Marines Arrive in Philippines Again as New Southeast Asia Rotation Gains Momentum Marines and sailors arrived in the Philippines as part of a fairly new, but annual rotation to Southeast Asia as the U.S...
Guantanamo Panel Recommends 23-Year Sentences for 2 in Connection with 2002 Bali Attacks The extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah killed 202 Indonesians, foreign tourists and others in two nearly simultaneous bombings...
Indonesia's Army Stops 'Virginity Tests' on Female Recruits Human Rights Watch has also documented the use of such tests by security forces in Egypt, India and Afghanistan.
‘The East’ Confronts an Unwinnable War in Southeast Asia The Netherlands had its own Vietnam experience in Indonesia in the years immediately after World War II.
Indonesian Leader Says Country Doesn't Want Famous US Coast Guard Cutter: Report The 110-foot patrol boat, originally based out of Highlands, New Jersey, is scheduled to be decommissioned this summer.
Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known...
Navy Cuts Length of Boot Camp Amid Rise in Recruiting Totals The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known...
Army Secretary Fires 4-Star General Who Meddled in Promotion of Unfit Subordinate Army Secretary Christine Wormuth -- in a dramatic and rare move -- on Tuesday fired one of the service's top generals...
Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
VA Health System Remains on Federal 'High Risk' List Due to Oversight Shortfalls The VA medical system has been a concern to government auditors for the past decade but has seen vast improvements, according...
![The East Martijn Lakemeier](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2021-08/theeast2100.jpg?itok=DLDqZKAb "Martijn Lakemeier and Jonas Smulders in "The East." (Photo: Milan Van Dril, courtesy of Magnet Releasing)")
