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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has authorized two Air Force Reserve C-130H aircraft to support the response to a massive oil slick that threatens wetlands and beaches along the Gulf Coast, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell confirmed.

A battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division’s ready force that returned two months ago from supporting the Haiti humanitarian response mission is in the process of deploying again, this time to Afghanistan to train Afghan security forces.

At least three states along the Gulf of Mexico are preparing for a potential call for thousands of National Guard members as the nation ramps up its response to an oil spill that’s threatening the Gulf Coast.

Afghan and coalition forces responded to a bombing attack at a bazaar in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province.

The First Tee Military Affiliate Program offers free golf instruction to children from National Guard and Reserve families at The First Tee’s 200 chapters across the nation.

The First Tee Military Affiliate Program offers free golf instruction to children from National Guard and Reserve families at The First Tee’s 200 chapters across the nation.

A working group of military health care providers and Veterans Affairs Department academic institutions’ researchers developing cutting-edge medical techniques plans to meet next week to discuss new ways to further wounded warrior care.

Time magazine editors have named Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Antonio D. Travis to the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most-influential people in the world, for his efforts after the Haiti earthquake.

A massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico that’s headed toward U.S. shores is receiving “top-level attention” within the Defense Department as it evaluates what capabilities it may have to support the response mission, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said.

Navy officials announced they are moving ahead with plans to integrate women onto submarines beginning in late 2011 or early 2012, by phasing in three female officers in eight different crews.