Army sergeant charged in slayings of couple has PTSD, attorney says

An Army sergeant charged with shooting a teenage girl in the head while another soldier killed her boyfriend outside Fort Stewart two years ago suffers from brain injuries and post-traumatic stress after serving in combat in Afghanistan, the sergeant's defense attorney said Friday.

Navy SEAL charged with selling ammunition

Petty Officer 2nd Class David Karl Becker told a few of his fellow Navy SEALs last year he had a surefire way for them to make some extra money, federal investigators said.

Still airworthy, plane that survived Pearl Harbor attack coming home to US

An American fighter that's one of the few remaining still-airworthy planes to survive the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is being donated to an organization that flies World War II aircraft at living-history events across the United States.

Ex-congressional staffer and vet accused of disability-benefits fraud

A former staffer for U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah has been charged with lying about being injured in the Iraq war to collect disability benefits.

Judge throws out lawsuit by Marine widow over her lifestyle

A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by a Marine widow who claimed she was convicted of murdering her husband because investigators and prosecutors unfairly focused on her libertine lifestyle.

CDC: Tap water at Camp Lejeune linked to higher risk of birth defects

A long-awaited study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a link between tainted tap water at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina and increased risk of serious birth defects and childhood cancers.

Fort Drum expected to lose 2,800 soldiers and civilian workers from 2012 to 2017

Fort Drum is projected to lose about 2,800 soldiers and civilian workers over the next few years, according to an Army analysis outlined Thursday.

Military support group says it's not getting proceeds from items left in Virginia bins

Across from an office park in a convenient Virginia roadside pull-off sits a pair of bins adorned with the Military Family Support Center’s logo, allowing locals to drop off clothes, housewares and other valuables. But none of the donations go to charity.

First three female soldiers join Fort Hood artillery unit

Melissa Czarnogursky wanted to serve her country, and she didn’t want to sit behind a desk all day. So when she heard that the Army had opened six previously male-only military occupational specialties to women, she asked for a list of the jobs.

Portsmouth ship part of plan to destroy Syria's chemical arms

A retired cargo ship that's been docked for years near the Midtown Tunnel is at the center of international plans to destroy Syria's chemical weapons.

Ohio Navy vets charity scam case raises more fraud worries

The man known as Bobby Thompson is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 15 in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court after he was found guilty of collecting more than $100 million – including nearly $2 million in Ohio from an office in Cincinnati — for his sham charity called the U.S. Navy Veterans Association.

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Oldest US vets to mark attack on Pearl Harbor

On Saturday, the two oldest veterans in America — a pair of 107-year-olds who fought in the Pacific theater 70 years ago — will meet up to mark the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and to trade stories.