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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes part in a news conference on efforts to eliminate VA claims backlogs, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, May 22, 2013.

They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional. But what if there's barely a moment to think and a life-or-death choice looming? They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional.

The Army said Wednesday that a sergeant at West Point had been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the academy.

On Feb. 2, 1968, a 21-year-old American private witnessed his first combat death up close - the sudden, shocking killing of another young soldier by a Vietnamese sniper.

Bob McDonald is retiring from P&G after a 33-year career. He'll be replaced by former CEO A.G. Lafley, who is coming back to the company after a short absence.

With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth." The commander in chief congratulated the 1,047 midshipmen graduating at the ... (more)

The Republican governor had announced last week that Harner, superintendent of Cumberland Valley School District in Mechanicsburg, is his choice to succeed Ron Tomalis as secretary.

Our current infatuation with leadership, particularly in the military, is behind the unsettling rise in malfeasance in recent years, whose headline-grabbers include the Defense Department's current sexual assault scandals , David Petraeus's resignation , and two directors in a row with U.S. Africa Command being removed for impropriety.

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers introduced fresh legislation yesterday seeking to address the problem of sexual assaults in the military and summoned the nation's top commanders to testify about the crisis, which has become an embarrassment to the armed forces.

Fort Bliss and El Paso said goodbye to its native commander son and hello to a new leader with proven combat chops on Thursday.

Nearly a decade into the Pentagon's efforts to stop sexual assault and harassment in the military, some parts of the armed services still allow - and even encourage - the kind of anti-woman sentiment that directly contradicts the Defense Department's oft-cited "zero tolerance" policy, a range of servicemembers and victims' advocates assert.

A US military sergeant first class has been accused of secretly photographing and filming at least 12 female cadets at West Point, in some instances while they were naked in the bathroom or shower.

When people hear Annapolis they immediately think of the U.S. Naval Academy. Likewise West Point is synonymous with the U.S. Military Academy.

Over the last decade, the military has done little that's addressed or impacted the crises in suicide within the ranks or the issue of rape and assault within the ranks.

Rebekah Havrilla, right, former sergeant in the U.S. States Army, speaks with Maj.

A Queens woman will be among those becoming a second lieutenant at United States Military Academy graduation ceremony this Saturday.

"Part of the way through the deployment I noticed these big lumps around my collarbone," Kletzing told The Unknown Soldiers.

An Army soldier has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, including in a bathroom.

New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle with Lt. Col. Walter George Drago on Tuesday when Drago was honored through his induction into the New York State Veteran New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle has selected Montauk's Lt.

Megan McGowan won back-to-back Dipseas at the age of 9-10 in the early 90s. Nowadays, she lives in Kansas with husband Aaron Sawyer and daughters Adalynn and Harlow and works at Kansas State University.