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Pentagon grapples with sex crimes by military recruiters

Stars & Stripes - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 05:10
Military recruiters across the country have been caught in a string of sex-crime scandals over the past year, exposing another long-standing problem for the Defense Department as it grapples with a crisis of sexual assault in the ranks.

Spies caught in website scandal embarrass South Korea

Stars & Stripes - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 04:40
The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul's opaque rival to the north, but the country's own people.

VA delays $765 million in US veterans care spending

Stars & Stripes - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 02:33
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs postponed purchases of cardiac monitors, radiological equipment and pain-medication pumps for patients last year. It didn’t replace old surgical tools, oxygen-delivery systems or deteriorating operating-room stretchers.

Taliban say will 'soon' release remaining Turks

Stars & Stripes - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 01:24
A Taliban spokesman says four remaining Turks held by the militant group will be released shortly, without offering further details.

Israelis worried that UN may stop patrolling Syrian border

Stars & Stripes - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 00:48
Israeli officials said Sunday they are watching the Syrian border in the Golan Heights area with growing concern after the reported release of four United Nations soldiers held by Syrian rebels for five days.

Readout of Deputy Secretary Carter's Meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

DoD News Releases - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 00:00
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General Officer Assignments

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General Officer Assignments

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General Officer Assignment

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General Officer Announcement

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Marine Corps studying spike in suicides

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 23:37
Though the Corps has previously studied suicides and attempted suicides by Marines, the military branch is launching a project this year to examine the complex reasons that Marines are dying by their own hand.

Navy taking part in Persian Gulf mine countermeasure exercise

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 23:02
An international mine countermeasure exercise involving 41 countries is underway in the Persian Gulf, involving approximately 6,000 sailors and 35 ships.

US sailor arrested over weekend after being found inside Japanese elementary school

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 23:02
Japanese police arrested a USS Stethem sailor Sunday night on suspicion of unlawful entry after he was found in a Zushi city elementary school.

Nimitz leaves S. Korean port to participate in joint naval drill

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 23:01
The USS Nimitz headed into the Sea of Japan on Monday to participate in a joint naval drill with the South Korean navy, an exercise North Korea called “a grave military provocation to unleash a nuclear war.”

NRA doesn’t deserve my sympathy, or yours

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 23:00
National Rifle Association members danced on the carcass of the recent failed gun bill at their annual meeting this month in Houston. Rather than mourn the loss of children’s lives in the Newtown attack, they mourned the beating they’ve taken in its wake.

Dirty industry sewn into Bangladesh

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 23:00
The stench of Bangladesh’s worst-ever industrial disaster lingers with you long after departing what is left of the Rana Plaza factory complex, which collapsed on April 24. Now, with the death toll reaching more than 1,000 and additional corpses still being pulled from the rubble day and night, Bangladeshis are reeling from a fresh industrial tragedy. Just after midnight on Wednesday, a fire broke out in a Dhaka clothing factory, trapping eight people who died of asphyxiation.

Benghazi hearing recalls ’90s-era Hillary Clinton

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 23:00
Once again, Republicans smelled blood. And once again, we were hearing about a give-no-quarter response from Hillary Rodham Clinton that seemed to have created more problems than it solved.

Torquemada in the US armed forces

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 23:00
I knew that sexual assault, suicide and war wounds were already tearing up the military. Now, yet another perniciously destructive anomaly threatened good order and discipline in the ranks. And this one came from an almost unbelievable source: so-called Christians.

Social media increasingly important for military families

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 22:53
Social media networks and fast Internet connections across the world are revolutionizing what it means to be deployed to a war zone or other post. Online support communities such as blogs, video chat rooms, specialized Facebook pages and the Twitter hashtag for military significant others – #MilSO – are on the rise.

Reputation remake: Tilt-rotor Osprey wins fans in Afghanistan

Stars & Stripes - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 19:55
Almost four years after the MV-22 Osprey arrived in Afghanistan, trailing a reputation as dangerous and hard to maintain, the U.S. Marines Corps finally has had an opportunity to test the controversial hybrid aircraft in real war conditions. The reviews are startlingly positive.
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