AFP - A retired US general on Thursday said Dutch UN troops defending Srebrenica in the Bosnian war failed to prevent the 1995 genocide partly because their ranks included openly gay soldiers.

AFP - The United States has said that it needs to maintain a base on the Japanese island of Okinawa to defend the region, as the new government in Tokyo considers scrapping a previous plan.

AFP - The US military may set up an additional headquarters in northern Iraq even after Washington scales back its forces by a September deadline, a top US general said on Tuesday.

AFP - The number of reports of sexual assault in the US military rose by 11 percent in 2009, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.

AFP - A senior US envoy has canceled talks in Japan on a row over a military base due to scheduling problems, the State Department said Monday.

AP - The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says "the time has come" for the military to rethink its policy toward gays.

Reuters - The United States may leave a stronger-than-expected force structure in northern Iraq if the situation requires, even as it reduces troops to targeted levels, a top U.S. general said on Tuesday.

AFP - The US military handed over one of its two remaining detention facilities to Iraqi authorities on Monday, further winding down its operations as it prepares a withdrawal of combat troops.