Guard units stretched thin
The deployment of nearly 50,000 National Guard troops from 50 states as part of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort has exposed debilitating equipment shortages in a force already stretched thin...
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Pentagon makes show of strength in disaster zone
The military forces dispatched last week to assist in Hurricane Katrina relief arrived in full force Monday in the hard-hit cities and towns on the Gulf Coast. All along the...
Infusion of U.S. troops steps up relief
The pace of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast picked up Sunday with the U.S. military in charge. So, too, did the pace of...
Navy ship nearby underused
While federal and state emergency planners scramble to get more military relief to Gulf Coast communities stricken by Hurricane Katrina, a massive naval goodwill station has been cruising offshore, underused...
General contradicts testimony on Abu Ghraib
WASHINGTON - An Army general who has been criticized for his role in the treatment of prisoners at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Abu Ghraib prison...
Bombings reminder of U.S. vulnerability
The deadly terrorist strike on London commuters last week was a reminder of what U.S. authorities have warned since Sept. 11: Another attack in this country is a near certainty....
Blasts point to Al Qaeda
A rapid claim of responsibility for Thursday's bombings by a shadowy Al Qaeda faction was intriguing but far from provable. It offers a hint of the difficulty authorities will face...
33 U.S. bases may close
The Pentagon on Friday announced 33 major military facilities throughout the U.S. should be closed and hundreds of other smaller institutions either shut down or their staffs and missions substantially...
Illinois fights to keep bases off military’s closing list
It has been years since the Rock Island Arsenal has been as busy as it is today. Running at 75 percent capacity--the recent norm was 20 percent--the U.S. Army industrial...
THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION.
Proclaiming a vision of America as a worldwide liberator, President Bush entered his second term Thursday with an ode to "the force of human freedom" and a commitment to aid...