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Senior Marine officers to be briefed on plan to open infantry training to enlisted women 27 Aug 2013 | 05:38 am
Marine Corps brass will be briefed soon on the service's plan to allow enlisted women to participate in infantry training on an experimental basis beginning this fall, a Marine official said Monday.
White House turns up pressure on Assad regime 27 Aug 2013 | 05:22 am
The Obama administration on Monday turned up the rhetorical heat on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, signaling a new Middle East conflict could be imminent.
Injured corpsman serves as U.S. Open ballperson 27 Aug 2013 | 04:41 am
From his hospital bed, Angelo Anderson could see the wheelchair, the cane and the walker with the tennis balls on the bottom.
U.S.-Egypt alliance to remain, despite dim democracy 27 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
The White House is reluctantly preparing to accept an Egyptian government that could be a democracy in name only, two years after the U.S. supported the overthrow of its dictator in the name of democr...
Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter receives Medal of Honor 27 Aug 2013 | 02:26 am
Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter received the Medal of Honor during a ceremony Monday at the White House, marking the first time since the Vietnam War that two living service members have earned the nation's h...
Marine-turned-soldier to receive Medal of Honor today 26 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
An Army staff sergeant will receive the nation's highest combat valor award today for risking his life to save another soldier during a fierce battle four years ago in Afghanistan.
Syria rebels demand Western strike as U.N. convoy fired on 26 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm
Syrian opposition activists said Monday they want military intervention in the war-torn country as the international community considers what action to take in response to a chemical weapons attack th...
Official: Syria will defend itself against international attack 26 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
A senior Syrian official said Monday that his country will defend itself against any international attack and will not be an easy target as the U.S.
Photo gallery: Vietnam vet reunited with lost dog tag 26 Aug 2013 | 08:34 pm
Lanny Martinson was a platoon sergeant in the Marine Corps who lost his right leg after stepping on a land mine in Khe Sanh, Vietnam, in June 1968.
Taliban kill 2 Afghan soldiers; NATO soldier dies in separate attack 26 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
Five Taliban suicide bombers killed two Afghan soldiers and wounded several others on Monday when they attacked an army base in eastern Afghanistan.
