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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Workplace cleanup underway for offensive material

    Workplace inspections are underway across the Army for material that might be construed as inappropriate, degrading or offensive.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  5. Your new RAT boots: Quicker drying footwear coming in 2014

    The Marine Corps will begin fielding quick-drying Rugged All Terrain boots in the next year.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  6.  John Harman/Staff

    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
  7. Air Force removes six career fields from CJR list

    The Air Force has removed limits on how many first-term airmen can re-enlist for six career fields, while it has lowered the number of airmen who can re-enlist for an additional 17 career fields

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  8. 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
  9. Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives. Above, musicians with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band, march and perform May 22 in the Military Appreciation Day Parade in Waikiki, Hawaii. Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso / Marine Corps

    Marine Corps' bagpipes boycott drives new legislation

    Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  10. An Air Force honor guard team from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., participates in a burial ceremony. Funeral honors for military retirees have been downsized to a two-person Air Force honor team. 2nd Lt. Michael Gibson / Air Force

    Military funeral procession changes

    There's a change happening Air Force-wide in the mortuary affairs program, and most may not know about it until, well, it's too late.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  11. 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
  12. Ranger's parachute death under investigation

    A team from the Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center is investigating an apparent parachuting mishap that killed an Army Ranger who had just returned from a deployment to Afghanistan.

    • 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. Thieves steal motorcycles, camper from wounded Special Forces soldier

    A Special Forces soldier who lost his legs to a bomb in Afghanistan but returned to the Army is grappling with the loss of his motorcycles and a camper from his parents' North Carolina home.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  17. Senate panel strikes down bill to allow abortions at military hospitals

    A measure that would allow troops and military family members to have abortions at military hospitals if they pay for the procedures themselves has failed to pass the Senate Armed Services Committee.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  18. Senior Airman Dcoridrion Hicks earned the blue rope to signify he was among the service's best military training officers, a feat rare for a senior airman. Courtesy of Dcoridrion Hicks

    Blue rope loses stripe for minor offenses

    Senior Airman Dcoridrion Hicks achieved in June 2012 the elite title of master military training instructor, a feat no other MTI of his rank had accomplished in at least a decade.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  19. A Thai volunteer works with Lance Cpl. Nathan Grove, with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, during exercise Cobra Gold 2012. Officials say cultural skills Marines learned over the past decade will apply to missions in the Asia-Pacific region. Sgt. Matthew Troyer / Marine Corps

    One-star: Counterinsurgency skills learned in Iraq, Afghanistan relevant in Pacific

    The cultural know-how Marines developed as part of the counterinsurgency strategy used in Iraq and Afghanistan will be applicable to new missions in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a general who oversees operations there.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  20. Adult magazines are displayed in a special, partially blocked-off area of a store at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Courtesy of Morality in Media

    Group wants DoD to ban porn from bases, camps

    An anti-pornography group is urging Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to remove all adult materials from the military exchanges and prohibit electronic access to pornography on installations.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  21. 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
  22. Former Marine facing extradition claims innocence

    A former U.S. Marine facing extradition to the Philippines on double murder charges says he is innocent.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  23. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman visits Minot AFB

    The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday was slated to visit a North Dakota Air Force base that has been plagued for years by missteps involving nuclear weapons.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  24. 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
  25. Minot airman dies in canoe mishap

    An airman with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base died in a canoeing accident over the weekend.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

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