National & World Headlines

  • Maj. Gen. Hernandez took over the new organization Oct. 1. He tells Federal News Radio his goals include making sure the workforce has the capabilities it needs and to better understand the Army\'s situational awareness.

    October 13, 2010
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that abruptly ending the military\'s \"don\'t ask, don\'t tell\" policy as a federal judge has ordered would have enormous consequences, according to the Associated Press.

    October 13, 2010
  • Iran\'s English-language Press TV reports an explosion at an Iranian military training base killed and injured several servicemen on Tuesday. The report did not make clear how many people were killed or injured but said the explosion was caused an \"by accident\". It happened in western Iran. Last month a bomb blast killed 12 people and injured 80 in the city of Mahabad. Authorities blamed it on \"anti-revolutionary\" militants backed by Iran\'s foreign enemies.

    October 13, 2010
  • Defense ministers from Asian and other nations have gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam for a regional security meeting. The Associated Press is reporting Defense Secretary Robert Gates is attending the two-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, where he will hold military talks with Chinese Gen. Liang Guanglie - the first between the countries in eight months after China cut off contact to protest a U.S. arms package for Taiwan.

    October 13, 2010
  • The top two targets of the withering drone attacks in the tribal territories between Pakistan and Afghanistan --escaped. The News Online in Pakistan reports two al-Qaeda-linked terrorists of German origin , 27-year-old Mouneer Chouka alias Abu Adam and 25-year-old Yaseen Chouka alias Abu Ibrahim we\'re not killed in the attacks. Hailing from the suburb of Kessenich in Bonn, both are real brothers and believed to be leading a group of over 100 German militants who had traveled from Germany to the border areas of Pakistan in recent years, raising the latest security alert in Europe

    October 13, 2010
  • A court-martial has been recommended for Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock. He\'s the first of 12 American soldiers charged with murdering Afghan civilians for sport Investigators at Morlock\'s initial hearing in the case didn\'t find enough evidence for him stand trial on three counts of premeditated murder. Morlock and fellow soldiers are accused of taking photos of corpses and keeping body parts as war trophies.

    October 13, 2010
  • The U.S. apologized Wednesday for a recent helicopter attack that killed two Pakistani soldiers at an outpost near the Afghan border, saying American pilots mistook the soldiers for insurgents they were pursuing. The Associated Press reports the apology, which came after a joint investigation, could pave the way for Pakistan to reopen a key border crossing that NATO uses to ship goods into landlocked Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the crossing to NATO supply convoys in apparent reaction to the Sept. 30 incident.

    October 13, 2010
  • Under the contract, the company will develop interior designs, perform equipment needs assessments, relocations, equipment installation, maintenance and employee training for the Army Corps of Engineers.

    October 13, 2010
  • Community members, former employees, and other workers are needed to supply information and knowledge about activities that have occurred throughout the history of the installation.

    October 13, 2010
  • Maj. Gen. Hernandez took over the new organization Oct. 1. He tells Federal News Radio his goals include making sure the workforce has the capabilities it needs and to better understand the Army\'s situational awareness.

    October 13, 2010
  • A Congressional Budget Office report estimates health care costs for veterans will rise 45 to 75 percent in the next decade, Army Times reports.

    October 12, 2010
  • Learn more about what the 2010 GISLA winners have done.

    October 12, 2010
  • Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.

    October 12, 2010
  • Learn more from CNN\'s Dick Uliano

    October 12, 2010