The Pentagon announced this week that a sergeant working in the military’s sexual assault prevention office had been charged with — you guessed it — sexual assault. This news came just a week after the officer in charge of the Air Force’s rape prevention program was arrested for sexual battery.... Read more»
After nearly a decade of war, dozens from Tucson and Southern Arizona have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Read more»2
In a west Phoenix industrial area, Master Sgt. Kelly Dugan and a team Arizona Air National Guard volunteers scrape rust from gun barrels that once graced the USS Arizona and USS Missouri.... Read more»
The birthplace of the Kalashnikov is looking to new markets to make up for shrinking military sales. You may be surprised where most exported AK-47s end up.... Read more»
In a weakened economy, more college graduates are signing up as enlisted personnel. Although college degrees are normally associated with officers, nearly 6,000 recruits with bachelor’s degrees enlisted in the Army last year, a 57 percent increase from 2008.... Read more»
CD2 Republican candidate Martha McSally, plus GOP LD9 state Senate candidate Tyler Mott, and developer Richard Studwell.... Read more»
While civilian salary increases have slowed to a crawl in the last five years, a new Pentagon report shows rapidly-growing military payrolls have proved immune to the economic pain felt in the private sector. In many cases, soldiering now pays much better than civilian work.... Read more»
Beginning Saturday, active-duty military can receive a free annual pass that gives service members and their dependents access to more than 2,000 public land sites, including America’s national parks.... Read more»
The Pentagon’s personnel budget is composed of three major items: pay, retirement, and health care. These costs have nearly doubled in the past 10 years and now consume one-third of the baseline defense budget. If they continue growing, these costs will begin to divert funds from other critical national security initiatives such as training and modernization.... Read more»
As the CD8 GOP primary race nears Election Day, Dave Sitton addressed a room of about 30 people who would make an impressive “who’s who in Tucson-area retired brass” list on Monday evening.... Read more»8
More than two-thirds of Americans want U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, the latest poll finds.... Read more»
Two events this weekend will honor America’s active duty military, veterans and those who died serving the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Read more»
Little is known for certain about what happened on March 11, when Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly massacred 16 Afghan civilians.
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The U.S. soldier accused of killing civilians on a shooting rampage in two villages in Afghanistan will be charged with 17 counts of murder.... Read more»
For the second year, the Arizona National Guard and the Arizona Coalition for Military Families have offered civilians a two-day military-immersion experience.... Read more»
A man crashed a stolen vehicle on the runway of an Afghanistan air base as Secretary of Defense Leon Panett’s plane arrived Wednesday, days after the killings of 16 civilians blamed on an American soldier.... Read more»
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