Новости за 14.03.2017

The former Heisman Trophy winner spoke about his life and his struggles with dissociative identity disorder at Fort Benning in a presentation titled, “There is No Shame in Asking for Help.”

The Justice Department unsealed a fresh indictment Tuesday charging eight Navy officials - including an admiral - with corruption and other crimes in the "Fat Leonard" bribery case, escalating an epic scandal that has dogged the Navy for four years.

Trucks carrying food and other aid began entering four besieged areas in Syria on Tuesday for the first time in months, offering hope to tens of thousands of residents.

Discharged from their military days hauling troops and gear as long as 30 years ago, monster-sized military surplus Humvees may soon be cruising the Oregon streets and highways alongside eco-conscious Prius drivers and outdoorsy Subaru commuters.

A U.S. envoy wrapped up his first visit to the Middle East on Tuesday with commitments from Israel and the Palestinians to advance "a genuine and lasting peace."

The prospect of new subdivisions or other developments sprouting up on farmland around the air base worries local officials. Now they are considering purchasing development rights to quell any fears from the Air Force about encroachment.

It wasn’t revealed if Dave Pilipovich has been offered an extension or if he’s given assurance that he’ll be brought back next season for the final year of his contract, but his tenure will not conclude with the run at the Mountain West Tournament.

The White House and its allies are stepping up their attacks on a foe typically associated with fragile democracies, military coups and spy thrillers.

A House bill seeking to end federal checks that prevent more than 167,000 veterans deemed “mentally incompetent” from keeping or purchasing firearms is receiving criticism from some Democrats and former generals.

“It's the most complicated environment and situation I've been in in my life,” said Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander of coalition forces in Iraq and Syria. Here is how one country's civil war turned into an international crisis.

To some in Trier, the gift is a welcome expression of Chinese-German partnership. To others, however, the free Karl Marx is a provocation, given that Eastern Germany's own communist experiment resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people who tried to flee before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

New Mexico environmental officials say tests have determined that two extraction wells near a Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak in Albuquerque are capturing nearly all the contaminated groundwater.

When U.S. Army convoys into eastern Poland later this month for a new NATO mission they will be joined by a contingent of British troops, part of a multinational force positioned less than 100 miles from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee told Gen. Robert Neller on Tuesday that they were skeptical of his promises to change the Marine Corps culture in the wake of a nude photo-sharing scandal.

Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee told Gen. Robert Neller on Tuesday that they were skeptical of his promises to change the Marine Corps culture in the wake of a nude photo-sharing scandal.

A coalition of retired admirals and generals are protesting “irresponsible and dangerous” legislation they say would put mentally ill veterans in harm’s way by giving them easy access to firearms.

The new U.S. administration has yet to unveil its plans for a new strategy toward the Asia-Pacific, but the “pivot” or “rebalance” — as former President Barack Obama’s policy of deeper engagement was known — has been officially put to rest.

The New York attorney general says that while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was CEO of Exxon he used an alias in emails to talk about climate change.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has withdrawn retired senior diplomat Anne W. Patterson as his choice for undersecretary for policy after the White House indicated unwillingness to fight what it said would be a battle for Senate confirmation.

Court documents indicate Isaac Aguigui’s violent behavior dates to 2009, when, according to Army records, he was thrown out of the U.S. Military Academy prep school after holding a knife to another cadet’s throat.

A Libyan military spokesman says hundreds of forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter have seized major oil facilities at Ras Lanuf and al-Sidra from Islamist-allied militias.

A Nigerian court on Tuesday charged the leader of a Boko Haram splinter group with the murder of several foreigners.

Four high school seniors who have known each other since elementary school all scrawled their names in a signing ceremony to mark their entry into the armed forces. One is joining the Army, the other three are joining the Air Force.

Kosovo's president has called on NATO to support the transformation of its security force into a regular army with heavy weaponry.

South Sudanese staffers with the U.S.-based aid group Samaritan's Purse have been freed a day after being detained by "armed personnel," the organization said Tuesday.