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US to meet with Japan on helicopter concerns
U.S. defense officials will meet with Japanese government representatives Friday morning to discuss the safety of Osprey helicopters after one of the tilt-rotor aircraft crashed last week.
Tags: Osprey , DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive
McCook new Marine Corps leader in Europe, Africa
Sgt. Maj. James McCook is the new senior enlisted leader of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa.
Tags: James McCook , Ronald Green , DoD Report , people , In Depth
US commander of Afghan war may shift to Europe
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, is likely to leave to become the chief allied commander in Europe early next year as the war effort moves toward its final phase, a senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday.
Tags: DoD , John Allen , Afghanistan , Federal Drive , DoD Report , In Depth
Panetta: Troop scandals hurt US Afghan mission
Tags: Afghanistan , DoD , Leon Panetta , Army ,
Discharged outspoken Marine works last day
Tags: DoD , Barack Obama , tea party activists , DoD Report
US to remove 9,000 Marines from Okinawa
About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the Asia-Pacific, including Hawaii, under a U.S.-Japan agreement announced Thursday.
Tags: DoD , Obama administration
Ex-Marine aims camera at self to heal from the war
An ex-Marine filmmaker whose unit carried pocket digital cameras into some of the worst fighting in Iraq is using that footage, and post-war interviews, to open viewers' eyes about combat and help himself deal with the lasting emotional impact.
Navy seeks ouster of 2 Marines after Haditha case
The Navy on Thursday initiated dismissal proceedings against two Marines from a squad that killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005, saying they lied to military investigators after the massacre.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD , DoD Report , Iraq , Navy ,
Air Force 'appalled' by $1B IT system that produced few capabilities
The Air Force's comptroller poured $1 billion into a new enterprise resource planning system with virtually nothing to show for it after seven years. The service is restricting the ERP with details to come in the next few weeks.
Tags: DoD , financial improvement and audit readiness , ERP , Robert Hale , Robert McVay , Jamie Morin , Claire McCaskill , Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government , Army , Navy , Air Force , Robert Work , Jared Serbu
Budget glass is more than half full for Navy, Marine Corps
Navy and Marine Corps officials are upbeat about how they'll fare under the current round of budget cuts. Navy Department officials said the strategy DoD developed following the passage of the Budget Control Act aligns perfectly with the capabilities of the maritime services.
Tags: DoD , Navy , budget , Budget Control Act , sequestration , Robert Work , Buck McKeon , Ray Mabus
