The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2013 budget request follows the defense strategy in shaping an adaptable, rapidly deployable military force with key 21st-century capabilities, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told Congress today.

If massive Defense Department cuts go through next year, little-noticed potential victims on the chopping block include the schools on military bases in the U.S. and abroad. Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family News Veterans News

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The Defense Department’s drug-testing program is expanding to add screening for two additional prescription medications to the range of legal and illegal drugs it currently detects.

Service members now will receive imminent danger pay only for days they actually spend in hazardous areas, Pentagon officials said here today.

Service members now will receive imminent danger pay only for days they actually spend in hazardous areas, Pentagon officials said here today.

A robotic arm, dubbed “Luke,” after the Jedi with the mechanical hand, served as the centerpiece for a Jan. 31, 2012, discussion during the 2012 Military Health System Conference regarding advancements in prosthetics.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is telling 6,500 active duty troops to be ready in case there’s an order for them to help with Hurricane Irene relief work. Spokesman George Little says Panetta has issued a prepare-to-deploy order for the troops from all branches of the military if support relief efforts if required.

Students headed back to school at Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) Aug. 29 will face a three year phased increase in student meal prices mandated by The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (Public Law 111-296).