Afghan massacre: Sgt Bales case echoes loudly for ex-soldiers on hotline for vets. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Veterans at ‘the breaking point’ Combat veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts share their…

Reports: Spies stole info with fake Facebook account for NATO’s Stavridis. Spies opened a bogus Facebook account for U.S. Adm. James Stavridis, NATO’s supreme allied commander, and tricked senior British officers and defense officials into “friending” it, allowing access to…

F-35 makes first test flights with external weapons. By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times February 20, 2012, 3:36 p.m. The F-35, the military’s next-generation fighter jet, has begun its first flight tests carrying external missiles at Edwards Air Force Base…

U.S. may rely on aging U-2 spy planes longer than expected. By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times January 28, 2012 Wars have come and gone. But for more than half a century, the CIA and U.S. military have relied on…

’Deplorable’: U.S. defense chief condemns urinating Marines video.   Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has condemned a video that appears to show U.S. Marines urinating on corpses of…