by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Osama bin Laden received a Muslim ceremony as he was buried at sea, a senior defense official said here May 2. The religious rites were performed aboard the aircraft carrier…

by John D. Banusiewicz American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- An intelligence-driven U.S. operation in Pakistan killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden yesterday. At the direction of the United States president, a targeted operation was launched against that compound…

Tucson, Arizona The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Arizona Joint Field Command today reported more than $14.4 million in narcotics seizures for the period of April 4-10 and 3,671 apprehensions of illegal aliens at the Arizona border. The narcotics seizures…

PHOENIX - A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned separate one-count indictments today against Gila River Indian Community members Franklin Joseph Jackson, Sr., 62, of Bapchule, Ariz., and Lloyd Notah, Jr., 63, of Sacaton, for Embezzlement From a Tribal Organization.…

TUCSON, Arizona U.S. District Court Judge Marvin E. Aspen sentenced Christopher Bryan Garcia on Thursday to 40 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor. Garcia, a 23-year-old member of the Tohono Oodham Nation, was convicted by a jury…

By Karen Parrish American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON The alliance will assume command and control of coalition operations enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya authorized by U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, according to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. NATO…

By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON - Coalition task force operations in Libya continue to go well, and partner nations are picking up more of the workload, the chief of staff of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn told…

Levels Pose No Health Threat; Amounts Many Times Less than Background Radiation Doses PHOENIX Trace amounts of Iodine-131 radioactive material associated with releases from the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Japan have been detected by Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency (ARRA)…

Operation Odyssey Dawn - Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of the Joint Staff, updates reporters on Operation Odyssey Dawn at the Pentagon, March 20, 2011. DOD photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison By Jim Garamone American…

By Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON - U.S. forces are swinging into action to assist Japan in the wake of a magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck early this morning. We are assessing the situation and positioning forces so…

On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC, (at 02:46:23 PM at epicenter) an 8.9 magnitude earthquake located occurred near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, 130 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan, 178 km (110 miles) E…

Three days of heavy flipping gave Ken Howden a landslide victory on Lake Roosevelt. PAYSON, Arizona Ken Howden of Mesa, Arizona, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 22 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday to win the EverStart Series Western Division event on…