AP – China blamed the United States on Wednesday for the latest naval confrontation between the countries, after rejecting criticism by Washington that Beijing’s rising military strength is focused on countering U.S power. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – A Marine Corps helicopter crashed in a remote section of a Southern California forest, killing its two experienced pilots, authorities said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Two US Marine pilots were killed when their military attack helicopter crashed during a training exercise in southern California, military officials said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – President Barack Obama’s Defense Department plans to create 20,000 new government jobs to help revamp the way it buys more than $100 billion of weapons each year, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official told Congress. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The Navy canceled the deployment of a San Diego-based ship and ordered its crew to be treated with anti-viral drugs after a crew member’s illness was confirmed as swine flu. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Navy said Tuesday a warship’s crew member became ill with swine flu and 50 others showed symptoms, leading military officials to cancel a scheduled deployment to the South Pacific. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Georgia said it put down a mutiny at a military base on Tuesday and accused Moscow of trying to foment a wider rebellion on the eve of NATO war games in the former Soviet republic. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US military chief expressed concern Monday that the interrogation techniques used against detainees during the previous administration, widely regarded as torture, could be turned against US troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
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