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He was facing up to 70 years behind bars if all the charges stuck, but now he's getting five years probation. How'd that happen?

Colt, one of the nation's largest and best-known gunmakers, will stop producing AR-15s for the civilian market, the company said this week

"I have real concerns about using fifth-generation aircraft to strike a bunch of terrorists hiding in the bushes."

If diamond are a girl's best friend, then pearls may soon be a soldier's — sort of

The U.S. has to make hard choices about whether spending that money is worth it. Unfortunately, our approach has been that of the Yankees great Yogi Berra. "When faced with a fork in the road, take both."

Kathleen Noftle was arrested and charged on Sept. 18 with diluting morphine meant for her dying veteran patients so she could take it for personal use

U.S. Forces Korea announced this week that the curfew would be suspended through Dec. 17. Don't do anything stupid

It's about damn time

"It is extremely painful anytime we lose a member of our Army Special Operations family," said Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, a spokesman for U.S. Army Special Operations Command. "Providing support to their loved ones and honoring their service and sacrifice is a continued priority."

Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition Will Roper stated on Tuesday that the service intends to kick off the Agility Prime program this fall to "look into where commercial innovation is going in flying cars" for potential applications to Pentagon's high-speed vertical lift capabilities

It's not just for operators.

If the Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon program is supposed to produce the iPhone of lethality, then the service is looking for as many killer apps as possible

Army leaders everywhere can breath a sigh of relief.

"Our nation has secrets, and those secrets deserve to be protected."

"I'm not going to give you a name. I'll just tell you we have a few right now that we're looking at."

The prison complex at the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba naval station opened after the Sept. 11 attacks billed as the venue for the "worst of the worst" in international terrorism now seems be the site of the "worst of the worst" in government excess.

"He was a warrior - an accomplished, respected and loved Special Forces soldier that will never be forgotten."

Zavala is also charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, for allegedly engaging "in harassment, and verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse" of his wife.

"I said: 'You know what, general, I never want to hear that again from another general. No president should ever, ever hear that statement: 'We're low on ammunition.'"

At least one Air Force base is waging a slow battle against feral hogs — and way, way more than 30-50 of them