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When we were ducking under our desks in schools all those years ago, Americans were united in the dream of a time when Russia would see us as we saw the world: Needful of peace ensured by fair and democratic government.

The American Legion expects to draw thousands of veterans to Baltimore this week for its national convention, where officials plan to show what the organization can offer the newest generation of potential members: the veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq.

By Ian Duncan

Aug 26, 2015

Mock all you want, Republicans, but O'Malley is dead-on about the global security threats of climate change.

Attacks on McCain follow long tradition of harsh criticism of war veterans by prominent Republicans

The Army is expected to announce Thursday which bases across the United States will face troop reductions as part of a plan to cut 40,000 soldiers from the force.

By Ian Duncan

Jul 9, 2015

What is Hillary Clinton hoping you'll forget? Her vote to authorize the Iraq war.

Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled new initiatives Thursday to battle rape and other sexual assaults within the U.S. military after the Pentagon released a report showing an 8% increase in reported incidents over the past year.

With Chuck Hagels departure, Mr. Obama almost finds himself back at square one in his own war against war.

More than 100 Army Reservists from Maryland are heading to West Africa in the spring to join U.S. efforts to tackle the deadly Ebola outbreak.

Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, who was shot to death last week as he visited Afghanistan's national military academy in Kabul, was laid to rest Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told the newest batch of Navy and Marine Corps officers Friday that they'll be counted on to help stamp out sexual assault in the military.

Annapolis and the Naval Academy are preparing for a week of festivities to mark the end of the academic year and the commissioning of a new batch of military officers -- including a return of the Navy's Blue Angels elite flight team.

General Assembly has ignored writing on the wall in regards to military's future

After more than a dozen years fighting side by side in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army and the National Guard now are battling each other over budget cuts.

A Naval Academy midshipman charged with sexually assaulting a classmate chose a trial by judge instead of a jury as his court-martial began at the Washington Navy Yard Friday morning.

Hagel's defense budget cuts would put the U.S. at risk.

The U.S. military is due for an overhaul that leaves it more sustainable and better equipped to meet contemporary threats

The Army would shrink to its lowest troop levels since just before World War II under a budget proposed Monday by the Obama administration that seeks to downsize the Pentagon in ways that could have a significant impact on service members and contractors in Maryland.

While the tensions and nuclear stare-down with the Soviet Union are over, the specter of nuclear Armageddon remains, requiring continued American vigilance.

The superintendent of the Naval Academy testified Friday that his decision to prosecute a midshipman for sexual assault was not influenced by politicians, public pressure or his miliary supervisors.

Robert Gates' new memoir shows he was admitted to the Obama inner circle and rather than openly blowing the whistle on presidential decisions with which he strongly disagreed, he chose to keep the depth of his dissent to himself until after his retirement when he was back in private life.

Hours after Congress passed a range of proposals to combat sexual assaults in the armed forces, President Barack Obama ordered military leaders on Friday to conduct a yearlong review of their progress in eliminating rape from the ranks — and threatened further changes if he is not satisfied.

Congress was poised late Thursday to pass new legal protections for victims of sexual assault in the military, but victims and their advocates already were looking ahead to what they see as the larger battle: The contentious campaign to overhaul the military justice system.

With the deadline for reaching a bilateral security agreement with the Afghan government weeks away and Karzai refusing to relax his recalcitrant stance, the United States must find another way of getting approval to ensure a continued foreign troop presence after most forces pull out in 2014.

The Pentagon is targeting the Cold War-era 'Warthog' plane for retirement amid budget cuts.

The U.S. must render whatever assistance it can to the victims of Friday's typhoon in the Philippines as the death toll continues to rise

About two thirds of the civilian workforce at Aberdeen Proving Ground has been on furlough for the past week because of the partial federal government shutdown, but the 30 to 40 percent of employees who remained on post will be seeing many of their colleagues this week as the Department of Defense recalls civilian employees, APG officials announced Monday

A decision about this week's college football game between Navy and Air Force in Annapolis will be made Thursday after "a legal review" is completed on how the game will be funded and staffed during the government shutdown, a U.S. Department of Defense senior official said Wednesday.

Security procedures at the Washington Navy Yard in the nation's capital were in the public eye this week after a shooting rampage left 13 people, including the gunman, dead Monday, especially after the shooter, 34-year-old contract worker Aaron Alexis, used his security pass to enter the facility.

Article 32 hearings like the one in the recently concluded Naval Academy sexual assault case are an anachronism at odds with modern jurisprudence and the military's current priorities.