The latest news for CNY
Latest news from around CNY, NY State and the Nation/World
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
The 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team based in Syracuse is one of nine Army National Guard brigades in the country participating in the initial test program moving women into positions in combat battalions.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
The U.S. military has formally shut down the war in Iraq, officially retiring the flag of U.S. Forces-Iraq.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
President Barack Obama has formally repealed the 17-year ban on gays serving openly in the military.
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