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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2008 - Russia’s attack on Georgia, the first invasion orchestrated by Moscow since the end of the Soviet Union, raises questions about NATO’s future role in the region, defense officials said. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2008 - As U.S. troops cast their votes at home or from afar using absentee ballots, they will exercise a right that dates back to pre-Revolutionary War days. |
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| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 16, 2008 - Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine spend their summers above the tree line on Pike's Peak, Colo., to study ways to improve the capabilities of troops in high-altitude environments. |
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| ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 15, 2008 - In two Defense Department-led initiatives, a military-family support program launched its nationwide expansion, and the Armed Services YMCA introduced a new offering to families whose loved one is deployed. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2008 - As a man afflicted with prostate cancer, the top Defense Department military health official has a unique perspective on the importance of promoting awareness about the disease. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2008 - A Defense Department task force has recommended the Air Force Space Command be re-designated as Air Force Strategic Command and be home to the service’s nuclear mission. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2008 - The U.S. Marine Corps anticipates meeting its five-year force-growth goal two years early, the commander of Marine recruiting said. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2008 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates praised the “comprehensive” conclusions of a task force he set up to look into the Air Force’s management of nuclear weapons.
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008 - An eight-member team from U.S. Southern Command, with headquarters in Miami, will arrive in Haiti to support ongoing U.S. relief efforts in the country. |
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| ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 11, 2008 - About 20 National Guard couples attended a weekend retreat in Alexandria, Va., which was geared to strengthen marriages through improving communication skills. |
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| ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 11, 2008 - The Air National Guard has met its fiscal 2008 end-strength goal of 106,700 airmen, the first time it’s met its target end strength since 2003, National Guard Bureau officials announced. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2008 - With less than three weeks left inthe fiscal year, all four military services say their recruiting momentum will help them reach year-end goals, Defense Department officials said. |
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| MADISON, Wis. , Sept. 10, 2008 - The Wisconsin Army National Guard will send up to 3,500 soldiers to Iraq in what has been called the largest deployment of its forces since World War II. |
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| ALEXANDRIA, Va. , Sept. 10, 2008 - Soldiers trying to adjust to garrison life after the adrenaline-rush of combat have a new outlet to ease the transition: the Army's new Warrior Adventure Quest.
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2008 - The Army is funding research to explore the futuristic concept of using brain waves to communicate. |
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| BAGHDAD, Sept. 8, 2008 - Army Chaplain (Maj.) Ibraheem Raheem not only reaches out to soldiers who, like himself, are practicing Muslims, but also breaks down confusion and stereotypes about their faith.
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2008 - The Veterans Affairs Department has determined that election officials and nonpartisan groups can help register voters at VA medical facilities as long as visits avoid disruptions to patient care. |
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| CHIÈVRES, Belgium, Sept. 8, 2008 - The Army is encouraging soldiers to treat their mental health like their fitness or their equipment: making sure it is always at 100 percent. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2008 - More than 700 people have signed up to test their physical fitness capabilities to that of elite Navy SEALs during a Fitness Challenge in Chicago. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2008 - Newsman’s Own awarded a combined $75,000 in grants to 15 nonprofit organizations for innovative volunteer efforts to improve military quality of life during the company’s ninth annual awards ceremony at the Pentagon . |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2008 - Five servicemembers died in off-duty accidents during the Labor Day weekend, bringing to 115 the number killed this year during the “101 Critical Days of Summer.” |
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| SCHINNEN, Netherlands, Sept. 5, 2008 - With the Democratic and Republican national conventions now behind us, the 2008 presidential campaign enters the home stretch as Americans look toward Election Day, Nov. 4. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2008 - With 2008 suicide rates expected to exceed last year’s all-time-high rate, the Army is urging soldiers and their leaders to look out for each other and to see seeking mental-health help as a sign of strength. |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2008 - As Hurricane Gustav hits the southwestern Louisiana coast, all preparations have been made, with National Guard personnel lending assistance and active-duty troops prepared to respond. |
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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 - Double the amount of available equipment compared to when Hurricane Katrina struck three years ago will strengthen the National Guard’s response to hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, the National Guard Bureau’s director of domestic operations said. |
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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 - The Reserve Health Readiness Program ensures that reserve-component servicemembers have the ability and access to meet their deployment requirements. |
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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 - Military members receive some buffers from hard times through benefits like housing and meal allowances, commissaries and a strong support network. But they feel the crunch of increasing prices like everyone else. |
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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 - Personal finance expert and motivational speaker Suze Orman spoke to American Forces Press Service about taking her wealth-building formula to the troops. |
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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 - With Armed Forces Voters Week underway, a federal program has launched a full-court press to get troops, their families and Defense Department civilians the absentee ballots they need to vote in the upcoming election. |
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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2008 - The Marine Corps, like the Army, is “still waiting for that technological breakthrough” to build a combat vehicle that’s light and agile, but also protects crewmembers inside, the Marine Corps commandant said. |
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