Commission to Review Base Closings Plan (AP)

AP - The military may save money with deep cuts at Northeastern bases, critics say, but that would probably come at a cost — an erosion of public support in the region where Americans first took up arms for their new country 230 years ago.A national commission starts final...

Top general: Army preparing for 4 more years

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Army is making plans to keep the current number of soldiers in Iraq -- well over 100,000 -- for four more years, the Army's top general said Saturday.Click here for full story.

Religious Insensitivity Cited at Academy

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -- A Pentagon investigation into complaints that evangelical Christians at the Air Force Academy have bullied Jews and cadets of other faiths found no overt discrimination, but "certainly insensitivity," military officials said Wednesday.

Bomb-laden Harrier jet crashes into neighborhood

YUMA, Arizona (AP) -- A Marine Harrier jet carrying four 500-pound bombs crashed Wednesday in a residential neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of 1,300 people. There were no reports of injuries and the pilot ejected safely, authorities said.

Lawmakers ante up $100,000 to keep our military bases open

Democrats and Republicans stood together on Friday to support a $100,000 state appropriation to help fight the closing or downsizing of Maine's military bases being proposed by the Defense Department.