Military News
Gates objects to news photo of dying Marine
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2009 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates used the strongest terms in trying to persuade the Associated Press to refrain from running a graphic picture of a Marine taken shortly after the servicemember was wounded in southern Afghanistan, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said here today.
DoD establishes suicide prevention task force
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs announced today the names of 14 members who will serve on the Department of Defense Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces.
Gates touts F-35 as heart of future tactical combat aviation
FORT WORTH , Texas , Aug. 31, 2009 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited the Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter factory here today, assessing progress on what he called “the heart of the future of our tactical combat aviation.” Video
U.S. assumes command of counter-piracy task force
MANAMA, Bahrain, Aug. 13, 2009 – The combined task force of international navies that counter piracy off the coast of Somalia and throughout the Gulf of Aden was returned to U.S. command at a ceremony here today.
Officials identify Gulf War pilot’s remains
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2009 – Remains found last month in Iraq’s Anbar province are those of Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, who was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet on Jan. 17, 1991, and whose fate until now had been uncertain, Defense Department officials reported today.
Army researchers look to curb suicides
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2009 – A ground-breaking study of behavioral health in the Army may provide answers soon on what causes suicide and what programs can best prevent it.
