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A ceremony was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the battle at Iwo Jima. On February 19, 1945, U.S. forces began a 36-day battle for Japanese held Iwo Jima, an 8-s…

The committee heard testimony from Department of Defense officials on the administration’s new policy concerning homosexuals in the U.S. military. The previous day, President Clinton announc…

Defense Secretary Les Aspin and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke in a news conference following a speech by President Bill Clinton on the new policy on homosexuals in the U.S. mili…

Actor and comedian Bob Hope was honored by Congress by being recognized as an honorary member of the armed forces. Mr. Hope is famous for having entertained United States troops during wars …

Undersecretary Reeder and others participated in a ceremony commemorating the battle for Okinawa. The Pentagon is remembering the 1945 Easter Sunday start of Operation Iceberg, and the fight…

Commision members heard testimony from various armed service officials concerning which military bases to close or reduce. The independent commission may make changes to the list and has unt…

Following prepared remarks about the future of the U.S. military, General Carl Mundy U.S Marine Corp-Commandant and Admiral Jeremy Boorda Chief U.S. Naval Operations answered questions from…

General Carl Mundy, Jr spoke on the “strategic landscape” that the military faces in the post-Cold War era. As Marine Corps Commandant, he leads the only branch of the military to enjoy expa…

Captain Michael Doubleday and Marine Corp Commandant General Carl Mundy briefed reporters on issues relating to the U.S. military, including the recent disagreement over a U.S. Marine Corps …

The commission heard testimony from Defense Secretary Les Aspin, General Colin Powell and other members of the Joint Chiefs on the list of military bases slated for closure by the Department…

The briefers spoke about the second of two reports released that day by the Inspector General and of the Department of Defense concerning the events of September, 1991, Tailhook convention i…

The committee heard testimony from the chiefs of each armed service on what their department was doing to eliminate sexual harassment and discrimination. The witnesses were also given the ch…

This was the third of five meetings looking at the 1991 START agreement negotiated in Moscow between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Po…

The panelists discussed the impact of defense spending cuts on the various branches of the military, and how the army, navy, marines and the air force would handle the so-called defense buil…