An Army judge in Texas just made a somewhat unconventional ruling in the trial of Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan: She refused to let him plead guilty. Why? It would enable him to avoid execution.
General John Allen, the man who succeeded David Petraeus as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, reportedly sent hundreds of "potentially inappropriate" emails to one of the women involved in the scandal that led to Petraeus' resignation from the CIA.
A U.S. Army general from the celebrated 82nd Airborne Division has been charged with numerous violations of military law, including "forcible sodomy, wrongful sexual conduct, and wrongfully engaging in inappropriate relationships."
Marines who urinated on Afghan corpses and soldiers who burned Korans won't do time or get discharged, but they will probably still lose their jobs after receiving administrative punishments on Monday.
The Army soldier who killed his superior officer on Thursday and then shot himself, died from his wounds a day later.
A solider at Fort Bragg in North Carolina shot and killed a fellow soldier on Thursday before trying to kill himself.
Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard commands Fort Bliss, one the nation’s largest Army bases, so his blunt comments about suicide has raised eyebrows throughout the military.
The U.S. Army isn't providing any details about the death of Army nurse in Afghanistan whose wife witnessed him collapse while they were talking over a Skype video chat.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has apologized for grisly new photos showing American soldiers posing with the body parts of Taliban suicide bombers and promised that “anyone found responsible for this inhuman conduct will be held accountable.” If similar recent events are any indication, those punishments will be a long time coming.
The Pentagon plans to roll out a new slate of clean- and renewable-energy initiatives on Wednesday as part of its long-term “Operational Energy Strategy” aimed at reducing the military’s dependence on fossil fuels while increasing its front-line fighting power.
After discovering that the United States Army had a profile on Pinterest, we talked to the Army's social media operation to get some insight into what made them jump on the latest Internet trend. Hint: It has to do with ladies.
It looks like the Obama administration will keep its promise to make sweeping, cost-cutting reductions to combat troops over the next five years, trimming $260 billion from the Pentagon budget.
Army officials still haven't made it clear whether they think Pvt. Danny Chen shot himself or if the bullet that wound up in his brain came from one of his comrade's guns, but they're holding eight other soldiers accountable for his death.
When will the brass finally learn that saying interesting things to reporters will lead to interesting quotes in widely distributed articles that can very easily get one fired?
Obama: his "extraordinary life represented the promise of America"
Army psychiatrist will undergo a military capital murder trial
All branches of the military have their quirks as far as dress goes
Cartoonist Nick Anderson on America's many military engagements
...is a child returning home safe from war, notes cartoonist Steve Breen
On the end of NATO, the Army's liberal ethos, and the cost of urban farming
On jobless youth, successful dictatorships, and blowing up the world
Why Obama's second choice got the nomination over Cartwright
The Army blasted an 11,000 ft hole in the levee to divert flood water
It's going with Android for its prototype, but it's keeping the receipt
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