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Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's family says he confided in them that he felt harassed as a Muslim in the U.S. military — and wasn't treated as an American and soldier should be. Complete Story...
Some Muslim servicemembers are worried that the mass shooting at Fort Hood could unravel their work to be accepted as loyal, dedicated soldiers.
At 340 square miles, Fort Hood is the largest U.S. military installation and sprawls across an area larger than New York City.
An Army psychiatrist who opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 12 people and wounding 31 others, was shot but captured alive, military officials said late Thursday.
Japan's foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to resolve.
China is hoping to ease employment pressures from a flood of new college graduates by recruiting more of them into the military.
A U.S. Navy admiral expressed new concern Friday over China's military buildup and urged Beijing to be clearer about its intentions.
A new law meant to protect the voting rights of deployed troops and other Americans overseas is forcing at least a dozen states to consider holding their primaries earlier or to negotiate another plan that federal officials will accept.
Cutbacks on safety checks led to the deaths of 14 British service members when a spy plane exploded in Afghanistan, a sharply critical report concluded Wednesday.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States and China should work for smoother military cooperation and clear understanding of one another's intentions.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that troops injured in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to face too many bureaucratic hurdles.
U.S. troops and other American voters overseas will get more time to send in their ballots and more electronic access to voting forms under legislation Congress passed Thursday.
Japan's new government appeared to bow to intensifying pressure from visiting top U.S. military officials, saying Friday it supports keeping a major U.S. Marine airfield on the southern island of Okinawa.
The former leader of a bomb-sniffing dog unit in Bahrain will be removed from his current position and forced to retire after the Navy reviewed years-old allegations of hazing and sexual harassment against a gay sailor and others.
The United States is providing security forces in the West African nation of Mali with more than $5 million in new vehicles and other equipment.
Three Ohio men convicted of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq were sentenced in federal court Wednesday to more than eight years in prison.
“NCIS” has to have one of the clunkiest and least descriptive titles on TV. Really, what’s an NCIS? At least with “How I Met Your Mother” you can do the cool HIMYM.
A top Russian security official says Moscow reserves the right to conduct pre-emptive nuclear strikes to safeguard the country against aggression on both a large and a local scale, according to a newspaper interview published Wednesday.
The Pentagon's personnel chief said Tuesday the military has completed its best recruiting year since 1973, meeting all its goals and bringing in a better educated group of young people.
The Israeli military takes months to investigate whether its soldiers committed crimes against Palestinians in the West Bank, deliberately trying to dim chances of any prosecution, an Israeli human rights group claimed Monday.
U.S. and Japanese officials said Monday that they plan to speed up negotiations over the relocation of a key Marine base ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo next month.
Two proposals that would have increased the cost of the U.S. military's expansion in Guam by $10.2 billion were rejected Thursday as part of a compromise defense bill passed by the House.
Pentagon officials won't speculate why women in uniform are more likely to be discharged from the armed services under "don't ask, don't tell," but critics of the policy say that new figures reflect deep-seated sexism in the armed forces.
In the midst of a recession that has cost millions of Americans their jobs, a massive military construction project on the U.S. territory of Guam is provoking a unique debate that boils down to this deceptively simple question: Should the government be more concerned about creating jobs or minding the taxpayers’ money?
President Barack Obama will focus "at the right time" on how to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military, his national security adviser said Sunday.
Navy ship built with 9/11 steel enters serviceThe USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength.
Muslim, but Presumed InnocentThe earliest indications are that Major Malik Nadal Hasan, the alleged killer of thirteen soldiers who wounded 30 more at Fort Hood, broke under the stress of his forthcoming deployment to Iraq in his capacity as a psychiatrist.
Muslim in Sheep's ClothingThose watching events at Fort Hood have come face to face with the reality of Islamic jihad in America.
Mark Steyn: Shooter exposes hole in U.S. terror strategySame ideological pathologies that drive al-Qaida overpowered Hasan's American identity.
Muslim servicemembers are not the enemy; radical Islam is During boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, almost everything I learned about being a Marine was thanks to a Muslim servicemember.
Psychic Spies, Acid Guinea Pigs, New Age Soldiers: the True Men Who Stare at Goats "More of this is true than you would believe," we're told, just a few minutes into the movie version of The Men Who Stare At Goats, which opens today.
Fort Hood Commander 'Right Man In Charge'MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The man leading Fort Hood as it struggles to deal with a shooting rampage that left 13 people dead has ties to New Hampshire. Fort Hood commander Lt. Gen.
Uncle Sam's Jihadists An article from way back in 2003-- but with great relevance to the situation today:
Jihad at Fort HoodMajor Malik Nadal Hasan, who opened fire on American troops at Fort Hood, was an Army psychiatrist who decried the U.S. invasion of Muslim lands, condemned the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and voiced his support of the global jihad. Why was he serving in the U.S. Army?
The murderer was an army major, a psychiatrist, a Muslim, born in Virginia. At this time 13 people are dead, 31, including the shooter,, are wounded. The investigation is ongoing. Who or what is at fault? How could it have been prevented? Can future events be prevented.
Obama to visit Fort Hood-damage controlObviously they need to script a better performance than the one we all saw last night when he first addressed this awful situation. He had planned on going to Fort Hood before this.....there is a load of crappy-crap-crap!
Fort Hood Tragedy Opens Old Wounds For Florida FamilyJENSEN BEACH, Fla. -- The rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, hits close to home for one Jensen Beach family. The Luthers' son, Robert Bartlett Fletcher, was shot and killed in September last year in the same military base at the hands of a fellow soldier.
Disconnected Commander in Cheif jokes before addressing shooting at baseObviously we can see what this guy has when there isn't a tele-prompter! Our leader. How clearly I remember the bashers when Bush didn't jump up and scare the crap out of the kids on 9/11.
t r u t h o u t | Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of MilitaryWe as citizens of the United States need to take better care of our soldiers before and after they return from War. Who is protecting them while they are protecting us.
Army Doctor Held as Fort Hood Rampage Kills 12It was one of the worst mass shootings ever at a military base in the United States.
Fort Hood Suspect Was "Mortified" About Deployment to WarMaj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 39-year-old man accused of Thursday's mass shooting at Fort Hood, Tex., began having second thoughts about a military career a few years ago after other soldiers harassed him for being a Muslim, he told relatives in Virginia.
Reviews Raise Doubt on Training of Afghan ForcesWASHINGTON — A series of internal government reviews have presented the Obama administration with a dire portrait of Afghanistan's military and police force, bringing into serious question an ambitious goal at the heart of the evolving American war strategy — to speed up th …
In our fragmented society where there are political points to be scored on anything -- even a senseless tragedy like the shooting at Fort Hood -- there is bound to be some massive spinning coming over the next few days.
Police Raid Fort Hood Suspect's Home as 13th Victim Dies From Injuries - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.comSuspected gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who reportedly feared an impending war deployment, is wounded but alive in a hospital under military guard, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood said Thursday night.
Recruit continues army's sheepish traditionThe Australian Army's Brisbane based 8/9 battalion could have the wool pulled over its eyes when it enlists a new recruit today.
Military doctor kills 11 in Fort Hood rampage - Yahoo! NewsA military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 11 other people and left 31 wounded
Major Malik Nadal Hasan is identified as Ft. Hood killerMajor Malik Nadal Hasan Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base in a murderous rampage that officials believe was carried out by an Army psychiatrist.
Army shooting suspect was heading to IraqThe man identified as the shooting suspect at Fort Hood was believed to be an Army psychiatrist preparing to deploy to Iraq.
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