Monat: Oktober 2010

WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Supreme Court con­tem­plates whether pro­tes­tors at mil­i­tary funer­als are pro­tect­ed under First Amend­ment free-speech rights, a motor­cy­cle group that trav­els …

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2010 — A new Defense Depart­ment web­site gives mil­i­tary ser­vice equal billing with col­leges and careers for peo­ple ages 16 to 24 …

WASHINGTON — Par­ents’ deploy­ments affect mil­i­tary chil­dren not only on an emo­tion­al lev­el, but also on an aca­d­e­m­ic lev­el, an Army study has revealed.

WASHINGTON — Though the Yel­low Rib­bon Rein­te­gra­tion Pro­gram has eased the post-deploy­­ment process for thou­sands of Guard and Reserve mem­bers and their fam­i­lies over the …

This week the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps announced a decrease in acti­vat­ed reservists, while the Army and Coast Guard announced an increase. The …

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A 533rd Train­ing Squadron instruc­tor here com­plet­ed the 2010 Sahara Race in Egypt this month.

WASHINGTON — The needs and con­cerns of mil­i­tary spous­es, whose sac­ri­fices ben­e­fit the nation, should be of con­cern to all Amer­i­cans, First Lady Michelle Oba­ma …

HOUSTON — A few months ago, the com­man­der of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Com­bat Team called about a dozen of his sol­diers out of the …

HOUSTON — Michelle Sum­mer­lin ducked out of a mas­sive con­fer­ence room filled with near­ly 2,000 Texas Army Nation­al Guard sol­diers, fam­i­lies and friends, and pulled …

An impor­tant strate­gic part­ner­ship between the Depart­ment of Defence, and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mel­bourne, will help cre­ate smarter defence solu­tions for a safer Aus­tralia, and …

NAWA, Afghanistan, Oct. 28, 2010 — Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jeff Holt was show­ing Deputy Defense Sec­re­tary William J. Lynn III the lay of the …

The Euro­pean Union Police mis­sion in Afghanistan (EUPOL) and the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty are involved in the reform and train­ing of the Afghan nation­al police, and …

Min­is­ter for Defence Sci­ence and Per­son­nel, War­ren Snow­don, has today pre­sent­ed inter­na­tion­al awards to 13 Aus­tralian defence sci­en­tists whose research has sig­nif­i­cant­ly enhanced Defence capa­bil­i­ties.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2010 — Mis­sion: relo­cate a head­quar­ters staff from New Jer­sey and Vir­ginia to Illi­nois, while man­ag­ing sea and land trans­porta­tion of sup­plies …

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2010 — Elders who fled Tal­iban intim­i­da­tion in Afghanistan’s Kan­da­har province have start­ed to return home and could be cat­a­lysts for last­ing …

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2010 — Army lead­ers are com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing long-term sup­port to sur­vivors of the mil­i­tary fall­en, and will con­tin­ue to cre­ate and …

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2010 — The U.S. mil­i­tary has reached a mile­stone in pro­vid­ing relief to Pak­istani flood vic­tims, a Defense Depart­ment spokesman said today.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2010 — Coali­tion forces con­duct­ed a pre­ci­sion air strike in Afghanistan’s Khost province today tar­get­ing a senior Haqqani ter­ror­ist leader who directs …