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The Defense Department is ready to respond should Hurricane Earl's projected landfall this weekend bring disaster to the Atlantic coast.

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno put it very simply today, as he finished his address at the change of command ceremony for U.S. Forces Iraq. "Lion 6 - Out," meaning that the commander had finished using his call sign and was heading for his new assignment at U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va.

Elementary and middle school students who reside in the Uijeongbu-Dongducheon area - north of Seoul - no longer take a 60- to 90-minute one-way bus ride to Yongsan Garrison to attend school thanks to the historic opening of Casey Elementary School Aug. 30.

The Veterans Affairs Department is making great strides in its efforts to reduce the backlog of veterans' claims, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki told thousands of veterans attending the 92nd Annual American Legion National Convention in Milwaukee.

The change from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn does not affect combat and other hazardous-duty entitlements troops serving in Iraq receive, a Pentagon spokeswoman said.

"A very tough fight" remains in Afghanistan that will demand more hard work and sacrifice, President Barack Obama acknowledged while visiting Fort Bliss, Texas, to thank troops there for advancing the mission in Iraq.

Iraqi Army soldiers conducted training Aug. 30 at Joint Security Station Deason in Baghdad, exhibiting their capability to secure a more stable and sovereign Iraq.

The Defense Department on Thursday identified two soldiers who were killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan on Monday.

In this segment, Frederick Lough. MD shares photos and stories of his recent deployment to Western Afghanistan, where he served as chief trauma surgeon in a Spanish military hospital on a NATO base. Dr. Lough, a cardiothoracic surgeon at George Washington University, is also a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve who asked to be placed on Active Duty after President Obama called for more troops.

Sun-Sentinel columnist Gregory Lewis provides an in-depth look at the Legacy of Service exhibit during the 24th annual 100 Black Men of America conference. See the article for a gallery of images included in the exhibit, which chronicles the history of African-American Army Soldiers.

Josh Holden is in the business of freedom. He has fought for it in an Iraqi desert and played for it on a diamond of grass. In December, the 1999 Hudson High School grad and captain in the U.S. Army returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. His unit, the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, had been in Mosul, Iraq, since December 2008. But it's not only the field of battle the decorated co

Talking to Michele S. Jones, a retired U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj., she will be the first to admit that she never had aspirations for many of the titles that have been bestowed upon her during her Army career. Some of those titles have included the first woman to serve as the Command Sgt. Maj. in the Army, 2005 recipient of the NAACP Meritorious Service Award, and Essence magazine’s 35 of th

Dreaming of becoming a state governor one day and coming from a mixed heritage, Cadet Chris Cheng begins the first step of his political journey by recently becoming the undergraduate student government president of University of Southern California. What's unique about him and sets him apart from his predecessor is that, after graduation, he will become an Army officer. Chris Cheng is 21 years o

  Commander-in-chief proffers oath of office to Army Cadets By Jeremy O'Bryan U.S. Army Cadet Command ANN ARBOR, Mi. -- "The Big House" rose to its feet Saturday when the nation's commander-in-chief stepped to the podium to administer the oath of office to his newest junior military officers. In all, 14 Army ROTC Cadets became lieutenants when President Barack Obama delivered t

Polished black shoes hit the floor precisely in step. Rifles are shouldered. Serious cadets face forward.   Drill commands bellow from 18-year-old Maj. Brittany Smith, who puts a sword against her right shoulder as she oversees execution of marching movements from the Coyote Pride Alternative Arms Drill Team.   The group of Tennessee teens was one of dozens of teams gathered in the O

  By Steve Arel U.S. Army Cadet Command   LEXINGTON, Va. (April 15, 2010) — Facing a future rife with unpredictability, the one certainty the Army’s chief of staff knows George C. Marshall Award winners will encounter throughout the infancy of their careers is a period of “persistent conflict.”   Gen. George Casey, the Army’s top officer, said he ex