Thousands of noisy demonstrators filled Baghdad's renowned Firdous Square to protest a new military pact between Iraq and the United States which is being debated in parliament....

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed confidence Friday that more troops being sent to Afghanistan’s Regional Command South will be sufficient to shore up security for Afghanistan’s elections in late September next year....

Cyberspace is a warfighting domain, and the Defense Department is taking steps to defend this crucial capability, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday....

Baghdad, Nov.22 : Iraq's Mahdi Army, which is led by rebel leader Hojatoleslam Moqtada al-Sadr, has warned of a new insurgency across the country if the United States decides not to withdraw its troops till...

Washington, Nov.22 : The cyber attack on the Department of Defense that has led to a ban on the use of external hardware devices could have come from a number of foreign countries, possibly Russia or China, the Pentagon has...

Washington, Nov.22 : Over the next five months, the U.S. Army is preparing to reinforce troop morale in Afghanistan with "Entertainment from the Home Front," a string of touring entertainers and athletes that will include World Wrestling Entertainment Divas, National Football League cheerleaders and players, NASCAR drivers, and professional rodeo participants....

The Defense Department has banned, at least temporarily, the use of external computer flash drives in the Pentagon because of a virus threat that officials detected on defense networks.While defense...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz (left) and Gen. Bruce Carlson (right) congratulate Gen. Donald Hoffman, who became the seventh commander of Air Force Materiel Command during a...

F-22 Raptors fly in formation. Defense Department officials are only partially funding the expansion of F-22 aircraft production, leaving the decision for further expansion to the incoming...

Ronald A. Poussard (right) receives a plaque from Nelson Escribano, at the 2008 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Technology Conference and Expo Nov. 13 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla....

Nelson Escribano ( center), recipient of the Golden Talon Award at the 2nd Annual Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program Awards Ceremony, is flanked by Ronald A. Poussard (left), the...

Capt. Wesley Skenfield answers questions as Capt. Aaron Gibbs lines up their C-17 Globemaster III for refueling by the KC-135 Stratotanker visible in the upper windows. The passengers are neighbors...

Iraqi supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr chant slogans during a protest Friday in Baghdad, Iraq. Thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets...

Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where US troops once tore...

As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at least 556 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the...

Trees for Troops Program Approaches 50,000 Milestone MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the Christmas SPIRIT...

Misawa Air Base’s Cummings Elementary School will present "Christmas Trolls" at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at the school. The student play is based on a children’s picture-book story that...

Hundreds of Marines file out of the Camp Foster, Okinawa, theater Friday after attending the mandatory "Beating the Blues" annual holiday safety...

The directorate’s mission is to define, determine, acquire, defend and execute the fiscal resources needed to support the MAGTFTC and MCAGCC using an integrated team of expert...

An erratic economy is testing the way retailers at military bases in Japan and Okinawa price their gasoline. The cost of gas has stagnated for five months despite a policy by the area’s main...

DEMILITARIZED ZONE, Korea — After 24 years, they keep coming back for Cpl. Jang Myoung-ki. Jang’s comrades, his family and others joined today’s guardians of the Joint Security Area in an...

RAF LAKENHEATH, England — The court-martial of Staff Sgt. Aaron Ellis, who is charged with rape and carnal knowledge, is expected to continue throughout the weekend and possibly into Monday. ...

Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Rey holds his newborn daughter, Brin Marie Jane Rey, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Even though the Air Force has not finalized its plan, Rey will be able to take...

ARLINGTON, Va. — An Army Human Terrain Team member has been charged with murder in connection with the killing of an Afghan man who set another team member on fire. Don Michael Ayala, a...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Need a cheap flight for the holidays? Don’t count on the Patriot Express. The U.S. military’s only chartered commercial air service in the Pacific will not fly the...

Trojuan Quinn (20) of Nile C. Kinnick shoots over Jon-Jon Greene of E.J. King during Friday's DODDS-Japan Basketball League game at Fleet Gymnasium, Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. The host Red Devils...

NAPLES, Italy — Paul DuBois has paid off his credit card bills, school loans and car loan. And still has a little cash left over. "I’m out of debt. It’s great," said the full-time employee...

■ 357th Air Missile Defense Detachment, U.S. Army ■ 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army ■ Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, U.S. Marine Corps ■ 86th Contingency ...

SEOUL — Military training caused disruptions for about 200 high school students in a county northeast of Seoul during South Korea’s college entrance exams earlier this month, according to local...

ARLINGTON, Va. — An Army Human Terrain Team member has been charged with murder in connection with the killing of an Afghan man who set another team member on fire. Don Michael Ayala, a...

After hearing what sounded like a loud explosion, Petty Officer 1st Class Clifford Martin walked out of his office on the northern side of Misawa Air Base. The scene last week stopped him dead in...

BAGHDAD — In the midnight darkness, U.S. soldiers show up unannounced at a house in the south of the capital to ask about some graffiti on a wall across the street praising Jaish al-Mahdi, a...

WASHINGTON — All military contractors in Iraq will likely lose their immunity from Iraqi law starting in January, according to officials from the State and Defense Departments. Leaders from both...

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Army has scheduled the execution of Army Pvt. Ronald A. Gray for Dec. 10, the first of a servicemember since...

Airman 1st Class Hugo Garnica communicates with an MQ-9 Reaper pilot with a land mobile radio at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 18. He was performing a preflight check to ensure the unmanned aircraft...

11/21/2008 - CAMP STRIKER, Iraq (AFNS) -- Navy Cmdr. Ed Fischer and Air Force 1st Lt. E.J. Wong would seem to be out of place in an Army heavy brigade combat team conducting operations in Iraq. ...

11/21/2008 - KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center officials here successfully tested the Space-Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit...

John Goines III shows Sallie Stratton the remains recovered from the crash site of her husband, Lt. Col. Charles W. Stratton, whose bomber went down Jan. 3, 1971, over Laos Nov. 4 at Brooks...

Throughout the Combat Center there are many organizations willing to go above and beyond to help Marines, sailors, and family members who call the base and the surrounding area home, with the wide...

1st Lt. Luke Gaffney from 4th Force Reconnaissance Company presents a plaque to representatives from BAE Systems, Meadow Gold Diaries and First Hawaiian Bank for their corporate sponsorship of the...

Fall 2008 Petty Officer Advancements Released; Opportunity Holds Steady Story Number: NNS081121-08 Release Date: 11/21/2008 4:39:00 PM From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs ...

Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors from the USS Bataan attended a New York Islanders hockey game Nov. 11, 2008, at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Marines and sailors were...

Camp Lejeune may be a large base, but when many local units train at the same time, the space and facilities available tend to run low.  In cases like this, when the training must go on, some hit...

During the autumn of 1943, Marines and sailors from 2nd Marine Division Reinforced, stormed the shores of an island named Tarawa. Located in the central Pacific Ocean, the tiny island became the...

By Navy Lt. Jennifer CraggSpecial to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 – The Air Force Warrior and Survivor Care Program is reaching out to wounded airmen from the point...

By Fred W. Baker IIIAmerican Forces Press Service CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. , Nov. 21, 2008 – Marine Capt. Ray Baronie was traveling in a convoy in Ramadi, Iraq, on Dec. 1, 2005 when an anti-tank round...

At the end of the work day, when most Air Station personnel are heading to their homes to relax and unwind, a second shift of midnight workers are on their way to the flightline to start a long...

            The Department of Defense announced today the selection of six distinguished university faculty scientists and engineers forming the 2009 class of its National Security Science...

Posted on: Friday, 21 November 2008, 14:53 CST A virus threat detected on Defense Department networks resulted in a temporary ban of external computer flash drives at the Pentagon, officials said...

Gareth Porter Inter Press Service WASHINGTON: The text of the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed by US Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Monday closes...