Soldiers challenge Pentagon policy extending enlistments
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WASHINGTON Eight soldiers are suing the Army for forcing them to serve longer than their enlistment period. The federal suit seeks a judge&#39;s order requiring the Army to release them immediately.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit seeking more information about a U.S. Army unit that scours the Web looking for sensitive military information posted on blogs and Web sites by military personnel.
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In agreeing to stop the post-'surge' drawdown in Iraq, Defense secretary keeps pressure on the service.
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The Pentagon and the State Department have been squabbling quite publicly over State's request to have the already-stretched military fill about 40 percent of the 300 new State jobs in Iraq created by the administration's latest rebuilding plan.
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In a Feb. 7 story about a federal court ruling, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Army's right to force soldiers to serve past the dates of their enlistments. Instead, the judge rejected Spc. David Qualls' request for a preliminary injunction that would have removed him from active duty. He and seven other soldiers had filed suit challenging their active duty extensions. That remains before the court.
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The Pentagon asks for an estimated time for the U.S. occupation in Iraq
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Eight soldiers say they have been prevented from leaving Iraq even though the terms of enlistment they signed up for have run out.
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In a rare public airing of grievances, disgruntled soldiers complained to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday about long deployments and a lack of armored vehicles and other equipment.
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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon&#39;s &quot;don&#39;t ask, don&#39;t tell&quot; policy is being challenged by 12 gays who have been separated from the military because of their homosexuality.
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A California Army National Guard soldier sued the military in federal court Tuesday over a program that could keep up to 20,000 Army personnel beyond their time of service.
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US troops put the Pentagon on the defensive, challenging Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over their safety in Iraq, as Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Europe to look beyond differences over last year's invasion.
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Army officials say they may be forced to make greater use of the National Guard to provide enough troops for overseas deployments.
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A veteran US soldier sues the Defence Department over its plans to forcibly extend his reservist's contract and send him to Iraq.
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Three House Democrats are urging colleagues to revoke key parts of new personnel rules that would curb union rights at the Defense Department, contending the rules are a "bad deal" for Defense civil service employees.
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The military, so the saying goes, enlists a soldier but re-enlists a family.
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The Pentagon is filling its ranks with young people who haven't finished high school -- and a critical report says that kind of Army will be more expensive
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WASHINGTON -- Soldiers from an Army Reserve unit in Iraq who refused to take part in a convoy last month, citing security concerns and maintenance problems with their vehicles, are facing disciplinary action and some could be charged criminally, Pentagon and military officials said yesterday.