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Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build.

Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria.

Federal health officials continue to uncover excessive levels of previous water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said the eight new astronaut candidates will help lead the first human mission to an asteroid in the 2020s, and then to Mars in the following decade.

Brown, an infantryman by trade, deployed for the first time in March attached to 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.

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U.S. officials worry the current $1.1 trillion price tag for operations and maintenance - sometimes called "sustainment" - will erode international support for the new Joint Strike Fighter, which is critical to ensuring the plane can be as affordable as advertised.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft made an unprecedented landing Friday on a Japanese naval vessel off the California coast.

The murder of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow and other Marines whose deaths are linked to the use of El Toro assets during the 1980s and 1990s to import South American cocaine into the U.S and to export weapons to the Contra Rebel faction of Nicaragua.

The superintendent of the Naval Academy has decided to bring charges in the alleged sexual assault of a female midshipman last year by three members of the football team, academy officials said Monday.

U.S. Marines and Jordanian military soldiers prepare explosives in a demolition military act during Eager Lion military exercises in Quweira, 186 miles south of Amman, Jordan AMMAN, Jordan The U.S. military began laying the groundwork to arm and support Syrian rebels more than a week ago, using a military exercise currently being held in Jordan as ... (more)

Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.

Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives.

The U.S. military over the next decade may sell as many as 100 of the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to international customers, the program manager said.

Boyfriends Matt and Russ, the two Marines who have a delightful habit of posting adorable videos on Russ's YouTube channel RussMarine2014 , have melted our hearts once again by sharing a video of Matt proposing to Russ.

The FReeper Canteen Salutes the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps On Its 115th Anniversary 17 JUNE 1898 - 17 JUNE 2013 From the early days of the Republic the Navy has had enlisted medical personnel known variously as 'Loblolly Boys', Surgeons Stewards, Pharmacists Mates and, most recently, Hospital Corpsmen.

Marine Corps veteran Everlyn Thomas during her time in service. Thomas says she was raped by four marines in the military.

Navy corpsman Jason Martines earned his chops on the Afghan battlefield, patching together wounded Marines in the war-ravaged Helmand Province.

Pentagon spokesman George Little has announced that the United States military will be keeping Patriot missile batteries and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan after the completion of joint military exercises this month.