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Corps seeks new thermal scope for M16s, M4s
Corps seeks new thermal scope for M16s, M4s
The Marine Corps is seeking a new thermal sight that lets infantry squad and fire team leaders identify targets in the dark or through smoke, dust and fog.
  • Obama: U.S. not hesitant to defend interests
    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States will not hesitate to attack Iran with military force to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but he cautioned that "too...
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 13:32:17 EST
  • Pendleton corporal killed in Afghanistan
    CHICAGO — Marine Cpl. Conner Lowry wanted to fight for his country but understood his mother and siblings back home in Chicago would worry if they thought he was going to be sent into combat.
    Posted Saturday Mar 3, 2012 9:30:36 EST
  • China boosts 2012 defense spending by 11.2%
    BEIJING — China said Sunday that it would boost its defense spending by 11.2 percent in 2012, the latest in a nearly two-decade string of double-digit increases.
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 15:35:15 EST
  • Dachau survivor, liberator meet 6 decades later
    PHILADELPHIA — The way Ernie Gross and Don Greenbaum laugh and tell jokes with the ease of old friends, it's easy to assume the dapper octogenarians have known each other forever.
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 12:41:20 EST
  • Guard aiding in states hit by tornadoes
    HENRYVILLE, Ind. — As snowflakes fell on the ruined homes and businesses Sunday morning, many residents gathered in the parking lot of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 13:46:39 EST
  • Official: Israel to decide alone on Iran
    JERUSALEM — Israel's foreign minister said Sunday that American pressure will not affect Israeli thinking on how to cope with the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 11:33:31 EST
  • N. Korea’s Kim orders high alert for DMZ visit
    SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered troops along the heavily armed border with rival South Korea to be on high alert during a visit to the Demilitarized Zone, state...
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 9:22:14 EST
  • Veterans, VA split over mental health expansion
    WASHINGTON — Two years after Congress passed a high-profile law to improve health care for military veterans, lawmakers and advocates are again raising alarms that the sprawling Department of...
    Posted Saturday Mar 3, 2012 15:07:12 EST
  • Navy report spots ‘reasonable’ Guam range site
    HAGATNA, Guam — Naval Magazine has been identified as a "potentially reasonable alternative" for the construction of a military firing range, according to newly released Navy report.
    Posted Saturday Mar 3, 2012 15:00:39 EST
  • CIA could control forces in ’Stan after 2014
    WASHINGTON — Top Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year's raid on Osama bin...
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 13:46:55 EST
  • N. Korea asks U.S. to stop drills with S. Korea
    PYONGYANG, North Korea — A spokesman for North Korea's powerful National Defense Commission said Saturday that the United States must halt joint military drills underway in South Korea if it is...
    Posted Saturday Mar 3, 2012 11:42:54 EST
  • MARSOC Marines will train on dirt bikes
    Small teams of special operations Marines will learn to ride and repair off-road motorcycles before deploying to Afghanistan.
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 10:25:04 EST
  • Sources: General approves F-35 flight ops
    The head of Air Education and Training Command has approved test pilots at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to begin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight operations next week, sources said Friday.
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 10:12:06 EST
  • Official: Mistakes led to Bagram Koran burnings
    KABUL, Afghanistan — A series of mistakes led to the burning of Korans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan and at least five American military personnel involved may face a disciplinary...
    Posted Sunday Mar 4, 2012 10:54:42 EST
  • Trademark ‘GI Bill,’ lawmakers urge VA
    The phrase "GI Bill" should be trademarked by the federal government so it cannot be used in deceptive marketing, 14 senators recommend.
    Posted Saturday Mar 3, 2012 9:19:55 EST
  • Panetta: Military not intimidated by attacks
    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The military won't be intimidated by attacks on U.S. troops in protests over Quran burnings, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday as he visited Fort Campbell, Ky.,...
    Posted Saturday Mar 3, 2012 9:15:53 EST
  • Lejeune, Bragg spouses get to meet first lady
    RALEIGH, N.C. — First lady Michelle Obama met with several military families in North Carolina on Friday, chatting about their children's grades and eating habits before heading off for other...
    Posted Friday Mar 2, 2012 17:41:16 EST
  • Evidence could reopen Peralta valor case
    The controversial valor case of fallen Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta should be re-examined in the wake of new forensic research, according to Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-Calif., who has doggedly advocated...
    Posted Saturday Mar 3, 2012 10:40:21 EST
  • DoD delivers plan for new health agency
    A proposal to combine the administration and management of the military health system into a Defense Health Agency would trim just $50 to $100 million from the Defense Department's budget, but bigger...
    Posted Saturday Mar 3, 2012 9:16:27 EST
  • Obama visits wounded troops in Bethesda
    BETHESDA, Md. — President Obama is paying his first visit in 2012 to wounded troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
    Posted Friday Mar 2, 2012 15:00:15 EST