Новости за 10.05.2016

On Friday, Coronado officials and the Navy SEAL community are inviting the public to line the streets of Coronado as the remains of Petty Officer 1st Clas Charles Keating IV are transported from a private memorial service across the Coronado Bridge.

The Air Force plans to begin firing laser weapons from larger platforms such as C-17s and C-130s until the technological miniaturization efforts can configure the weapon to fire from fighter jets such as an F-15, F-16 or F-35.

Civilized interaction has become the norm between the staff of mostly Army National Guardsmen or reservists and the majority of the detainees, according to leaders with Joint Task Force Guantanamo.

The Justice Department will not seek the death penalty against Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected Libyan militant charged in the Benghazi attacks that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, federal officials announced Tuesday.

A GOP-led Senate panel is all but shutting the door on the possibility of a new round of military base closings.

While the mere mention of its nickname, “Gitmo,” conjures up the stigma of torture and images of blindfolded men in orange jumpsuits in dog cages after the 9/11 terror attacks, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay will live on even if the notorious detention camp is shut down.

A Kenyan man who has been held at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2007 made his first appearance Tuesday before a review board deciding whether he can be released from custody.

Army veteran Mitchell Lambert has been charged with brandishing a gun outside Medina High School after arguing with another father over a parking spot. Lambert faces charges of aggravated menacing and inducing panic, both first-degree misdemeanors.

The Citadel will not allow a Muslim student to wear a hijab, an exception she had requested to the required uniform in order to keep her head covered, in keeping with her faith.

The proposed coal terminal for Cherry Point, Wash., is likely dead after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied a needed permit Monday. The Corps ruled the project would impact the treaty-protected fishing rights of Lummi Nation

Senate Republicans on Tuesday demanded an explanation from Facebook after reports that former company staffers excluded links to conservative political stories. A senior Facebook executive said the company has found no evidence to back up the anonymous allegations.

A key Senate panel said it is backing the Obama administration proposal of a 1.6 percent military raise for the coming year, a rate that again falls below private sector wage growth and is at odds with the 2.1 percent pay hike that is part of the House’s defense budget bill.

Planners of the 75th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks on Oahu are optimistic that either an aircraft carrier or “big deck” amphibious assault ship and vintage aircraft will participate in the milestone commemoration, which likely will be the last major hurrah for a rapidly dwindling number of Pearl Harbor survivors.

The Confederate flag no longer flies on South Carolina's Statehouse grounds, but that didn't dampen the spirits of those gathered Tuesday to commemorate the state's first Confederate Memorial Day since its removal.

For many servicemembers, modern military chow tastes good, offers a variety of menus, scores points for good nutritional value and has adapted to accommodate the calorie-conscious as well as folks in uniform who are vegetarian, diabetic, pregnant or can't eat gluten.

Alexander Sokurov's quasi-documentary "Francofonia" is a brilliant meditation on art, on war -- and what happens to art when nations go to war.

Property owners near Fort Jackson are seeking up to $20 million from the federal government for what they say is the U.S. Army’s failure to maintain a dam that burst during last fall’s historic flooding and rainfall in Columbia.

For Chris Berkheimer, a veteran of the first Gulf War, the future seemed bright. Named the state’s deputy director of homeland security in 2003, he lost a state Senate race in 2004 but bounced back with appointments as a mediator and later as a judge for the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration. Then came an avalanche of allegations: sexual harassment, drunken driving, battery, road rage, bar fights, violations of restraining orders and more. Berkheimer says some of his troubles over the... Читать дальше...

The United States on Thursday will move a step closer to establishing a missile shield over Europe at a time when new threats are emerging that could curb its utility.

By the time they met at the Warrior Games, retired Air Force Tech Sgt. Leonard Anderson was missing one arm below the elbow and all but one finger on his other hand. Air Force Staff Sgt. August O’Neil had endured at least a dozen surgeries. Their lives have intertwined ever since.

Eleven people were killed and 22 injured, including four children, when a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle in a remote eastern province, local officials said.

U.S. multinational companies are saving $100 billion a year by shifting their profits overseas to lower their tax bills, according to a study released Tuesday that found that corporate tax-dodging is a bigger problem than previously estimated.

The White House appears poised to end a ban on arms sales to Vietnam in time for a landmark visit by President Barack Obama later this month, despite misgivings from some lawmakers and human rights advocates.

Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine who was imprisoned in Iran for more than four years after being sentenced to death for spying, is suing Tehran for alleged torture during his time in detention, his attorneys said Tuesday.