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Military Coast Guard News Center Military Coast Guard News Center Smuggler Dies After Boat, Coke Seized CG Responds to Tug, Barge Collision CG Monitors Sunken Fishing Vessel Costly Agent Orange-Heart Disease Link Looms The cost of war -- on veteran's-- health and taxpayer wallets -- will loom a little larger in the new year when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issues a final rule to claim adjudicators to presume three more diseases of Vietnam veterans, including heart disease, were caused by exposure to Agent Orange. Weak Economy Draws Middle-Class Recruits Middle-class American youth are entering the military in significant numbers today, drawn by more competitive pay, a battered civilian job market and the buzz surrounding an improved GI Bill education benefit. Military Marine Corps News Center Military Marine Corps News Center MV-22 and ABV Meet Expectations While CH-53 helicopters were unloading Marines in the Now Zad valley in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on Dec. 4, history was being made a short distance away. Two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft were disgorging Marines from the reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider in three landing zones at the opposite end of the valley, kicking off an assault on the Now Zad area to eliminate Taliban influence. One Dog, One Marine, One Mission Marines Prepare to Integrate With ANA Marines Provide Support in Haiti USMC V-22 Osprey Finds Groove in Afghanistan The V-22 Osprey's range and speed, the twin talents of the aircraft most heavily promoted by the U.S. Marine Corps, are revealing themselves in Afghanistan, as readiness and reliability numbers begin to climb steadily throughout the fleet. Military Air Force News Center Military Air Force News Center Major Work Ahead on Russian Stealth Fighter Russia has begun flying a stealthy fifth-generation fighter to rival the U.S. F-22, but Western analysts question whether Sukhoi can develop and deliver the aircraft by 2015 as promised. MV-22 and ABV Meet Expectations While CH-53 helicopters were unloading Marines in the Now Zad valley in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on Dec. 4, history was being made a short distance away. Two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft were disgorging Marines from the reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider in three landing zones at the opposite end of the valley, kicking off an assault on the Now Zad area to eliminate Taliban influence. Despite Heron Deal, Turkey and Israel at Odds Amid a deteriorating relationship between Ankara and Jerusalem, the long-delayed sale of Israeli Heron unmanned air vehicles to Turkey is finally getting underway. Asia-Pacific Recapitalizes its Fighter Fleets A swath of Asia-Pacific states is in the throes of revamping their fighter inventories. As a result, Western and Russian manufacturers are either wrestling to sustain market share or vying with rival fighter builders in traditional client markets. Costs Haunt F-35; DoD Tossing Leadership The program is to get new leadership and Lockheed Martin is to forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in award fees, but U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates is "not sure" whether the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can avoid breaching Nunn-McCurdy limits on cost growth. Military Navy News Center Military Navy News Center Major Work Ahead on Russian Stealth Fighter Russia has begun flying a stealthy fifth-generation fighter to rival the U.S. F-22, but Western analysts question whether Sukhoi can develop and deliver the aircraft by 2015 as promised. MV-22 and ABV Meet Expectations While CH-53 helicopters were unloading Marines in the Now Zad valley in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on Dec. 4, history was being made a short distance away. Two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft were disgorging Marines from the reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider in three landing zones at the opposite end of the valley, kicking off an assault on the Now Zad area to eliminate Taliban influence. Despite Heron Deal, Turkey and Israel at Odds Amid a deteriorating relationship between Ankara and Jerusalem, the long-delayed sale of Israeli Heron unmanned air vehicles to Turkey is finally getting underway. Costs Haunt F-35; DoD Tossing Leadership The program is to get new leadership and Lockheed Martin is to forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in award fees, but U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates is "not sure" whether the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can avoid breaching Nunn-McCurdy limits on cost growth. Corpsman Provides Care to Newborn Military Army News Center Military Army News Center MV-22 and ABV Meet Expectations While CH-53 helicopters were unloading Marines in the Now Zad valley in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on Dec. 4, history was being made a short distance away. Two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft were disgorging Marines from the reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider in three landing zones at the opposite end of the valley, kicking off an assault on the Now Zad area to eliminate Taliban influence. Despite Heron Deal, Turkey and Israel at Odds Amid a deteriorating relationship between Ankara and Jerusalem, the long-delayed sale of Israeli Heron unmanned air vehicles to Turkey is finally getting underway. US Army Musters GCV The reverberations from Defense Secretary Robert Gates's decision last year to cancel the Pentagon's ill-starred $160-billion Future Combat Systems (FCS) program have been felt nowhere more deeply than by the team tasked with designing the program's Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV), which was billed as the Army's infantry carrier of the future. US Forces in Haiti to Grow to 20,000 Biden Visits Soldiers in Iraq

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