Holder says 4 U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes
Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counter-terrorism drone strikes since 2009.

WikiLeaks case file fight moves to federal court
The WikiLeaks organization and a handful of journalists are asking a federal judge in Baltimore to order greater transparency in the court-martial of an Army private who has acknowledged sending reams of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

Navy's ocean recon UAV makes 1st flight
An unmanned jet built for Navy high-altitude maritime surveillance missions has made its first flight.

Biden: Coast Guard faces growing demands
Vice President Biden told graduating cadets Wednesday at the U.S.Coast Guard Academy that the nation will increasingly rely on the service for missions including more remote Arctic operations and fighting maritime crime alongside the U.S. Navy.

Engine problem forces LCS Freedom back to port
The USS Freedom, first of the US Navy's littoral combat ships, was forced to return to port in Singapore Tuesday after sediment was discovered in the ship's lube oil system.

4 leg exercises with little or no equipment
You really can do leg exercises without the isolation-style or massive leg press machines found in most gyms. No more leg extension or leg curl machines. No need to find a leg abductor/adductor combo or hoist a 45-pound Olympic bar.

DoDEA schools will soon decide furlough schedules
Defense Department schools are deciding which days their schools will be closed for the required furloughs this fall and should start posting the information on their websites next week, said Marilee Fitzgerald, director of the Department of Defense Educa

Float driver: Train seemed still before deadly crash
The driver of a parade float struck last year by a train, killing four military veterans and injuring others, has told federal investigators that the oncoming train appeared stationary to him.

VA clears 34,000 old claims under new initiative
A Veterans Affairs Department effort to spend six months concentrating on its oldest benefits claims is having some success, but lawmakers are concerned that the improvements might be temporary.

DoD's request for 1% military pay raise, Tricare fee hikes rejected by House panel
A key House panel rejected the idea that budget cuts must mean pain for service members, retirees and their families.

House panel approves changes to military's sexual assault laws
A House panel passed sweeping changes in sexual assault prevention programs on Wednesday, with less command flexibility in reducing or dismissing rape and assault charges and wider support for victims.

GAO: VA should warn vets that GI Bill benefits may be delayed
Student veterans applying to use GI Bill benefits would be better served by the Veterans Affairs Department if they were warned of how long it might take to receive those benefits, according to a new congressional report.

Advancement central: Find out if you moved up
About 3,700 fewer active-duty petty officers will advance this cycle, with advancement opportunity falling across all three paygrades.

Pentagon to seek new vets record system
A U.S. official says the Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system that will allow the department to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sexual assault prevention workers will not be furloughed
Hundreds of civilians who provide sexual assault prevention and counseling services will be exempted from the 11-day furloughs that most Defense Department employees will face later this year, a Pentagon official said.

Should you feel sorry for Bradley Manning? New film thinks so
Julian Assange's reign as the star of the WikiLeaks story could be coming to an end.

Judge OKs Bahamas cruise for man charged with theft from Navy range
A federal judge is allowing a former manager at a Navy bombing range in North Carolina to take a Bahamas cruise, overruling prosecutors who warned he may never return to face charges of stealing more than $6 million worth of scrap metal.

Change of command at Maine shipyard Friday
The next commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is about to take charge.

Navy strike fighter wing to undergo command change
The Navy's Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic is undergoing a change of command.

MCPON calls on chiefs in fight against sexual assaults
With reports of sexual harassment and assault on the rise in the military, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (AW/NAC) Mike Stevens is calling on all chiefs to take action.

Chance to advance drops; names due this week
More than 80,000 active-duty and full-time support sailors who passed their Cycle 219 advancement exams in March will find out whether they've advanced later this week, though their chance to move up has decreased from last year.

Analysis: Chronic pain affects growing number of vets
Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled, and there's been a steep increase in such injuries over the past decade.

Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance
Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

Coast Guardsman who deserted gets confinement
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains.

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison
The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Obama wants to close.

GOP lawmakers seek limits on missile defense cooperation with Russia
Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks.

House passes bill giving disabled vets expedited airport screenings
The House has passed a bill that would require the Transportation Security Administration to expedite security screenings for severely injured or disabled veterans and any family members or caregivers traveling with them.

U.S. lawmakers seek Asia missile defense safeguard
Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.

House passes automatic COLA for veterans
Annual cost-of-living adjustments in veterans' disability and survivor benefits would become automatic - just like Social Security - beginning in 2014 under a bill passed by the House on Tuesday.

VA closing in on mental health hiring goal
The Veterans Affairs Department is 240 people shy of meeting a goal to hire 1,600 new mental health professionals by June 30, VA officials said Tuesday.

WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts plea to 1 count
The government will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces for sending more than 700,000 classified U.S.

Mothers in uniform get room on base to nurse young
Army civilian personnel specialist Tracey Leven recalls the time she tried to use a breast pump to express milk in a military office years ago. Instead of 'breast pump in use,' she was required to put a sign on the door reading, '

Court: U.S. can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.

Annapolis to host football bowl game this December
The Naval Academy will be the first-ever service school to host a college football bowl game on campus this December - and the name couldn't be more appropriate.

VA partners with DAV, American Legion on faster claims
The Veterans Affairs Department's latest initiative to try to reduce the backlog of compensation claims is a partnership with the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans to help veterans make sure their file has all the essential information.

Bad behavior prompts review of 7th Fleet sailor records
After yet another string of embarrassing incidents, leaders in 7th Fleet are cracking down on bad sailor behavior.

Wounded Iraq vet now says he will remain alive
Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war veteran who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for now.

Unclaimed veterans' remains buried
The unclaimed remains of 35 military veterans, including some from World War I, and two military wives have been given formal military burials in Northern California.

Navy: Dolphin finds 130-year-old torpedo off San Diego
The Navy says a trained dolphin has found a 130-year-old torpedo off the San Diego coast.

Feds want to stop travel for man charged in Navy theft
Federal prosecutors want to stop a former manager at a Navy bombing range in North Carolina from taking a cruise to the Bahamas, saying he may never return to face charges of stealing more than $6 million worth of scrap metal.