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Top Marine Says DADT Repeal Won't Lead to Exodus in Force

WASHINGTON -- The Marine Corps commandant who once said openly gay service members would be a dangerous "distraction" and was among the most outspoken opponents of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy said today he does not expect to lose troops over the change. "I haven't had any indication yet at all,...

Report: Marine Corps Delayed 'Urgently Needed' Laser Weapon

The military needlessly delayed by six months an urgently needed, nonlethal laser weapon that could have saved the lives of U.S. Marines and Iraqi civilians, according to a report released today by the Pentagon's inspector general. "Delays left Marines deployed to Iraq in 2006 without a critical nonlethal weapon to more...

Pentagon Outlines Plans to Implement 'Don't Ask' Repeal

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon, releasing the first details of its plan to implement a new law that will allow gays to serve openly in the military, said today it could begin training troops in February and could be certifiably ready to drop the "don't ask, don't tell" policy by the end of 2011. Defense Secretary Robert Gates...

Nothing Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs Like a Dog's Nose

In the war on roadside bombs, the Pentagon has spent billions on everything from radio-signal jammers to robots, but there's one tool that's beaten them all -- dogs. Now, instead of trying to come up with a technology that's better than dogs, Navy scientists are focusing on how to make the bomb-sniffing dogs work...

Coast Guard Recruiting Station Latest Target in Shooting Spree

(Nov. 3) -- A shot fired at a Coast Guard recruiting station in Woodbridge, Va., earlier this week has been connected through ballistics evidence to four other mysterious shootings in the area. Police said one shot was fired at the building at some point late Monday or early Tuesday, damaging but not breaking a window....