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3-star: Navy wants to keep tuition assistance
3-star: Navy wants to keep tuition assistance
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The chief of naval personnel says the Navy wants to keep the service's tuition assistance program funded through the remainder of this fiscal year.
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  • Times Prime content.Sub unit earns commendation for Libya mission
    It's been two years since the guided-missile submarine Florida fired more than 90 Tomahawk missiles over Libya.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 15:27:44 EDT
  • Senate votes to restore tuition assistance
    The Senate voted Wednesday to restore tuition assistance for all services, reversing a budget-cutting move ordered by the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 16:09:43 EDT
  • Study: MRI could diagnose Gulf War Illness
    Veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War suffering from chronic pain and fatigue have brain damage to their white matter, the connective nerve fibers that transmit electrical impulses among the brain's...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 16:52:32 EDT
  • 4-star: Gitmo buildings in need of major repair
    WASHINGTON — As much as $170 million is needed to improve facilities for the troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention center that President Obama has marked for extinction, the top U.S....
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 16:35:03 EDT
  • Government work boosts younger vets’ employment
    One in four Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans have government jobs, primarily with the federal government, says a new Labor Department report that finds an improved employment picture for the...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 16:24:27 EDT
  • Town mourns Marines who died in explosion
    HAWTHORNE, Nev. — Hundreds of residents in a rural community steeped in military history turned out to mourn the loss of seven Marines as investigators arrived at an ammunition depot to try to...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 15:06:49 EDT
  • Obama vows unwavering support for Israel
    JERUSALEM — Renewing U.S. support for the difficult "work of generations," President Obama assured Israel on Wednesday that his administration would pursue an elusive Mideast peace that would...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 15:20:30 EDT
  • Times Prime content.Troops offer strong voice on personal firearms
    It's no great surprise that folks in the military have strong opinions about weapons.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 14:30:01 EDT
  • S.C. passes bills to appoint adjutant general
    COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's adjutant general could be appointed by the governor under legislation approved by the House.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 14:43:40 EDT
  • Wounded Iraq vet ending struggle
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tomas Young has been fighting for the last nine years: fighting his government, fighting the Veterans Administration and fighting his own deteriorating body.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 13:26:19 EDT
  • DARPA closer to brain-controlled prosthesis
    The wizards at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have been working to field a brain-controlled prosthetic arm that the wearer can operate by thought.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 13:10:56 EDT
  • VA official: Be patient on claims backlog
    An embattled Veterans Affairs Department official responsible for the growing mountain of benefits claims pleaded Wednesday for more time to show success in getting them processed.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 11:18:06 EDT
  • NCIS investigating fatal USMC training accident
    The Marines have tapped Naval Criminal Investigative Service to conduct the probe into a fatal training accident, officials with Headquarters Marine Corps said Wednesday afternoon. The investigation...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 15:28:33 EDT
  • Sub back in Groton after extended deployment
    NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Providence returned to the Navy base in Groton following a deployment that was extended to seven months after commanders asked the submarine to stay out longer than...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 13:38:08 EDT
  • Outreach to combat suicide continues
    PHOENIX — Michael Rolack never heard the gunshot, only the screams of his grandson's fiancée.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 9:46:05 EDT
  • Woman at center of spy allegations is enigma
    HONOLULU — The 27-year-old Chinese woman at the center of spying allegations hanging over her boyfriend, a defense contractor in Hawaii, is not in custody.
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 7:59:28 EDT
  • U.S., Afghans make deal on Wardak troop pullout
    KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military and the Afghan government reached a deal Wednesday on the pullout of American special operations forces and their Afghan counterparts from a strategic...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 16:09:19 EDT
  • Carrier Reagan, crew returning to San Diego
    SAN DIEGO – After 14 months away from home for extensive maintenance, the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will return to Southern California on Thursday, the Navy announced Tuesday.
    Posted Tuesday Mar 19, 2013 21:33:46 EDT
  • SOUTHCOM chief: Cuts will hamper drug seizures
    WASHINGTON — Pentagon budget cuts will dramatically slash U.S. efforts to seize illegal drug shipments at sea, the top U.S. commander in South America told senators Tuesday, saying that the...
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 15:52:21 EDT
  • Times Prime content.Unhappy SWOs, Navy wants to hear from you
    Do you feel valued aboard your ship? If you make an honest mistake, will it be held against you? Is the Navy demanding too much? Do you plan to stay in?
    Posted Wednesday Mar 20, 2013 15:52:35 EDT
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