
October 19, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is on his way to Japan, where he will discuss a broad range of defense issues as the first Cabinet-level U.S. official to visit the new Japanese Democratic Party government since it took office last month.
October 15, 2009 - Veterans Affairs Department officials continue their efforts to provide the best support possible to the nation's military veterans, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki told a House committee here Oct. 14.
October 14, 2009 - The Veterans Affairs Department continues its efforts to provide the best support possible to the nation’s military veterans, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki told a House committee here today.
October 14, 2009 - The cold and flu season has begun including the risk of the H1N1 influenza virus, and officials are currently working to ensure that information and vaccinations are available to both military members and their dependents.
October 11, 2009 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff praised the man for whom USS Wayne E. Meyer guided-missile destroyer was named during the ship's commissioning into the U.S. Pacific Fleet here Oct. 10.
October 09, 2009 - The Department of Defense Education Activity has reason to be extra proud of 12 of its students this year, the activity’s director said.
October 08, 2009 - Royalty, foreign diplomats, senior military members and civilians alike welcomed the members of the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron with open arms as the Thunderbirds arrived at Subang Air Base Sept. 30 for the third stop on their Far East Tour.
October 06, 2009 - Veterans of the Korean War, both American and Korean, gathered here yesterday with current U.S. Army and South Korean leaders to pay tribute at the National Korean War Memorial.
October 06, 2009 - The Army must structure itself to face a future of persistent conflict as it takes on a long-term ideological struggle against terrorism and militant extremists, the service’s top officer said today.
September 25, 2009 - Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225, Vikings, finished their six-month tour here and returned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 20.
September 23, 2009 - President Barack Obama today asked for global cooperation to solve pressing world problems like nuclear proliferation, terrorism and extremism, climate change and poverty during his speech before the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.
September 22, 2009 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Jarrett Jongema grew up watching war movies, and later on, documentaries about military life and war, but it wasn’t until he was injured by a suicide car bomber that he gained a deeper and more personal understanding.
September 18, 2009 - A group of senior U.S. officials today paid homage to servicemembers who have been prisoners of war or are listed as missing in action during an observance ceremony on the Pentagon’s River Terrace parade field.
September 15, 2009 - The Asia-Pacific region will become even more important to U.S. defense and economic interests in the future, the top commander in the region said today.
September 10, 2009 - Marine Sgt. Tikonblah Dargbeh is like the tens of thousands of other troops who have served in Iraq as a U.S. military member, save for one major distinction: until today, Dargbeh was not American.
September 09, 2009 - Potential Marines usually sit with a recruiter and pick out the reasons they want to join from a stack of colorful cards featuring the words “travel,” “education” and “discipline,” among others.
August 27, 2009 - Airmen of the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron airfield damage repair team here participated in a combined-rapid-runway-repair-training exercise with the South Korean air force's 19th Tactical Fighter Wing and 91st Air Civil Engineer Group Aug.19.
August 27, 2009 - Boosted by a few strong years of testing successes, much of the United States’ missile defense technology that once was questioned is now ready to be fielded.
August 25, 2009 - The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stressed relevance, adaptability and affordability as top concerns for programs ranging from nuclear weapons to satellites during the Space and Missile Defense Conference here Aug. 19.
August 19, 2009 - The command of Pacific Air Forces was passed from Gen. Howie Chandler to Gen. Gary North during a ceremony here Aug. 19 on Freedom Tower Mall.
August 18, 2009 - Twelve civilians selected by the Army secretariat board have been inducted into the Senior Fellows program where they will spend the next two to three years undergoing executive education and professional experience.
August 13, 2009 - The first combat cross servicing program evaluation of the year for Osan Air Base Airmen took place Aug. 10 when two South Korean F-5's landed on the flightline here.
August 07, 2009 - If history is any guide, the new Post-9/11 GI Bill may be the most effective piece of legislation Congress ever has passed.
July 29, 2009 - The United States had high goals for the recent Moscow Summit, and while significant progress was made, distinct challenges were identified as well.
July 28, 2009 - The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review now under development envisions a U.S. military with the wherewithal to confront current threats such as al-Qaida as well as having the capacity to meet future security challenges.
July 27, 2009 - The United States and the People’s Republic of China can cooperate on a number of security issues of mutual interest, such as preventing the spread of nuclear arms and combating global extremism, President Barack Obama said here today.
July 24, 2009 - Members of the 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group will observe and learn how the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System enterprise operates worldwide during Sentinel Focus 2009 to be held Aug. 2 to 6.
July 22, 2009 - The 33rd Rescue Squadron here was named the 2009 Verne Orr Award winner recently.
July 19, 2009 - More than 2,500 servicemembers from around the Air Force and the globe gathered here July 19 to officially kick off the 2009 Air Mobility Rodeo, which runs through July 24.
July 16, 2009 - Army officials have released the results of a study aimed at determining possible causes for a cluster of violent crimes that took place between 2005 and 2008 at Fort Carson, Colo.
July 14, 2009 - The layers and diversity of the U.S. missile defense program are its biggest strengths, the Missile Defense Agency’s director said here today.
July 09, 2009 - Three of the remaining nine Doolittle Raiders will attend the Air Mobility Rodeo July 19 through 24 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
July 09, 2009 - The United States is right to keep a watchful eye on North Korea, the president’s nominee to be the next commander of U.S. Pacific Command said today.
July 08, 2009 - While devoting much of his National Press Club address today to efforts under way in Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was quizzed on a broad range of other defense issues.
July 08, 2009 - To Army Secretary Pete Geren, the Army is not some amorphous entity that the country calls on in time of crisis. To him, the Army is people – soldiers and families – serving something larger than themselves.
July 06, 2009 - President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev agreed in Moscow today to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons stockpiles by up to a third.
July 05, 2009 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff addressed the situation in Iraq, relations with North Korea, China and Russia and possible changes to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy during an appearance on a television news show today.
July 03, 2009 - During a visit to the Pentagon June 26, business executives heard firsthand from the commandant concerns over the growing “regional instability” in Korea.
June 30, 2009 - Partnership, readiness and presence are the cornerstones of the U.S. Pacific Command’s new strategy, its commander said at a meeting of the Atlantic Council think tank here last night.
June 27, 2009 - The United States and Russia’s shared struggles offer great opportunities, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today during an address at Russia’s Military Academy of the General Staff in Moscow.
June 26, 2009 - The Pentagon’s top policy official praised this week’s round of talks with Chinese defense officials that centered on developing military relations between the United States and China.
June 25, 2009 - As the nation fights two protracted wars and North Korea rattles off war-like rhetoric, officials working on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review are striving to strike a balance between the needs of the current fight and preparing for future threats.
June 23, 2009 - Beth Reece always dreamed of seeing her name in print. But as a young girl growing up in the sleepy town of Beckley, W.Va., she couldn’t have known how much the military would help her achieve that goal.
June 19, 2009 - Defense Department officials hope for more military-to-military engagement with China as a result of the 10th U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks, a senior defense official said today.
June 18, 2009 - The United States has deployed missile defense equipment to the Pacific amid reports alleging that North Korea has threatened to fire a ballistic missile toward Hawaii, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
June 16, 2009 - The threats that face the United States are more amorphous today than at any time in history, and the commands responsible for defending North America must maintain vigilance, Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart said here today.
June 16, 2009 - North Korea and Iran pose serious nuclear and missile proliferation concerns for the United States and other nations and will be major considerations in the U.S ballistic missile defense review.
June 16, 2009 - Given North Korea’s bellicose threats, it is unacceptable for the nation to possess nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama said today at the White House.
June 16, 2009 - The United States and its international partners have the assets and authorities needed to carry out a UN Security Council resolution aimed at stopping North Korea’s proliferation activities.
June 15, 2009 - U.S. Air Force Weapons School instructors completed the school's first unmanned aircraft systems and F-22 Raptor validation course June 13.
June 11, 2009 - Because it comes from what he called “an unpredictable regime,” bellicose rhetoric from North Korea needs to be watched closely, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
June 09, 2009 - Amid speculation that North Korea could be preparing for another missile test, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told Congress today he’s confident the United States has the missile defenses in place to defend itself, if necessary.
June 09, 2009 - North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and military health care are among the topics the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff talks about in his latest podcast.
June 03, 2009 - Having been part of their tightly knit community all her life, Teresa Vance always has had an interest in military families.
June 01, 2009 - Army scientists are studying a new DNA vaccine delivery method that will one day be needle-free and painless, a senior Army research scientist at Fort Detrick, Md., said.
May 30, 2009 - In some of his strongest words on the subject to date, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today said the United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state and promised to defend U.S. allies in the region.
May 30, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates opened the “Shangri-La Dialogue” Asia security summit here today outlining a broad set of regional security issues and promising continued support from the U.S. administration.
May 30, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivered the keynote address today to open the “Shangri-La Dialogue,” an annual Asia security conference in Singapore sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
May 29, 2009 - As the plane flying him to a security conference in Singapore travels into a storm of regional unrest stirred up by this week’s North Korean nuclear tests, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today downplayed the swirling rhetoric.
May 28, 2009 - The United States government -- including the Pentagon -- is “very closely” monitoring the situation regarding North Korea’s recent nuclear device and missile tests, a senior Defense Department official said here today.
May 27, 2009 - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today reiterated U.S. commitment to South Korea’s and Japan’s security in light of what she called North Korea’s “provocative and belligerent” activities and rhetoric.
May 26, 2009 - It will take time before U.S. and international officials can know with some certitude whether North Korea conducted an underground nuclear-device test yesterday, a senior Defense Department official said here today.
May 25, 2009 - The president and the nation’s top military officer today denounced North Korea's claim that it carried out a powerful underground nuclear test, much larger than previous such tests, to “bolster its nuclear deterrent for self-defense."
May 25, 2009 - President Barack Obama today hailed U.S. military members’ unselfish service and willingness to lay down their lives on behalf of their fellow citizens during the annual Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery.
May 25, 2009 - One hundred and six servicemembers, including 94 soldiers, 10 Marines and two sailors, from countries from Mexico to Japan, celebrated their first Memorial Day as U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony here today.
May 24, 2009 - Pam Crane sat peacefully in a patch of freshly mowed grass along Highway 27 here in the nation’s capital, remembering her husband, his patriotism and his cause.
May 23, 2009 - May 23, 2009 – Before 970 cadets took the commissioning oath or "covers" tossed high overhead, graduating West Point cadets heard some praise and sage advice from their future boss.
May 15, 2009 - The works screened at the GI Film Festival, the only American cinema expo dedicated to honoring U.S. troops, represent a wide-lens view of the military that goes beyond the narrative angles commonly pursued by Hollywood.
May 12, 2009 - U.S. and Republic of Korea Air Force personnel began the second 7th Air Force-designed Max Thunder bilateral air training exercise here May 7.
April 24, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates welcomed a group of recently appointed senior defense civilian officials during a Pentagon ceremony today.
April 20, 2009 - The top U.S. military officer called on servicemembers to use Holocaust Remembrance Day observances this week as an opportunity to reflect on the responsibilities of life, reminding them that the decisions they make matter.
April 10, 2009 - President Barack Obama yesterday forwarded the White House’s $83.4-billion war supplemental appropriations request to the U.S. House of Representatives.
April 09, 2009 - President Barack Obama today issued a proclamation marking Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, noting that American prisoners of war exemplify the courage and sacrifice that defines the nation's men and women in uniform.
April 09, 2009 - The safe return of the American maritime captain being held captive by pirates off the coast of Somalia is of primary importance, senior U.S. officials said here today at the annual Australia-U.S. Ministerial.
April 08, 2009 - More than 120 people whose family members never returned from military service gathered here recently for an update from officials of the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office.
April 07, 2009 - Senior air force officials from India and the United States met here March 25 through 29 to discuss operational concepts and to chart the way ahead for future training exchanges and exercises.
April 06, 2009 - Servicemembers at war can be confronted with traumatic, sometimes shocking, events that can cause long-lasting emotional and psychological wounds.
April 05, 2009 - The North Koreans “have taken a provocative action,” President Obama told reporters in Prague today.
April 05, 2009 - In Europe today, President Barack Obama strongly criticized last night’s missile launch by North Korea.
April 02, 2009 - South Korea is a vital ally and firm friend of the United States, President Barack Obama said today while attending the Group of 20 international economic conference in London.
April 01, 2009 - The leaders of the world’s two largest nuclear superpowers today agreed to start new talks aimed at reducing nuclear arms stockpiles, and to use the platform to “reset” relationships between the United States and Russia.
March 29, 2009 - The United States’ short-term goal for Afghanistan may have been refined, but the long-term goal has stayed the same, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today on “Fox News Sunday.”
March 25, 2009 - What keeps the top U.S. commanders up at night? Three four-star officers from Europe and the Pacific got asked that question yesterday during a House Armed Services Committee hearing and shared their most pressing concerns.
March 25, 2009 - President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Arlington National Cemetery today, surprising about 30 of the 98 living Medal of Honor recipients attending a wreath-laying ceremony.
March 19, 2009 - The United States has made “some real headway” in improving relations with China, but “the relationship isn’t where we want it to be,” the top officer at U.S. Pacific Command told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
March 12, 2009 - President Barack Obama nominated Christopher R. Hill as ambassador to Iraq and Army Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry to serve as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan yesterday.
March 06, 2009 - The United States will provide South Korea missile defense against a “very real threat” from North Korea as the South Koreans boost their own ballistic defense capabilities.
March 06, 2009 - The Army has created a suicide prevention task force as part of its month-long “stand-down” to address suicides among soldiers, the service’s vice chief of staff said yesterday.
March 05, 2009 - A senior Pentagon spokesman offered gratitude to Canada and touched on a variety of other topics in a wide-ranging news conference today.
February 27, 2009 - As President Barack Obama today set a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq, he praised the military troops and families who have volunteered to “bear the heaviest burden.”
February 26, 2009 - U.S. missile defense is prepared to defend against North Korean threats, but the system needs more testing before Pentagon officials can endorse its capabilities with "high confidence," the top Defense Department tester said.
February 24, 2009 - President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he will nominate Ashton Carter to be the next undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
February 23, 2009 - Two years is much too long to determine service disabilities, especially when the injuries obviously qualify a servicemember for full benefits and compensation, a senior Defense Department official said here today.
February 18, 2009 - The American alliance with Japan is the cornerstone of security in Asia, Hillary Rodham Clinton said during her first trip as secretary of state.
February 11, 2009 - About 55,000 members of U.S. Special Operations Command are providing humanitarian aid and training soldiers and police in more than 60 countries, according to their commander Navy Adm. Eric Olson.
January 19, 2009 - America’s most senior defense leaders honored 43 men who risked their lives with unmatched heroism in service to their country during a luncheon here today.
January 14, 2009 - President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs promised senators today that if he is confirmed he will transform the department into a 21st-century organization.
January 08, 2009 - A Disney vacation just got more affordable for military members and their families.
January 07, 2009 - Active and retired U.S. military personnel, including active members of the United States Coast Guard and activated members of the National Guard or Reserves, can enjoy complimentary, multi-day admission into Disney’s U.S. theme parks.
January 06, 2009 - Gates called Bush a visionary who recognized before becoming president the threat terrorists and other unconventional threats posed.
January 05, 2009 - Young men and women frequently follow the footsteps of their parents and grandparents by joining the military.
December 29, 2008 - Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey Jr. told troops in Baghdad just before Christmas that their efforts have brought "heartening" progress in Iraq that will allow the Army to throw more of its "weight" toward Afghanistan.
December 25, 2008 - Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey made a stop in Baghdad, Dec. 22, 2008, to assess the current situation in country and speak with troops.
December 23, 2008 - The Army's top officer stopped at Bagram Airfield Dec. 20 as part of a trip to visit Soldiers around the world during the holiday season and discuss the way forward.
December 22, 2008 - The Army’s top officer stopped here Dec. 20 during a trip to visit soldiers around the world during the holiday season to spend some time with the troops and to discuss with them the way forward for the Army.
December 16, 2008 - As the military institutionalizes new and unconventional warfighting skills, it also must work to maintain its conventional dominance.
December 11, 2008 - The Department of Defense has approved command sponsorship of families at two new locations in Korea and an increase in tour lengths for accompanied service members permanently assigned there.
December 11, 2008 - The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) has emphasized the importance of good leadership and education during his tenure and the Navy's senior enlisted Sailor.
December 10, 2008 - Tour lengths for some family-accompanied assignments in South Korea will be extended to three years, Pentagon officials announced today.
December 05, 2008 - The military today shot down a mock enemy missile, employing a synchronized network of sensors in what officials called the largest and most complex test of the missile defense system to date.
November 25, 2008 - The Pacific theater is large, diverse and complicated, but the Airmen of Pacific Air Forces are up to the challenge, according to a senior PACAF leader speaking in Los Angeles Nov. 20.
November 25, 2008 - Secretary of the Army Pete Geren toured U.S. Forces Korea Nov. 23-25 for a three-day orientation visit.
November 24, 2008 - The leadership of 7th Air Force changed hands during a change-of-command ceremony here Nov. 24.
November 22, 2008 - When Lt. Col. Geoff Rollins took command of 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team in October 2006, he had a daunting task before him.
November 21, 2008 - Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. recently outlined three topics he believes are important for the Army to address with the incoming administration.
November 18, 2008 - One day before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Army senior leaders put into place a plan to overhaul the service’s combat medic training.
November 17, 2008 - The 1-2 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion in Korea will relocate to Fort Carson, Colo., in March and then train for deployment to Iraq in the fall of 2009, Army officials announced Monday morning.
November 16, 2008 - Reserve Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 based here drove more than 200 miles Nov. 9 to conduct a security patrol and inspect construction of new Iraqi forts along the country’s border with Syria.
October 28, 2008 - “As long as others have nuclear weapons, we must maintain some level of these weapons ourselves,” Gates noted in a speech to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
October 21, 2008 - Retired Col. Robert B. Nett, 86, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and honorary colonel of the Officer Candidate School battalion at Fort Benning, died at his home Oct. 19 after a brief illness.
September 08, 2008 - On a small parade field at the steps of the Pentagon and across the river from the skyline of the nation's capital, top military and political leaders today pledged to continue looking for missing servicemembers no matter the cost.
April 02, 2008 - Seventy-four-year-old Bob Eiden stood on a snow bank overlooking Snowmass Mountain yesterday, mentally preparing himself for his first experience on skis, 16 months after having his right leg amputated.
September 25, 2007 - The commitment of ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan is heavy, but the U.S. military has ample forces to respond to any other contingency that may arise, the general in charge of planning for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.
March 16, 2007 - The Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, or AVIP, mandates Airmen assigned to high-threat areas receive the Anthrax vaccine, while also providing Airmen the choice to continue anthrax vaccines if they are not assigned to a designated high-threat area.
March 12, 2007 - From firing on a vehicle attempting to crash through a gate to repelling an enemy attack on a forward-deployed base, security forces face the potential of using raw, deadly force as a part of their job.
October 25, 2006 - The attempt by the United States and European powers to impose U.N. sanctions on Iran for its nuclear activities is running into obstacles. Even the strongest backers of a proposed sanctions resolution disagree about how tough it should be.
October 22, 2006 - The United States will hold North Korea responsible if it attempts to transfer nuclear bombs or other weapons of mass destruction to America’s enemies, President Bush said on a national television news show.
October 16, 2006 - The Defense Department will resume mandatory anthrax inoculations for servicemembers and civilians deploying to U.S. Central Command and Korea, DoD officials said today.
September 26, 2006 - Eighty-eight years after being killed in action along the not-so-quiet Western Front of World War I, Army Pvt. Francis Lupo of Cincinnati was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
August 23, 2006 - Senior U.S. officials are planning several days of meetings on the Pacific Island of Guam next month to discuss the expansion of the U.S. military presence on the island.
August 08, 2006 - U.S. troop levels in South Korea will go from a previous 37,500 to around 25,000 by the end of 2007, but this won’t lessen the U.S. commitment to defending the country. Modern technology allows for more defense capability with fewer troops.
August 07, 2006 - The State Department Monday defended the Indian government's record in combating weapons proliferation despite the imposition of U.S. sanctions last week against two Indian firms for dealings with Iran.
July 16, 2006 - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov say they are not surprised by North Korea's initial rejection of a U.N. Security Council resolution that condemns the country's missile tests.
July 13, 2006 - Last week Pyongyang test fired seven missiles, including a long-range ballistic missile that crashed into the Sea of Japan about 40 seconds after launch. Japan is pushing for U.N. sanctions against North Korea.
July 08, 2006 - The United States has sent a guided-missile destroyer to Japan, just days after North Korea tested seven missiles over the Sea of Japan earlier this week.
July 06, 2006 - Countries taking part in negotiations to end North Korea's nuclear programs are seeking diplomatic means to defuse tensions over the North's missile launches.
July 05, 2006 - North Korea fired a long-range Taepodong-2 missile and six short- and medium-range Scud and Nodong missiles. All landed in the Sea of Japan without incident, with the Taepondong-2 failing on its own shortly after launch.
June 23, 2006 - The Defense Department has no plans to discontinue its smallpox vaccination program, despite yesterday's announcement that vaccinations may have caused a soldier's death.
June 22, 2006 - A panel of military physician experts has concluded that vaccinations may have caused the death of a 26-year-old Army soldier.
June 20, 2006 - Although concerns remain high that North Korea might soon fire a long-range missile, there are some doubts that a launch is imminent. The U.S. ambassador to South Korea warns that a missile launch would only further isolate the communist state.
May 27, 2006 - Memorial Day for most Americans at home means the beginning of the summer season and a three-day weekend. But for most Americans here, Memorial Day will be a regular day at war.
May 18, 2006 - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has expressed frustration at the lack of progress in resolving the Iranian and North Korean nuclear disputes. Mr. Annan calls the disputes a crisis, and says resolving them is an urgent matter.
May 15, 2006 - Three years after Libya renounced terrorism and abandoned its program to acquire weapons of mass destruction, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced today that the United States is restoring full diplomatic relations.
March 16, 2006 - President Bush has reaffirmed that the U.S. may consider pre-emptive military strikes against terrorists and enemy nations.
February 23, 2006 - In the latest move in an escalating dispute between Japan and North Korea, police in Tokyo have obtained arrest warrants for two North Koreans who allegedly kidnapped four Japanese citizens in the 1970s.
December 30, 2005 - As is usual at this time of year, most news organizations take a look back at what made news in the year just ended. The Army News Service is no different. So what made news for the Army in 2005? Three words: war, hurricanes and elections. Almost.
December 27, 2005 - The Bush administration said Tuesday it has imposed sanctions on nine foreign companies for selling Iran hardware or ingredients for weapons of mass destruction. Those penalized include six Chinese firms, two from India, and one from Austria.
December 25, 2005 - Japanese officials say two days of talks with their North Korean counterparts in Beijing have led to a breakthrough concerning unresolved issues between the countries.
December 13, 2005 - The visionary and architect who branded the Army’s elite fighting force known as the “Green Berets” was honored here in a memorial service at the John F. Kennedy Chapel Dec. 13.
October 26, 2005 - North Korea marked this year's 60th anniversary of the founding of the ruling communist Korean Workers Party with a gymnastics spectacle known as the Mass Games. The reclusive Stalinist government rarely allows western journalists to visit the country.
October 20, 2005 - The commander of U.S. and South Korean forces says North Korea has reduced the number of provocations along the de-militarized zone in the past year, apparently in an effort to protect growing economic cooperation with the South.
September 23, 2005 - America’s highest military honor was bestowed on CPL Tibor Rubin Sept. 23 as President George W. Bush draped the Medal of Honor around the 76-year-old’s neck in a White House ceremony.
September 19, 2005 - The United Nations was the scene of high-level talks on Iran, North Korea and the Middle East Monday on the sidelines of the annual General Assembly debate. Syria was singled out for criticism.
September 14, 2005 - The White House has announced that President George W. Bush will present the Medal of Honor to Cpl. Tibor Rubin in recognition of his actions in Korea from 1950 to 1953.
August 18, 2005 - In 1944, Japanese forces lost the momentum they had at the beginning of World War II. Allied forces were advancing across the Pacific. Out of desperation, Japan decided to form a Kamikaze Special Attack Force to crash bomb-laden planes into Allied ships.
August 14, 2005 - Asia on Sunday is beginning to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the surrender of Japan, which brought a close to the Second World War. It was on August 14, 1945, that Japan communicated to the Allied powers that it would surrender.
August 01, 2005 - As the Japanese observe the 60th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Tokyo’s subsequent surrender to the allies, they are discussing political changes that were unthinkable just a few years ago.
July 27, 2005 - The United States has been saying since October 2002 that Pyongyang has a secret nuclear-weapons program. Since then, North Korea has pulled out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, expelled U.N. monitors, and re-opened a nuclear facility.
July 27, 2005 - The Army announced its plans for repositioning its forces to accommodate a new modular structure, which includes transferring more than 50,000 soldiers to the United States by the decade's end.
July 06, 2005 - Military Idol will give military members a chance to sing their songs like their American Idol predecessors on 34 Army installations around the world this summer.
June 29, 2005 - The families of three U.S. servicemen missing in action from the Vietnam and Korean conflicts will lay their loved ones' remains to rest in early July.
June 17, 2005 - A top Army general this week thanked more than 270 family members of servicemen still missing in Southeast Asia for their service and sacrifice during the Defense Department's 2005 annual government briefings for Vietnam War-era families.
June 13, 2005 - Criticism of U.S. military policy is often viewed as anti-American, hostile to soldiers, and most likely a veiled argument for disarmament, isolationism or pacifism, says author Andrew Bacevich.
May 23, 2005 - More than 227 years later, Lt. Col. Richard von Steuben of the Pennsylvania Army Nn.ational Guard is a member of the inspector’s general staff – as a military intelligence officer. He is the first cousin, seven generations removed, from Baron von Steube
May 05, 2005 - ask Force Liberty soldiers captured 22 insurgents suspected of launching an indirect fire attack on a coalition forces base near Bayji, Iraq, May 4.
May 03, 2005 - Few people dispute that the U.S. military has too much infrastructure to face the threats and opportunities of the 21st century. The question is: What's the best way to close or realign installations to match challenges of the new world?
May 02, 2005 - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a tough statement aimed at North Korea, says the United States has significant deterrent capability to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
April 29, 2005 - The decade-long conflict left 58,000 Americans and an estimated 3 million Vietnamese dead, and for the next two decades, relations between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam remained at an impasse.
April 27, 2005 - After nearly five months of preparation to rescue 53 Americans taken hostage by Iranian militants, an aborted mission turned worse, and eight servicemen lost their lives in what would become a “watershed” event for the U.S. military.
April 19, 2005 - The black aluminum “HeroBracelets” are each engraved with the name of an American servicemember who has died in the war on terrorism. The bracelets can be customized to adorn a specific name.
April 15, 2005 - South Korean Defense Authorities say they are rejecting a contingency plan that would give command authority to the United States military in the event of a North Korean collapse.
April 14, 2005 - A new documentary film, Voices in Wartime, focuses on the firsthand experience of war and its aftermath. It was produced in tandem with another short film, Beyond Wartime, designed to help communities understand and heal the traumas caused by war.
April 08, 2005 - The United States is working with a range of allies on the missile defense program. The director of the Missile Defense Agency says the United States is in the process of establishing a limited ability to defend against long-range ballistic missiles.
April 02, 2005 - North Korea says it is willing to return eventually to six-party talks aimed at its nuclear disarmament - but it demanded that Japan withdraw from the process.
March 23, 2005 - They’d talked on the telephone and in Internet chat rooms for a few months, but had never met face-to-face until March 22, when nearly 40 young widows of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan attended a luncheon sponsored by the Gold Star Wives.
March 03, 2005 - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says her country has had a nuclear capability far longer than commonly believed.
February 14, 2005 - China has told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice it will work to resume multi-party negotiations on North Korea's nuclear programs.
February 03, 2005 - The Defense Department is on the lookout for people with language skills to support not only current operations, but future ones as well, according to Gail McGinn, deputy undersecretary of defense for plans.
January 12, 2005 - A little-known group of sailors, soldiers, airmen, Marines and Coast Guard members is preparing to provide behind-the-scenes military support for presidential inaugural activities.
January 05, 2005 - Navy helicopters continue to airlift aid to thousands of people left struggling for survival due to the earthquake- generated tsunami that hit Indian Ocean nations from Indonesia to Somalia.
December 04, 2004 - North Korean and U.S. officials met this week to discuss the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula. It appears they came no closer to resuming multilateral talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs.
November 29, 2004 - he men and women of AdoptaPlatoon, a nonprofit group, volunteer their time and energies to support deployed U.S. servicemembers and their families.
November 28, 2004 - A former U.S. Army sergeant who defected to North Korea almost 40 years ago - has been released after serving 25 days in military detention in Japan. The ordeal for Charles Robert Jenkins is not quite over, however.
November 22, 2004 - Meeting with Asia-Pacific leaders in Chile this weekend, President Bush renewed calls for a diplomatic solution to the nuclear stalemate with North Korea.
November 18, 2004 - Iran's development of ballistic missiles has sparked concerns about the missiles' possible application to nuclear technology.
November 17, 2004 - The National Football League's support of America's armed forces during the war against global terrorism continues a tradition that's been maintained since World War II.
November 10, 2004 - On Thursday, at precisely eleven in the morning Washington time, President Bush is expected to speak at the annual Veterans’ Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, where he will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
November 09, 2004 - Foreign policy experts say in the next four years, the Bush administration will have to deal effectively with two countries, Iran and North Korea, in an effort to curtail the possible spread of nuclear weapons.
November 01, 2004 - Sgt. Orlando Gill sat in a wheelchair on the 50-yard line at FedEx Field, flanked by two other injured Operation Iraqi Freedom Soldiers -- Spc. Rosetta Floyd and Cpl. Norman Jones -- taking in thunderous applause from thousands of football fans.
October 28, 2004 - Recently returned from a trip to Asia, Secretary of State Colin Powell says resumption of the Six-Party Talks on making the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free depends on North Korea.
October 15, 2004 - Deployed and deploying servicemembers are among the priority groups to receive the flu vaccine, Defense Department officials said.
October 06, 2004 - Iraq and the war on terror played a prominent role in the debate between Vice President Cheney and Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator John Edwards of North Carolina. The debate was held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
October 06, 2004 - The Pentagon is planning to add another submarine to two others already deployed to the Pacific island of Guam, and is considering stationing an aircraft carrier strike group there as well.
September 29, 2004 - The United States Wednesday imposed sanctions against 14 foreign firms and individuals, seven of them Chinese, for selling missile or weapons of mass destruction technology and equipment to Iran.
September 22, 2004 - Anthrax vaccinations have resumed for Soldiers whose series of injections were interrupted during the anthrax vaccine shortages of 2000-2001.
September 14, 2004 - Pakistan's parliament has passed legislation on Tuesday tightening controls on the export of weapons-making nuclear and biological technology, as well as missile delivery systems.
September 12, 2004 - Two leading U.S. officials say Washington does not believe a recent explosion in North Korea was nuclear. South Korean reports say the explosion caused a large mushroom-shaped cloud in North Korea's Yanggang province, near the Chinese border.
September 08, 2004 - “However long it takes, wherever it takes us, whatever the cost.” Those words reflect the pledge of the more than 600 people who work everyday to locate and identify 88,000 American service members still missing from World War II to present.
August 17, 2004 - Top U.S. Defense officials say President Bush's plan to reposition American military power overseas is intended to put U.S. forces in a better position to respond to potential conflicts and the threat posed by terrorism.
August 16, 2004 - South Korea's intelligence agency has warned of possible North Korean terror attacks following last month's exodus of hundreds of refugees from the communist North.
August 16, 2004 - President Bush says tens-of-thousands of U.S. troops based in Western Europe and Asia will be pulled out and sent to other bases, primarily on American soil. The White House says it is part of the most comprehensive military reconfiguration in 50 years.
July 27, 2004 - U.S. and Korean officials have agreed on a plan to move all 8,000 American troops out of Seoul and its suburbs by December 2008. The forces will be relocated to south of the Han River in the Pyongtaek area, roughly 50 miles south of Seoul.
July 25, 2004 - Japan's Foreign Minister is expressing the desire to quickly work out a solution with the United States over the fate of a U.S. soldier accused of deserting to communist North Korea during the Cold War.
July 18, 2004 - An alleged U.S. Army deserter has arrived in Japan amid high-level negotiations between Tokyo and Washington over his fate. For the first time since he disappeared in South Korea in 1965, Sergeant Charles Jenkins is under U.S. military jurisdiction.
July 13, 2004 - then 46,000 Soldiers have been able to continue their education by taking online classes through eArmyU, including many of the Soldiers deployed, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
June 28, 2004 - North Korea has described last week's talks on its nuclear weapons program as 'positive,' but said a U.S. proposal to defuse the issue was unacceptable.
June 14, 2004 - Ten Medal of Honor recipients from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars were expected here at the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation's 10th Annual Invitational Gala June 12, but only nine showed up – the 10th died five days before the event.
June 07, 2004 - The United States has proposed withdrawing about one-third of American troops from South Korea by the end of next year, as part of a realignment of forces under discussion with authorities in Seoul.
May 31, 2004 - Warburton Miller was revved up to help win the war in the Pacific during World War II, but when he read newspaper accounts he didn't know if he'd get the chance.
May 25, 2004 - USS Kitty Hawk returned May 24 to her permanently forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan, for the first time since she began her Spring deployment Feb. 18.
April 27, 2004 - About 20,000 Soldiers who have been involuntarily extended beyond their expected 12 months of duty in Iraq or Kuwait will be eligible for extra pay of $1,000 a month.
April 06, 2004 - More military members and their families can exclaim ''I’m going to Disney World,'' thanks to the recent expansion of Shades of Green Armed Forces Recreation Center on Walt Disney World Resort.
March 08, 2004 - A new defense medal will be issued to servicemembers who served in South Korea, or adjacent waters, after July 28, 1954. This includes those serving there today, and those serving up to a not-yet-determined future date.
February 27, 2004 - The US military will stop using always-armed, live landmines after 2010 under a new government policy announced by senior officials at a State Department news briefing.
February 08, 2004 - President Bush said he is a ''war president,'' and he makes every foreign policy decision with that in mind.
February 05, 2004 - The director of the Central Intelligence Agency says the activities of Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan were uncovered in large part by U.S. and British intelligence agencies.
February 04, 2004 - Pakistan's top nuclear scientist says he acted alone in exporting sensitive nuclear technology abroad. But the confession leaves many questions unanswered. There are serious doubts that he could have acted alone.
January 21, 2004 - A U.S. nuclear weapons expert who recently visited North Korea says he saw evidence that country can produce plutonium.
January 20, 2004 - President Bush delivered the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress at the Capitol Tuesday night. ''America this evening is a Nation called to great responsibilities. And we are rising to meet them.''
January 15, 2004 - The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Halsey, will be christened Jan. 17 during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss.
January 13, 2004 - U.S. and Chinese officials say the aim of the visit by General Richard Myers, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is to improve relations and boost cooperation between the two nations' militaries.
January 09, 2004 - Staff Sgt. Basheer Abdullah was selected to coach Team USA’s boxers in the 2004 Olympic Games, Staff Sgt. Shon Lewis will coach Greco-Roman wrestlers, and Capt. Anita Allen clinched a modern pentathlon spot to highlight a productive year of Army sports.
January 08, 2004 - Secretary of State Colin Powell said it was incontrovertible that the former Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein had used weapons of mass destruction and had every intention of developing them further.
January 05, 2004 - The new year brings new hope for families of the more than 88,000 Americans who are still missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the 1991 Gulf War.
January 01, 2004 - With the pull of a lever, 23,000 pounds of thrust slows the forty-seven foot long aircraft to a complete halt over the Lake Michigan shoreline. For the Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier, it’s all in a days work.
December 23, 2003 - Pakistan says initial investigations show that some of its nuclear scientists may have been motivated by ''personal ambition and greed'' to share sensitive nuclear technology with Iran.
December 23, 2003 - For the second time since it started conferring the honor in 1927, Time magazine has selected the American Soldier as its Person of the Year.
December 20, 2003 - President Bush says Libya has agreed to destroy all of its chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons. The surprise announcement follows nine months of secret talks between Libyan, American, and British officials.
December 19, 2003 - Regular Army Soldiers who re-enlist in the Central Command area of responsibility this fiscal year are now eligible for a lump-sum bonus of about $5,000 and the bonus is also retroactive for Soldiers who re-enlisted from Oct. 1 until now.
December 17, 2003 - South Korea's government has finalized plans to send another 3,000 troops to Iraq. While Japan is still working out deployment details amid growing security concerns.
December 15, 2003 - Secretary of State Colin Powell underwent surgery for prostate cancer December 15 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and is expected to resume his normal duties early in the new year.
December 09, 2003 - The United States Tuesday rejected North Korea's demand that its return to talks sponsored by China on its nuclear program be contingent on energy aid and other concessions.
December 04, 2003 - Merlin ''Mage'' Magerkurth got one of the biggest surprises of his life about 15 years ago - scores of letters he'd written to his mother from the battlefields of the Korean War.
November 30, 2003 - The U.S. military in Iraq says its troops have repelled several attempted ambushes on Sunday, killing 46 Iraqis, wounding 18, and capturing another eight in the town of Samarra, near Tikrit.
November 06, 2003 - ''I took this photo with the purpose of giving it to my father for his retirement ceremony after 40 years in the government,
October 02, 2003 - North Korea said Thursday it has reprocessed 8,000 nuclear fuel rods and plutonium extracted from them could be used to strengthen its ''nuclear deterrent force.''
September 14, 2003 - For an 82-year-old World War II bomber pilot, a visit to Luke was a trip down memory lane and a chance to test his flying abilities again.
August 30, 2003 - The United States and other nations that took part in talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis are calling the meeting in Beijing a positive first step, and are looking forward to a second round of talks.
August 02, 2003 - North Korea says planned six-country talks about its nuclear weapons program could be scuttled if the United States persists in moves to bring the issue to the U.N. Security Council.
July 30, 2003 - Robert Stratton of Bluffton, Ohio, was one of the thousands of veterans who traveled to Washington last weekend. At the memorial, the 77-year-old farmer spoke about his service in Korea.
July 29, 2003 - The armistice with North Korea was signed at 1000 hours, July 27, 1953. Hostilities stopped at 2200 hours and with it, the end of 37 months of death and destruction. The silence along the front lines of Korea was deafening.
July 21, 2003 - An uneasy peace settled on Korea after a truce was finally signed, 50 years ago this week.
June 23, 2003 - A photograph of a patrol of stainless steel statues trudging through snow toward an objective is featured on the new commemorative postage stamp honoring the Korean War Veterans Memorial that's slated to be dedicated by the U.S. Postal Service on July 27.
June 17, 2003 - For three decades, America's armed forces have served on a solely volunteer basis. The nation is about to mark the 30th anniversary of the All-Volunteer Force.
June 03, 2003 - The Korean War got a step closer to an armistice as both the United Nations and communists agreed on terms for exchanging all prisoners of war, 50 years ago this week.
June 02, 2003 - A group of U.S. congressmen has returned from a visit to North Korea and they say officials there admitted having nuclear weapons. A top U.S. defense official says the admission means a way must be found to verifiably end North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
May 29, 2003 - Wave after human wave of Chinese soldiers lost their lives attacking outposts in the Nevada complex 50 years ago this week in Korea, but the bloody assaults eventually convinced I Corps to fall back to its main line of resistance.
May 28, 2003 - The remains of nine U.S. Navy crew members, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified, and their remains are being returned to their families for burial.
May 27, 2003 - White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said May 27 that the United States continues to have concerns about Iran developing nuclear weapons and harboring terrorists.
May 26, 2003 - ''God is crying too,'' said 4-year-old Robert as he and his family participated in the Memorial Day ceremonies here today. Robert was one of thousands who sat through the rain to honor the men and women who have died in defense of the United States.
May 23, 2003 - While President Bush believes the crisis over North Korean nuclear weapons can be resolved peacefully, he said the United States and Japan will not be blackmailed by North Korean threats.
May 13, 2003 - With both sides stuck on the finer points of a prisoner-of-war repatriation plan, the Reds stepped up attacks in the air and on the ground with no measurable success, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
May 05, 2003 - As a new day dawned in the Arabian Gulf May 2, there was a sense of guarded optimism for Sailors and Marines here about President Bush’s recent nationally televised speech to the nation from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
May 01, 2003 - Seven countries - Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, and Sudan - were again listed as state sponsors of terrorism, though Iraq may soon come off the list.
April 30, 2003 - U.N. planes conducted several bombing raids into North Korea as truce talks continued, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
April 28, 2003 - North Korea has again evaded questions about its nuclear weapons program at a meeting with South Korean officials, and instead sought more economic aid from Seoul. So far, the inter-Korean talks have made no progress in defusing tensions.
April 23, 2003 - Senior diplomats from the United States, North Korea, and China are beginning talks in Beijing aimed at defusing the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions. These closed-door meetings are the highest level discussions since the crisis began.
April 20, 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush has said he believes there is a
April 14, 2003 - South Korean officials say the fall of Iraq's Saddam Hussein might have prompted North Korea to shift its position regarding talks about its nuclear programs.
April 01, 2003 - Truce talks resumed at the peace table after an almost six-month break, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
March 16, 2003 - Cheney said there's no question that the United States is close to the end of diplomatic efforts.
March 05, 2003 - Four North Korean ighter jets intercepted a U.S. Air Force plane in international airspace over the Sea of Japan early March 2, Defense Department officials said.
March 05, 2003 - An Eight Army patrol in the vicinity of Pork Chop Hill caught a platoon of Red Chinese short of their objective and spoiled the communist planned attack, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
February 20, 2003 - A North Korean fighter jet crossed briefly into South Korean air space Thursday, the first such incident in 20 years.
February 19, 2003 - Ground fighting, though still confined in scope, was deadly for both sides 50 years ago this week in Korea, as the Chinese reacted savagely to U.N. incursions.
January 22, 2003 - Operation Smack, a combined arms experiment falls short of capturing T-bone Hill Complex in Korea 50 years ago this week and sparks a congressional inquiry at home.
January 10, 2003 - A new defense medal will eventually be issued to military members who served in the Republic of Korea, or adjacent waters, after July 28, 1954.
January 08, 2003 - Two new Chinese armies hit the front lines 50 years ago this week in Korea as the Reds attacked Capitol Hill and the area around Chorwon.
January 02, 2003 - Successful bombing runs on supply and communications centers near Kumsong and the Siberian border opened the new year, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
December 31, 2002 - The United States Monday continued to stress a non-confrontational approach toward North Korea and its renewed drive for nuclear weapons.
December 26, 2002 - South Korean President Kim Dae-jung says his nation must be at the forefront of efforts to halt North Korea's nuclear brinkmanship. North Korea has started moving fresh fuel to a nuclear facility that could produce weapons-grade plutonium.
December 23, 2002 - Defense Secretary Rumsfeld is telling North Korea the U.S. military is capable of dealing with it, the Iraq crisis and the war on terrorism all at the same time.
December 18, 2002 - The communist propaganda machine played Christmas tunes across the front lines as it continued to make claims of germ warfare and mass killings of prisoners of war by U.S. military forces, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
December 16, 2002 - Terrorism, Iraq and North Korea were the main topics of discussions here today between senior American and Japanese officials.
December 16, 2002 - North Korea accuses Washington of using food aid to pressure Pyongyang about its nuclear program and says the United States attaches unreasonable conditions to food donations.
October 31, 2002 - U.S. intelligence agencies are watching for signs that North Korea may conduct a flight test of a ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States.
October 30, 2002 - With the backing of 20 other countries, the United States submitted a proposal to the United Nations on the repatriation issue in an effort to reach a truce, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
October 17, 2002 - After a fake withdrawal by elements of the Republic of Korea from Sniper Ridge, the ROK 2nd Division trap the Chinese on the ridge as a part of Operation Showdown, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
October 11, 2002 - Bernardo C. Negrete has a message for young Hispanic Americans: ''The military is a perfect place to build your future!''
September 27, 2002 - In the skies over the blue-green waters of Key West, aircraft that were once designed to destroy each other are now flying together - testing each other's capabilities.
September 19, 2002 - Attacks were called off twice at Outpost Kelly after U.S. soldiers failed to take the hill due to heavy casualties, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
September 05, 2002 - Against repeated Chinese assaults, U.S. marines held Bunker Hill 50 years ago in Korea, but the Chinese pushed the ROK Capital Division off Capitol Hill and Finger Ridge, beginning a long battle to retake the area.
August 20, 2002 - More rioting by communist prisoners of war resulted in crackdowns that left four POWs dead and 64 wounded, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
August 06, 2002 - Two separate incidents of bravery under fire this week led to posthumous awards of the Medal of Honor to a Navy corpsman and an Army paratrooper, 50 years ago in Korea.
July 23, 2002 - Truce talks continued to be stalled on the number of prisoners to be exchanged, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
