AFP – Murder charges against a US Marine accused of slaying an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in Fallujah in 2004 were dismissed Tuesday, a military spokesman confirmed. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Northrop Grumman Tuesday accused the Pentagon of being “unfair” over the aerospace giant’s competition with Boeing for a new mammoth contract to replace the US Air Force’s aging aerial tankers. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Navy secretary said on Friday women deserve a chance to serve on submarines, promising to move “aggressively” to change the rules that ban females on subs. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The United States will not take account of a trade dispute between aviation rivals Boeing and Airbus when it selects a bidder to build a fleet of aerial refueling tankers, according to a Pentagon document obtained by AFP. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – An American aerial surveillance drone crashed into the offices of an Iraqi political party in the northern city of Mosul, the US military said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Navy secretary said on Friday women deserve a chance to serve on submarines, promising to move “aggressively” to change the rules that ban females on subs. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Navy Admiral Mike Mullen won Senate confirmation on Friday for a second, two-year term as chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the most senior officer in the U.S. military. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders. Read the rest of this entry »