Returning veterans swell ranks of US entrepreneurs

More than 200,000 people are discharged from the U.S. military each year, and advocates say they often possess qualities that make good entrepreneurs: resourcefulness, a taste for risk-taking and a can-do attitude.

Smart gun on wheels, robotic mule latest steps in automated warriors

Continuing its quest to deploy robots on the battlefield, the Marine Corps is testing two new machines that could eventually work alongside troops — one a machine gun on wheels, the other a robotic pack mule.

Iran military likely already hit US with cyberattack

Days after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned of a “cyber-Pearl Harbor,” other American officials and experts are acknowledging the likelihood that Iran’s military was already responsible for digital attacks on American financial institutions and the Saudi Arabian oil industry.

20:52 October 13, 2012

The Cuban missile crisis: Conventional beliefs vs. reality

In the five decades since the nuclear standoff between Washington and Moscow, much of the long-held conventional wisdom about the missile crisis has been knocked down, including the common belief that President John F. Kennedy's bold brinksmanship ruled the day.

Few good options to secure Syria's chemical arsenal

The U.S. and regional allies are closely monitoring Syria's chemical weapons -- caught in the midst of a raging civil war -- but options for securing the toxic agents stuffed into shells, bombs and missiles are fraught with risk.

British say weapons left at US consulate in Benghazi are missing

When British diplomats abandoned their offices in Benghazi this summer after the British ambassador’s motorcade was attacked, their security detail left its weapons and vehicles in the custody of the U.S. consulate in that eastern Libyan city. Now that cache of weapons is missing.

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Platoon's Afghan mission ends with boredom, resignation, isolation

By December 2014, the last American combat troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan. American-led combat operations are expected to finish by the middle of next year. But the war is already ending at little outposts throughout the country as the U.S. military thins its ranks and tears down bases.
18:21 October 13, 2012
NY jail sees terrorism suspect's prosthetic arms as weapons
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Philippine peace deal seen as blow to terrorists

Hunted by U.S.-backed Filipino troops in 2005, Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and other al-Qaida-linked militants sought refuge in the mountainous stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the largest Muslim rebel group in the southern Philippines.
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Japan, China to hold talks after island row 11:36 October 12, 2012

Army sergeant's art in North Dakota museum auction

Alana Bergstrom may be an Army warrior but she's also an artist, one who says that painting helped release crippling anxiety she suffered during a 11-month deployment to a combat zone in Afghanistan starting in April 2011.
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Al-Qaida leader urges holy war over Prophet film

In an audio message released Saturday, Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of Al-Qaida, has urged Muslims to wage holy war against the United States and Israel over a film that insulted Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
05:44 October 13, 2012
Report: Iran says it's ready for nuclear flexibility 12:38 October 13, 2012
Blasts in southern Afghanistan kill nine 16:48 October 13, 2012
Israel: Gaza strike hit al-Qaida-inspired group 16:17 October 13, 2012
Car bomb kills 17 in northwestern Pakistan 08:55 October 13, 2012
US, Canadian civilians reported missing in Afghanistan 12:43 October 13, 2012
Finland says Israel has warned of action against Gaza ship 12:39 October 13, 2012

WWI ceremonial sword lands in Marine Corps museum

A World War I ceremonial sword, whose former owner is a footnote in Marine Corps history, turned up in a Fredericksburg store and is now being restored by the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico.
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Arrest of Royal Marines on murder charges raises backlash fears 03:31 October 13, 2012
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'Prince' Roy Bates, adventuring monarch of Sealand, dies at 91 16:11 October 13, 2012
Kyrgyz ex-president's son arrested in London 06:19 October 13, 2012

Yokota tops Zama, wraps up league titles

Stanley Speed lived up to his surname on Friday. As a result, Yokota won the DODDS Japan and Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools yet again on coach Tim Pujol’s watch.
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Sembach students sent to hospital as precaution after fire extinguisher discharge 11:41 October 12, 2012
AFN plans outages on Friday 18:03 October 11, 2012
Naples base being asked to pick up where budget leaves off 15:22 October 11, 2012
US military to return RAF Upwood Clinic to UK 06:48 October 11, 2012
US armored vehicles to prowl German countryside once again 04:54 October 11, 2012
FBI tapes detail ring's alleged Russia plot 00:33 October 11, 2012
Arson suspected in two fires in Kaiserslautern, reward offered 19:44 October 10, 2012
EADS-BAE failure shows German power over integrating EU 14:41 October 10, 2012
ISAF leader Allen tapped to lead NATO, EUCOM 09:32 October 10, 2012

Former test pilots fly NASA volcano study missions 18:50 October 13, 2012
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Former Japan-based sailor gets 5 years in child porn case 03:40 October 12, 2012
North Korean soldier's defection complicates repatriation of remains 02:19 October 12, 2012
South Korea declares pro-North groups enemies of the state 02:18 October 12, 2012
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