Tag Archives: Military

• News

  Sequestration at Fort Lee would impact Central Virginia

  In fact, civilian employees could lose 20 percent of their paychecks.
• News

  Did you hear low-flying helicopters?

  The loud noises woke-up some sleeping Richmonders overnight.
• News

  Air Force cancels Langley Air Show amid sequestration concerns

  The show was scheduled for May 3-5.
• News

  GOOD NEWS: Wounded Marine to get new home

  An Arkansas Marine who lost both legs in Afghanistan is getting a new home.
• A List / Community

  Virginia War Memorial Honors African American Veterans

  Untold stories told of Blacks in the Military told by Veterans who were there.
• News

  Pentagon cuts could include military pay, furloughs

  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will recommend to Congress that military salaries be limited to a 1% increase in 2014.
• News

  Kill Americans memo authorizes lethal force

  A Justice Department memo determined the U.S. government can use lethal force against an American citizen overseas.
• News

  Pizzas 4 Patriots ships to soldiers for Super Bowl

  Some troops serving overseas will get a little taste of home this Super Bowl Sunday.
• News

  Pentagon laying off 46,000 employees

  The Pentagon has begun laying off 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees in an effort to cut back on military spending.
• News

  Pentagon lifts military ban on women in combat

  The U.S. military is ending its policy of excluding women from combat and will open combat jobs and direct combat units to female troops.
• News

  U.S. Navy commander apologizes for ship stuck in reef off Philippines

  A U.S. Navy minesweeper remained stuck in a reef teeming with endangered marine life off the Philippines on Sunday.
• News

  Hampton soldier killed in Afghanistan

  Army Sergeant David Chambers, a 25-year-old Hampton native, died on Wednesday from wounds he received when his transport vehicle hit a roadside bomb.