AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has made a surprise choice for the next leader of the US Marine Corps, picking a career aviator over the two presumed lead candidates for the job, US media reported Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The superintendent of the premier US military cemetery has been reprimanded after an investigation found that it had lost track of remains in 211 graves, US Army officials said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists is the gravest threat facing the United States, a Pentagon official has said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The superintendent of the premier US military cemetery has been reprimanded after an investigation found that it had lost track of remains in 211 graves, US Army officials said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The financial crisis has put huge pressure on the defense spending of NATO allies, but there is shared understanding of the need to “cut fat and not muscle” from military budgets, NATO’s head said on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists is the gravest threat facing the United States, a Pentagon official has said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The Pentagon on Wednesday linked a spike in NATO casualties in Afghanistan, including four US troops killed in the downing of a helicopter, to rising allied force levels in the country. Read the rest of this entry »