Military offers special perks in bid to retain special forces
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Pentagon plans unusual bonuses totaling $160 million to keep elite troops from retiring.
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Naturalisation rules for Commonwealth troops serving in the armed forces who want to become British citizens are to be relaxed.
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FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Army soldiers are being issued new fatigues with easy-to-use Velcro openings and a redesigned camouflage pattern that can help conceal them as they move rapidly from desert to forest to city in places like Baghdad.
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Several NATO nations, encouraged by the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq, are offering to train Iraqi security forces in their own countries, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday.
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China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially far from its borders, the Pentagon said Friday.
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ESP, meditation, parapsychology ... nothing's too paranormal for a military contract.
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By Anonymous  MILITARY  A new radio technology may help warfighters to stay connected on the battlefield.
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The U.S. military plans to significantly expand and accelerate its counterinsurgency training and provision of equipment for Pakistan's armed forces this year as part of a five-year, $2 billion U.S.-Pakistani effort to help stabilize the country, senior U.S. and Pakistani officials said.
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The Pentagon is drawing up a plan that would give the military a more prominent role in intelligence-collection operations.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to reduces  the amount of military personnel held beyond their retirement dates or enlistment length
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The military, so the saying goes, enlists a soldier but re-enlists a family.
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The military is looking to help grunts dodge explosives by funding next-generation technology that can predict where the deadly devices are made and placed.
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Goodwill missions could become the Navy's chief strategy in the war on terror.
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The teams work with Special Operations forces on counterterrorism missions, which had been the province of the C.I.A.
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British soldiers in Iraq, especially members of the elite Special Air Service, are being lured by high pay offered by private security companies and more than 100 SAS troops have already left, The Daily Telegraph reported.
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The new doctrine elevates the mission of stabilizing war-torn nations to the same importance as the defeat of adversaries on the battlefield.
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An unusual flap has erupted between an Army reserve unit and an Iraq-bound reservist who hopes to raise money for military equipment he wants to bring to the war zone.