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  Oversight of US military's food suppliers called into question after fraud indictment

  Executives from a company responsible for providing food and water for deployed U.S. troops in Afghanistan have been charged with defrauding the government and creating a fake construction site to overstate progress on an $8 billion contract, the Department of Justice said in a recently-filed indictment.

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  Search for missing Marines continues days after deadly fighter-tanker collision in Japan

  The search for five Marines who went missing early Thursday after their KC-130 Hercules aerial tanker collided midair with an F/A-18 Hornet has moved into its third day in Japan.

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  Families of servicemembers killed in Mississippi disaster want more answers

  The disaster was one in a string of fatal mishaps involving military aircraft over the last few years, drawing questions whether the aircraft are adequately maintained and whether all service members flying and caring for them are appropriately trained.

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  Warner Robins airman sentenced to 90 years for child molestation; faces military discharge

  A Warner Robins man convicted of molesting a young teenage girl has been sentenced to 90 years in a Georgia prison.

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  Marine pilot from South Florida killed in fighter jet-tanker collision off Japan coast

  A 28-year-old Marine Corps pilot from south Florida was killed after his F/A-18 Hornet fighter collided with a refueling plane during training Thursday off the coast of Japan, an accident from which five Marines remain missing, service officials said.