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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus released a statement today regarding the decision by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to lift the ban on women in combat in the United States military, saying he fully supports the decision. -
North Korea's top governing body warned Thursday that the regime will conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States. -
KPBS Midday EditionIt's official. Today Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey announced the Pentagon has lifted the ban on women serving in more than 230,000 combat roles. -
Army Sgt. Mark H. Schoonhoven, 38, died January 20 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds he suffered in an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan on December 15, 2012. -
It could be up to two more weeks before the USS Guardian is moved from where it ran aground on a coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, according to Navy officials. The ship has been damaged to such an extent that it is now reportedly taking on water. -
The Federal Aviation Administration says it was a military plane. But folks in Amherst, Massachusetts who saw a mysterious flying object soaring silently in the sky earlier this month aren't so sure. -
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will lift the ban on women serving in combat in the United States military. -
A soldier from Southern California who was killed along with his pregnant wife in a botched Colorado Springs burglary is being remembered today at Fort Carson. -
As the Navy continues its recovery efforts of the grounded USS Guardian off the coast of the Philippines, two ships that will aid in the rescue are en route. -
Drug use in the children of military families increases when a parent or sibling deploys, according to a new study from the USC School of Social Work.
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