Members of the U.S. military and Department of Defense employees are giving more money to President Obama's presidential campaign than Mitt Romney's campaign coffers.

Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan J. Wilson of Shasta, California has become the 3000th death among U.S. and NATO forces in the war in Afghanistan. Wilson, 26, died in Manama, Bahrain on May 20th from complications associated with an unnamed medical condition.

Each year "Flags In" takes place at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as the Army's "Old Guard," places American flags on each of the 260,000 gravestones at the cemetery.

Memorial Day will be the kick-off of Tim McGraw's military home giveaway. The country music star is giving away a mortgage-free house to a service member on each of his 25 tour stops.

A soldier from California was killed in Afghanistan on May 23rd, according to the Department of Defense. 2nd Lt. Travis A. Morgado, 25, was from San Jose. His mother has questions about the way her son died.

In an effort to honor its contract with troops throughout a slim down of its forces, the Marine Corps will offer early retirement with benefits to members with at least 15 years of service.

The Marine Corps' newest...but very last...CH-46 Sea Knight pilot completed his training yesterday at Camp Pendleton. The Marines are phasing out the CH-46 in favor of the MV-22B Osprey.

It's Fleet Week in New York City, and that means more than 6,000 Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen are in the Big Apple to celebrate the sea services. Music superstar Katy Perry already gave one of those Marines a memory to last a lifetime, when she pulled him onstage and kissed him during her concert for the troops.

At least four Marines, including two based at Camp Pendleton, have been electrocuted to death in Afghanistan within the last six months.

A Camp Pendleton Marine fell to his death Tuesday at the Grand Canyon. Jeffery Klingsick, 20, was visiting the national park on his way home to Kansas.