Anna Mulrine

A new smart phone pilot program in the U.S. Army points to a culture shift that would not only put new streams of intelligence into the hands of soldiers in the field. It also would give them the chance to evaluate data -- like commanders.

An Army pilot program is putting smart phones in the hands of soldiers as a warfighting tool. But the project challenges traditional Army command culture as well as the military industry.

Why is the unemployment rate so high for America's young veterans?

In "Seal Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden," Chuck Pfarrer says he wants to provide what he says are facts that dispel some of the myths that have surrounded the mission, and that have cast the SEALs, he fears, as "spray and pray" commandos.

A new NRA-backed law will make it virtually impossible to get private weapons out of the hands of some potentially suicidal soldiers, Army officials say. The NRA says the guns aren't the problem.

The poverty line – the official US calculus of who qualifies as poor – is set to get an update. The revised formula will count government aid and cost of living in different place, among other changes.

A new NRA-backed law will make it virtually impossible to get private weapons out of the hands of some potentially suicidal soldiers, Army officials say. The NRA says the guns aren't the problem.

"If I were in Pakistani shoes, I would say, 'I've already paid a price. I've been humiliated. I've been shown that the Americans can come in here and do this with impunity,'" U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said this week.

After years of immunity from budget cuts, the Pentagon must identify $400 billion in cuts over the next 12 years, prompting a comprehensive "strategic review" to define military priorities.

At a weekend Pentagon briefing, reporters ribbed military officials, saying they were looking forward to hearing the fifth and newest version of how the Osama bin Laden strike unfolded.

Recent research concludes that sexual assault poses an "intolerable" threat to U.S. troops. A poor record of reporting and prosecution has prompted action in Congress.

A U.S. commission is expected to say that women should be allowed to fight on the front lines. The reality is that women are already serving in combat, says Army's vice chief of staff.

As troops in war zones become accustomed to directing civil society, rather than the other way around, and are lauded at home, concern rises within the military that some are coming to see themselves as 'warrior kings.' For Veterans Day, a closer look at this worry.