Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.Full story
The former commander of the USS Sterett said Friday that his orders were to prevent a band of Somali pirates from taking four American hostages with them from their yacht to shore, but that his crew wasn't authorized to use lethal force. Full story
In her newly published memoir, Kristin Beck comes out as a transgender woman after retiring from a 20-year career as a Navy SEAL. Full story
The results from the special Massachusetts Senate primaries are in! NBC’s Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro report in the Democratic primary Congressman Ed Markey defeated Congressman Stephen Lynch, and former Navy SEAL-turned-businessman Gabriel Gomez beat his opponents in the Republican primary.
Taya Kyle is steadied by a Marine while addressing friends and family during a memorial service for slain husband and former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, February 11, 2013. REUTERS/Tim Sharp
