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The U.S. Army announced recently that a 173rd Airborne Brigade officer will receive the nation's second highest award for valor posthumously for his bravery against a March 27, 2007 enemy attack in Saret Koleh, Afghanistan.On March 1, Maj. ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Pentagon's top official made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday to meet with U.S. commanders and Afghan leaders amid a push for peace with the Taliban.Pat Shanahan, the recently installed acting secretary of defense, said he has no orders to reduce the U.S. ...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and National Guard leaders honored soldiers from the Upper Midwest who spent about a year serving in Afghanistan. ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the United States struck a new deal Sunday that increases Seoul's contribution for the cost of the American military presence on its soil, overcoming previous failed negotiations that caused worries about their decades-long alliance. ...

A pair of Navy guided-missile destroyers have sailed within a dozen nautical miles of disputed islands China is believed to have militarized -- a move that has angered some in Beijing. ...

BEIRUT — U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces said Saturday they have launched a final push to defeat the Islamic State group in the last tiny pocket the extremists hold in eastern Syria. ...

Army and Marine Corps combat units are starting to receive brand-new, high-performance Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. But if war with a major power ignites in the near future, the bulk of U.S. ground forces will go into battle with the same Humvees that struggled to survive the last war.Today, ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Luke Air Force Base's roster of F-35s has grown and that means more noise around the pilot-training installation on the west side of metro Phoenix.The Arizona Republic reports that Luke now has 85 F-35s, well en route to its planned full complement of 144, ...

GROTON -- Frank 'Mick' O'Beirne Jr., a key figure in thwarting attempts to close the Naval Submarine Base and a long-serving former Town Councilor, died Monday at age 82.He was remembered this week by community members who spoke about his dedication to both his community and country.Capt. ...

WASHINGTON -- Shannon Kent, the Navy linguist killed in Syria last month in a suicide bomb blast, was posthumously promoted Friday, the service announced.Kent, a 35-year-old mother of two, has been advanced to senior chief petty officer. She was a chief petty officer when she was killed Jan. ...

STUTTGART, Germany -- Air Force fighter pilots continue to be promoted at higher rates than their counterparts who control drones, but the gap is closing as the demand for remotely piloted aircraft increases, a government watchdog said in a new report.Five years ago, ...

A new investigation into a deadly nighttime collision involving a U.S. Navy destroyer heading toward a secret mission in the South China Sea reveals several warning signs leading up to the tragic accident that took seven sailors' lives.ProPublica, a nonprofit that produces investigative journalism, ...

Thousands of Marines carrying out crisis-response missions in the Middle East are getting a better look at what war with a potential adversary such as Russia might look like.As the battlespace in the Middle East gets more complex -- with Russia backing Syrian forces and Turkey, a NATO ally, ...

The number of veterans eligible for health care services in their communities, using networks of private-sector providers contracted by the Department of Veterans Affairs, is expected to jump this summer when regulations setting new access standards for community care become final. ...

Alexandra Marberry, after graduating from the Naval Academy, became one of the nation's first transgender women allowed to transition while serving in the military.More than two years later, Marberry is fighting the Navy to clear her record of sexual misconduct she maintains she did not commit. ...

We've all heard of Rudy Reyes, the Recon Marine, martial artist, and actor who famously played himself in the HBO miniseries, Generation Kill, but few people really know what Rudy has been up to these days. Hell, we didn't know either until we asked Rudy to sit down and chat.The only problem? ...

The House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that would provide subsidies to veterans for child care during some medical appointments and make permanent an existing child care pilot program at several Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities. ...

Four spouses and two fiancees of veterans eligible for the Department of Veterans Affairs' family caregiver program have filed a lawsuit against the VA for denying or improperly revoking their benefits.In a suit filed Jan. 22 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the plaintiffs, ...

In the face of rising seas and frequent flooding, the Department of Defense could soon start pitching in money to fix roads and other vulnerable infrastructure needed to access military bases.After years of examining the impacts of climate change and working to mitigate the future effects on bases, ...

The U.S. Air Force has fixed one of its lingering job shortages, the service's top civilian said Friday.As the service works to restore readiness, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said there is no longer a gap in the active-duty maintainer career field.'We were 4,000 maintainers short. ...