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**FILE ** U.S. military vehicles in Kuwait being returned to the U.S. (Army photograph)

Army overwhelmed by massive lots of waiting vehicles

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

Wife defends soldier accused in Afghan rampage

Associated Press

**FILE** In this photo provided by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Sgt. Robert Bales takes part in exercises at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Aug. 23, 2011. (Associated Press/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

Bales (Associated Press)

Bales faces 17 counts of murder in Afghan killings

By Lolita C. Baldor and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

Inside China: Shake-up stirs party fears

By Miles Yu - The Washington Times

Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III

New Pacific commander takes on half the world

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar talks to the media as she leaves a joint session of Parliament in Islamabad on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. A parliamentary commission demanded an end to American drone attacks inside Pakistan and an apology for deadly U.S. airstrikes in November, as part of proposed new terms in the country's troubled relations with the U.S. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani Parliament says no to U.S. drones

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Troops in Afghanistan have few opportunities to rest, according to an Army report that provides a stark look at post-traumatic stress disorder and its risk of irrational acts. Fighting forces have endured frequent stressful deployments and compressed time back home. (Associated Press)

Troops stressed to breaking point

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 23, 2011, Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System photo, soldiers from Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, including Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, take part in exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Five days after an attack on Afghan villagers killed 16 civilians, a senior U.S. official identified Bales as the suspect in that attack. (AP Photo/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

Money, career woes plagued suspect in Afghan civilian killings

By Dan Sewell and Donna Gordon Blankinship - Associated Press

The Army is investigating claims that psychiatrists at the Madigan Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord military base near Tacoma, Wash., failed to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder in hundreds of troops. About 1,500 cases have been reviewed, and 285 of the troops will be offered re-evaluations. (Associated Press)

Suspect deployed from base with PTSD failure

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Lt. Col. John D. Loftis on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Col Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Ky., died Feb. 25 from wounds suffered during an attack at the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul. (Associated Press)

Culture clash, bribes prod Afghans to turn on NATO

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A firefighter exits the front of a heavily damaged two-story home in Hope Mills, N.C., on Tuesday. A Special Forces soldier died trying to rescue his two young daughters during a fire at the house. Edward Cantrell, Isabella Cantrell, 6, and Natalia Cantrell, 4, perished in the blaze. (Associated Press)

Green Beret dies trying to save daughters from fire

By Michael Biesecker and Emery P. Dalesio - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

OWENS: Rumsfeld back in the Pentagon saddle

By Mackubin Thomas Owens - The Washington Times

Army identifies remains of last missing soldier in Iraq

Associated Press

Soldier defers plea in WikiLeaks case

By PAULINE JELINEK and DAVID DISHNEAU - Associated Press

Cyber Command combines offense, defense in planning

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Army Maj. Graham Bundy (center left), a medevac commander from Sussex, Wis., points to the inside of a U.S. medevac helicopter in a hangar at Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Soldier’s death sparks debate over arming medevacs

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican

Replacement of war-worn equipment cut in budget

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Marine Sgt. Monica Perez (left) of San Diego helps Lance Cpl. Mary Shloss of Hammond, Ind., put on her head scarf before heading out on a patrol in the village of Khwaja Jamal in the Helmand province of Afghanistan in August 2009. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Pentagon to move women closer to front lines

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times