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New vets breathe life into old VFW post

Iraq veteran Garry Crum and a brigade of volunteers continue digging a historic VFW post out of the scrap heap to serve a new generation of veterans.

Memorial Day: Remembering fallen of decade at war

Most people run marathons to challenge themselves. Maj. George Kraehe runs them to challenge others.

Flag planting launches Memorial Day at Arlington

Soldiers placed more than 220,000 small U.S. flags at Arlington National Cemetery to mark the start of Memorial Day weekend activities.

Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers

A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers

Fire on nuclear sub at Maine shipyard hurts 7

Officials hoped to begin venting smoke and noxious fumes from a nuclear-powered submarine on Thursday so they could get inside to assess damage from an intense

Pakistan convicts doctor who helped find bin Laden

A government official says a Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden has been convicted of high treason and sentenced to 33 years in

US ambassador to leave Afghanistan

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post this summer.

Civilian contractors attacked in Yemen

The Pentagon says three civilian contractors helping train Yemen's coast guard were attacked in Yemen.

Obama: Confident Afghans can take security lead

President Barack Obama says Afghanistan is on track to place the entire country's security under the lead of Afghan forces in 2013, relegating U.S.-led NATO

Navy ships collide, damaged assessed

Crews assessed damage on a U.S. Navy assault ship and a refueling tanker that collided in the Pacific Ocean off California, after the steering apparently went

Obama asks for help to fund Afghan army

Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international

Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses

Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent

Defense bill challenges Obama policy

In an election-year challenge to President Barack Obama, House Republicans are pressing ahead with a defense budget that adds billions of dollars, boosts

Dempsey avoids broaching defense cuts

The nation’s top military commander was in Virginia Beach Wednesday to speak at the Joint War Fighting Conference.

Pentagon limits F-22 fighter flights

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has limited the flights of the F-22 fighter jet to regions where pilots can quickly land the plane if they experience oxygen

School honors military families

Students at a North Kingstown elementary school honored members of the military and their families this week.

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