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Military Plans Would Put Women in Most Combat Jobs

Female soldiers

Associated Press | Jun 18, 2013

WASHINGTON - Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines. Under details of the plans obtained by The Associated Press, women could start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later. The mi... more

Women In Special Ops Raises 'Genuine Concerns'

Army equipment officials say engineers are adapting body armor so it provides a more comfortable fit for female soldiers.

Military.com | Jun 18, 2013

The days of Rambo are over, but the men of Special Operations will still get a say on whether they want women on their small teams working in austere conditions, an Army general said Tuesday. Speaking at a Pentagon briefing on opening up combat roles to women, Army Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick said he was less concerned about women meeting the phy... more

WikiLeaks Trial Focuses Army Email List

Associated Press | Jun 18, 2013

FORT MEADE, Md. - A huge database of troop names and email addresses an Army private allegedly downloaded to a personal computer could be used by foreign adversaries to launch cyberattacks on service members, a government witness said Monday as the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning entered its third week. Manning, a 25-year-old Oklahoma native, has... more

Obama: NSA Secret Data Gathering 'Transparent'

Associated Press | Jun 18, 2013

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent - even though they are authorized in secret. "It is transparent," Obama told PBS's Charlie Rose in an interview to be broadcast Monday. "That's why we set up the FISA court," he add... more

Air Force Bomber Could Fly Unmanned Missions

Military.com | Jun 18, 2013

The Pentagon may be settling into what could be a decade of spartan defense spending, but the Air Force isn’t giving up its hope of buying a sizable fleet of manned and unmanned long-range bombers, the service’s top acquisition officer said recently. The Air Force wants to replace its aging fleet of B-2s, B-1s and B-52 bombers by the mid 2020s ... more

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