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  1. Midshipmen of the class of 2013 are commissioned May 24 during the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md.

    Obama lauds future leaders at USNA graduation

    While the hats being tossed were round instead of square and no one shuffled a tassel from right to left, the Naval Academy’s Class of 2013 had one thing in common with college grads across the country: excitement — and a few nerves — about what comes next.

  1. From boyhood to battlefield: Long war takes its toll

  2. Senators: Limit recruits' athletic shoe choices to U.S.-made footwear

  1. Troops offered deals for Memorial Day

  2. Bill would require mental health checkup every 6 months for deployed troops

  3. DoD school director to retire in August

  4. Lawmakers want DoD to study whether Tricare may cover horse therapy

  5. Tricare approves waivers for beneficiaries in tornado-affected Oklahoma

  6. Obama addressing Naval Academy grads 2nd time

  7. Court denies appeal in Coast Guardsman's 2008 slaying

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    Bush hosts bike ride for combat veterans

    Former President George W. Bush is hosting a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride at his Central Texas ranch for military members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • May. 24, 2013
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    Former major league pitcher Chris Ray pours one of his baseball-themed beers May 22 at The Diamond in Richmond, Va. The specialty brew will be sold at the Double AA minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels' baseball game May 23. The proceeds are given to military families. Joe Mahoney / The Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP

    Brewers team up on beer to help military families

    Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats.

    • May. 24, 2013
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    Master chief selectees announced

    The Navy announced the names of nearly 500 master chief selectees Thursday in a fleetwide message, NAVADMIN 136/13.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Destroyers to be named for MoH recipient, former SECNAV

    The two newest destroyers will be named for a highly decorated soldier-turned-senator and a former Navy secretary, the Navy's top civilian announced Thursday.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Panel rejects Pentagon's request for base closings

    A new round of military base closings is going nowhere in Congress.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    President Obama talks about national security May 23 at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

    Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

    President Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S.

    • May. 23, 2013

  7. Lawmakers make pre-Memorial Day calls to fix vet claims backlog

    In a pre-Memorial Day push to show their concern about the backlog of veterans' disability claims, House Republicans are calling for an independent task force to recommend a solution while House Democrats pushed the idea of providing temporary benefits to

    • May. 23, 2013
  8. DoD acquisition chief Frank Kendall said the Pentagon will create its own electronic health record system using commercial software. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

    Pentagon goes it alone on electronic health records

    The Defense Department is abandoning its plans to build a single, joint electronic health record system with the Veterans Affairs Department in favor of developing its own system using commercial software.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

    President Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Retired Army Lt. Col. Richard A. Lester, left, and Atlanta History Center President and CEO Sheffield Hale look over the Army seal May 13 at the nearly finished Veterans Park at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta. Jason Getz / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

    Battleground soil given place of honor in Atlanta

    It seemed like a mission impossible, but Richard A. Lester believed it could be done.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Ex-NAS Fallon sailor gets prison on lewdness charge

    A 26-year-old former sailor stationed at Naval Air Station Fallon has been sentenced to up to nearly 20 years in prison for attempted lewdness with a child under the age of 14.

    • May. 23, 2013

  12. Chances for senior chief soar

    The chance to put on a senior chief's star has increased to 13.62 percent, making this year the best shot at making E-8 since at least 1997, but probably longer.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Surplus military trucks get new lives

    They've served their country well. Getting parked in a nondescript dirt lot sure doesn't seem like much of a final resting place.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Cheers, shouts, thumbs up, 'V' signs and general jubilation shows in the expressions of the released POWs in March 1973 as their C-141 plane lifts off from Gia Lam Airport taking them to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Air Force via AP

    Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

    Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Soldier was target of brutal attack in London

    The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

    Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Sailor charged in 2010 death of 2-year-old

    A sailor has been charged with murder in the 2010 death of his girlfriend's son at an off-base military housing unit.

    • May. 23, 2013

  18. Advancement central: Find out if you moved up

    About 3,700 fewer active-duty petty officers will advance this cycle, with advancement opportunity falling across all three paygrades.

    • May. 22, 2013
  19. Army Reserve Capt. Ryan Hanna demonstrates leg exercises for a Bob Thomas Military Muscle workout at Gannett Government Media in Springfield, Va., on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (Mike Morones/Military Times) Mike Morones/Military Times

    4 leg exercises with little or no equipment

    You really can do leg exercises without the isolation-style or massive leg press machines found in most gyms. No more leg extension or leg curl machines. No need to find a leg abductor/adductor combo or hoist a 45-pound Olympic bar.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    The Triton unmanned aircraft system completed its first flight from the company's manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif. Triton is specially designed to fly surveillance missions up to 24 hours at altitudes of more than 10 miles, allowing coverage out to 2,000 nautical miles. Bob Brown/Northrop Grumman via Navy

    Ocean recon UAV makes first flight

    An unmanned jet built for Navy high-altitude maritime surveillance missions has made its first flight May 22.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Stolen Valor Act on the way to White House

    The Stolen Valor Act that makes it a federal crime to profit from falsely claiming to have received a military medal for valor is on its way to the White House for President Obama's signature, thanks to the efforts of two Nevadans.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Holder says 4 U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes

    Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counter-terrorism drone strikes since 2009.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    The Freedom underway in Singapore on May 17. MC1 Jay C. Pugh/U.S. Navy

    Engine problem forces LCS Freedom back to port

    The USS Freedom, first of the US Navy's littoral combat ships, was forced to return to port in Singapore Tuesday after sediment was discovered in the ship's lube oil system.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Float driver: Train seemed still before deadly crash

    The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, ac

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Fort Hood suspect wants to represent himself

    The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting rampage.

    • May. 22, 2013

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