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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - The pilot who crash-landed a crippled airliner in New York’s Hudson River, saving 155 lives on board, is an Air Force Academy graduate who received his pilot training in the Air Force. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - Cadets and midshipmen from the service academies will converge in Annapolis, Md., to make final preparations before marching in the inaugural parade to pay tribute to the commander in chief they will serve as future officers. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - As the Wyoming Army National Guard ramps up for the largest deployment in the state’s history, leaders say getting a year and a half’s notice has helped better prepare soldiers and families. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - A new patrol in the U.S. Central Command is working to make it unprofitable to be a pirate. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - While he hasn't served in uniform, President-elect Barack Obama has a family history of military service and a list of priorities for shaping the U.S. military. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - The ultra-precise technology that enables NAVSTAR Global Positioning Systems and Internet communication soon may resolve the measure of time to 100 trillionths of a second. |
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| CAMP TAJI, Iraq, Jan. 15, 2009 - As part of an ongoing effort to enhance the Iraqi army’s combat effectiveness, the U.S. military has turned over thousands of armored Humvees. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - On the heels of a fact-finding trip to the Middle East, Vice President-elect Joe Biden praised the American troops he encountered there. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - Military planners are hard at work preparing options for drawing down troops in Iraq and moving forward in Afghanistan to present to President-elect Barack Obama after he takes office. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - A new outreach center will provide more resources for troops' psychological health problems and traumatic brain injuries. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - As Pentagon employees celebrated what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 80th birthday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told them about an early participant in the struggle for equal rights, a young African-American sailor. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - Iraqi security forces, with the assistance of U.S. soldiers, detained 16 suspected criminals throughout Iraq. |
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| BAGHDAD, Jan. 15, 2009 - The Iraqi police has graduated its second class of former citizen security guards into its ranks. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan , Jan. 15, 2009 - At the groundbreaking for a new school for 1,400 girls, members of the provincial government spoke about the opportunities created by education. |
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| CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, Jan. 15, 2009 - Army Spc. Susan Fautner has found that her ability to multitask and be flexible has served her well in the military and as a deployed, single parent.
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009 - Operation Gratitude is joining forces with Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and thousands of volunteers on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to assemble care kits for troops overseas. |
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| ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 14, 2009 - The 372-year-old National Guard has provided inaugural support for every American president since George Washington. This year won’t be any different. |
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| SUFFOLK, Va., Jan. 14, 2009 - Leaders preparing to deploy to Djibouti are participating in a training exercise at U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Warfighting Center. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 - President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs promised senators at his confirmation hearing that he will transform the department into a 21st-century organization. |
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| KIGALI, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2009 - The U.S. Air Force has begun airlifting Rwandan peacekeeping equipment and supplies to Sudan’s Darfur region as part of a United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 - Two students who attend Department of Defense Education Activity schools in Europe will attend the 47th U.S. Senate Youth Program’s “Washington Week” in March. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 - Defense Department officials have launched "Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military," an online radio show. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 - With Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and President-elect Barack Obama advocating closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, the Defense Department is working to protect the American people and treat detainees properly. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 - With violence levels greatly reduced, meddling from outside influences is a concern surrounding upcoming Iraqi elections, a U.S. commander in Iraq said. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be top priorities for President-elect Barack Obama’s administration, said New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Obama’s nominee to be secretary of state. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 - The lack of essential services has replaced security as the major concern in Iraq, pointing to the progress the country has been making, according to a Defense Department report. |
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| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 - The Air Force is “all in” with regard to unmanned aerial systems, and next year will field more UAVs than manned aircraft, the commander of 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern said. |
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| BAGHDAD, Jan. 14, 2009 - A senior Sunni sheik is encouraged by displaced people returning to their homes, and he wants the people of Iraq to know about it. |
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE WAR EAGLE, Iraq, Jan. 14, 2009 - A Carbondale, Ill., native serving in Multinational Division Baghdad leads an Iraqi work force that ensures daily maintenance and improvement for soldiers and others occupying a small northeastern Baghdad base. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2009 - Every Friday, 60 to 70 Afghan children get shoes and socks at Forward Operating Base Kala Gush. |
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