Soldiers Challenge Enlistment Extensions
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An Army specialist, saying it was "a question of fairness," filed a lawsuit Monday with seven other soldiers challenging a policy forcing them to serve in Iraq beyond their terms of enlistment.
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Looking for new ways to bolster its thinning ranks, the Army National Guard is seeking legal authority to offer &#36;15,000 bonuses to active-duty soldiers willing to join the Guard &#151; up from &#36;50 now.
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The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.
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Officials said the Army's ability to recruit and retain soldiers will steadily erode unless combat tours are shortened.
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A sergeant in the California Army National Guard who sued the military over the forced extension of his service may not have to ship out to war after all, the National Guard said on Wednesday.
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Eight soldiers filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the army&#39;s policy requiring them to serve longer than the terms of their enlistment contracts.
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NATO generals struggled Wednesday to persuade allies to provide an extra 2,000 troops urgently sought by commanders because of the ferocity of Taliban resistance to the alliance push into southern Afghanistan.
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Eight U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq  and Kuwait filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the U.S.  military's "stop loss" policy, which forces them to serve  beyond their enlistment contracts.
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A group of US soldiers take legal action to try to prevent the army extending their tours of duty in Iraq.
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A Marine from New Jersey was deployed to Iraq this month despite being recommended for a military discharge by a hearing officer who agreed that he should receive conscientious objector status.
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The House on Wednesday urged the federal government to contest a court decision that would allow colleges to limit the activities of military recruiters on their campuses because of the military's ban on openly gay people.
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An Army specialist, saying that it was &quot;a question of fairness,&quot; filed a lawsuit yesterday with seven other soldiers challenging a policy forcing them to serve in Iraq beyond their terms of enlistment.
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Thousands of U.S. troops with physical injuries and mental health problems are encountering a benefits system that is already overburdened.
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WASHINGTON - The Army extended a Halliburton Co. troop support contract over the objections of a top contracting officer, even contending - and then withdrawing - a claim that US forces faced an emergency if the company didn&#39;t get the extra work.
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American soldiers in South Korea face a tough call on using Internet telephony in the country.
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Holding troops in place for 120 days is another indication of the strains the drawn-out wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have put on the Army.
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One of the soldiers has proudly served in the military for 10 years. Another passed up a chance to remain safely at home, instead re-enlisting in the Army Reserve and heading to Iraq so "the young kids in that unit" would have someone experienced alongside them.