It was a long journey for James Harris and Marine veteran Russ Redhead to become close enough that they now wear matching T-shirts that say “Kidney Buddies for Life.”

Veterans of Camp Pendleton’s 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines gathered over the weekend at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Ramadi and remember 33 fallen troops.

A man accused of trying to breach the gate at the FBI’s Atlanta headquarters a week ago will remain in custody while his mental health is evaluated.

Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, an Army Ranger who received the Medal of Honor for lifesaving heroics in the Korean War and the Distinguished Service Cross fighting in Vietnam, died Monday. He was 97.

The widow of an Army veteran whose lung cancer was not diagnosed for nearly two years after a “suspicious finding” turned up on a chest scan has received an $880,000 court settlement from a VA hospital.

Army veteran and Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine’s governor and two terms in the U.S. House, died Friday evening at his home in Portland. He was 89.

Elyria native and 2nd Lt. Ferrier White, a Tuskegee Airman who lost his life during World War II, was honored April 5 with a street sign at the corner of South Maple Street and Oberlin Road in Elyria, exactly 79 years after this death.

A bill before Congress would jumpstart benefits for separating troops by authorizing accredited veterans organizations to place counselors in Defense Department transition assistance programs designed for service members preparing to leave the military.

Retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has received the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat more than 30 years after his actions in the infamous 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia — the battle made famous by the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.”

A man accused of breaching the gate of the FBI’s Atlanta headquarters made his first court appearance Wednesday and will remain in custody until another hearing next week.