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  1. NATO solders walk toward a Chinook helicopter June 18 after a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide.

    Karzai suspends talks with U.S. over Taliban move

    The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find ways to end the nearly 12-year war.

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  1. U.S. may need to fill 'gaps' in Afghan forces after 2014

    The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the Afghan military may need some operational support beyond the planned end of combat operations there in late 2014.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  2. Editorial: A call for common sense

    Inspectors across the Navy and Marine Corps are walking through workspaces, galleys, berthing spaces and even the heads, looking for anything that might be deemed 'offensive' and inappropriate.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  3. National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander testifies June 18 on Capitol Hill before the House Intelligence Committee. J. Scott Applewhite / AP

    Army 4-star defends surveillance program

    The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that wa

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  4. Plan seeks to hire reservists, vets for border duties

    Reservists and veterans would be actively recruited for border security jobs, with incentives including student loan repayment and signing bonuses, under a bipartisan Senate plan unveiled Monday.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  5. Afghan forces taking security lead nationwide

    Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai announced Tuesday in a significant milestone in the 12-year war.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Big E leaving Norfolk one last time

    The Enterprise is leaving Naval Station Norfolk for the last time.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
    • NEWS /

    2 Naval Academy grads killed in Ala. crash

    U.S. Naval Academy officials say two graduates have been killed in a single-vehicle crash in Alabama.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  8. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, talk to media during a news conference at the Pentagon on May 17. Women may be able to begin training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under broad plans Hagel is approving that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in the country's elite special operations forces, according to details of the plans submitted to Hagel that were obtained by the Associated Press. Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press

    Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

    Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
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    Inspectors on fleetwide hunt for anything offensive

    Navy and Marine inspectors have less than two weeks to roam all workspaces and community areas to root out anything that hints at being lewd, crude or just plain offensive to your co-workers.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  10. Academy football players face Article 32 for alleged assault

    The case of three Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman while she was unconscious will proceed to an Article 32 hearing, a Navy official confirmed.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  11. Wilma Rees, 90, of Arizona (right) and her twin sister, Amelia Kizer, 90, of Nebraska, members of the American Rosie the Riveter Association (ARRA), worked on B-17 bombers at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle during World War II. Members of ARRA toured a portion of the former GM Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti Township. The 5-million-square-foot plant was built by Henry Ford to make B-24 bombers for the military during World War II and is likely to be destroyed by GM's bankruptcy trust to make way for new development. James Fassinger / Detroit Free Press

    WWII riveters return one last time to bomber plant

    Rosie the Riveter returned to her factory, just a few months before it's likely to be demolished.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  12. WikiLeaks trial witness: Troop email addresses could be used in cyberattacks

    A huge database of troop names and email addresses an Army private allegedly downloaded to a personal computer could be used by foreign adversaries to launch cyberattacks on service members, a government witness said Monday as the trial of Pfc.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  13. After almost seven years, the Polar Star is heading into ice trials in the Arctic. PA3 Jordan Akiyama / Coast Guard

    Polar Star gets back to work

    After almost seven years out of commission, and a reactivation cost of $90 million, a Coast Guard heavy icebreaker is back in action.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  14. 2 female pilots among six service members selected to be astronauts

    NASA has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  15. Active, former Navy aviators among 8 new astronaut trainees

    Two Navy aviators — one active, one former — are among NASA's latest astronaut trainees, a group of eight individuals selected from more than 6,100 applicants, the agency announced Monday.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  16. Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, right, has asked a judge to allow his defamation to go forward against the wife of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, left. The Associated Press

    Ventura wants 'American Sniper' lawsuit to proceed

    MINNEAPOLIS Attorneys for former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura asked a federal judge Monday to allow his defamation lawsuit against slain 'American Sniper' author Chris Kyle to go forward with Kyle's widow as the defendant.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  17. Some Wisconsin National Guard members face furloughs

    Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard members face furloughs as the result of the automatic federal budget cuts that took effect earlier this year.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
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    Sailors can receive much more than faith-based counseling from their chaplains, and all discussions are confidential. Here, a sailor speaks with Lt. Cmdr. Henry 'Fred' Holcombe, a chaplain assigned to the aircraft carrier Enterprise, last year during the carrier's final deployment to 5th Fleet. MCSN Gregory White / Navy

    Navy emphasizes talking with chaplains is confidential

    Regardless of personal faith, any sailor, Marine or Coast Guardsmen can talk to a chaplain about problems and know the discussion will remain confidential.

    • Jun. 16, 2013

  19. Consideration of Syria no-fly zone relies on Iraq experience

    The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military wades into Middle East conflicts.

    • Jun. 16, 2013

  20. Afghans poised to take security lead from U.S., NATO

    One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are re

    • Jun. 16, 2013
  21. Mary Beth Lugo, partner of KaZAM bikes. The bike is used to teach balance to young children.

    'Shark Tank' helps wife grow bike biz

    Mary Beth Lugo is admittedly a little shy. And while she may be in the business of making kids happy, she must develop a vicious side.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
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    A Marine MV-22 Osprey aircraft lands Friday on the Japanese destroyer JS Hyuga in coastal waters off San Diego. The aircraft made an unprecedented landing on the vessel, despite protests in Japan over concerns over the tilt-rotor aircraft's safety record. Gregory Bull / AP

    Marines land Osprey aircraft on Japanese ship

    A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft made an unprecedented landing Friday on a Japanese naval vessel off the California coast.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  23. Ahmed Zuhair poses June 14 for a photo backdropped by the four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Zuhair, a former sheep merchant who was never charged with any crime during seven years at Guantanamo, stopped eating in June 2005 and kept up his protest until he was sent home to Saudi Arabia in 2009. The Associated Press

    Amid Gitmo strike, ex-detainee tells of force-feed

    For more than three months, the U.S.

    • Jun. 15, 2013

  24. You got service record gripes? We want to hear them

    Just a couple years ago, the Navy put all your service records online. Now we're getting reports from sources and Navy documents that say that records are not only inaccurate, but that it's too difficult for sailors to get them fixed.

    • Jun. 14, 2013

  25. New Xbox 'a sin against all service members'

    Navy Lt. Scott Metcalf was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new Xbox One. Now he's not even sure if he'll buy one.

    • Jun. 14, 2013

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