Military

HONORING HIS SON: Don Lipstein at his home with a memorial to Joshua.

Casualties of war

Military | Alarming suicide rates among combat veterans prompt action in the military and in ministries

Speaking terms

Speaking terms

Military |  What happens to free speech in a regulatory era?

Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Midday Roundup: Suspected Boston bomber’s body finally laid to rest

Newsworthy |  Buried. Late Wednesday night, the body of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was spirited away from a Worcester, Mass., funeral home and…

Bethany Hamilton arrives at the ESPY awards.

Signs and Wonders: Soul Surfer finds soul mate

Newsworthy |  Bethany Hamilton engaged. The “soul surfer” is no longer solo. Bethany Hamilton, who survived a shark attack when she was 13 years old, announced this…

The Senate Armed Services Committee hears from top officials of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, right, and Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, left.

Midday Roundup: Military plagued by spike in sexual assaults

Newsworthy |  Sad statistics. According to a Defense Department report due out later this week, sexual assaults in the military have increased by more than a third in the…

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left) and President Barack Obama at a memorial ceremony outside the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2012.

U.S. ordered troops to ‘stand down’ during Benghazi attack

Libya |  For more than six months, a gap has been yawning wide in the Obama administration’s storyline on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed…

Mikey Weinstein

Religious battle lines

Military |  Controversy erupts over a Pentagon meeting concerning Christians being able share their faith within the military

Rear Adm. William D. Lee speaks at yesterday's observance of the National Day of Prayer in Washington.

Rear admiral vows to continue sharing faith

Religion |  Coast Guard officer spoke 'from the heart' at Thursday's National Day of Prayer observerance in Washington, D.C.

Soldiers of the U.S. Army 23rd Chemical Battalion

Army Reserve presentation calls Christians ‘extremists’

Military |  A U.S. Army Reserve training brief on extremism and extremist organizations puts evangelical Christianity at the top of the list of groups soldiers should…

David Petraeus

Repentant Petraeus makes first public appearance since affair

Military |  David Petraeus, former head of the CIA, apologized again yesterday for the extramarital affair that led to his resignation, expressing sorrow that his actions…

Punxsutawney Phil

Midday Roundup: Ohio prosecutors seek pelt of rodent who predicted early spring

Newsworthy |  More military mourning. An active duty Marine killed two fellow training officers before turning the gun on himself late Thursday in a double murder-suicide…

Maj. Nidal Hasan

Midday Roundup: Fort Hood shooter can’t plead guilty

Newsworthy |  Mixed messages. President Barack Obama gave Israelis something to cheer about during a joint press conference this morning with Palestinian President Mahmoud…

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