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"So help me God." Those four words are at the center of a controversy brewing for an atheist airman who refuses to say them as part of his reenlistment oath, and thus has been denied the opportunity to remain in the Air Force. -
As the USS America makes its way to its new home port of San Diego, the crew's dining options have been quite different from what other sailors usually experience during deployment - no free soft drinks, and french fries that aren't actually fried. -
Believing that Naval Surface Warfare Command Center Port Hueneme would "be better served by a new CO," Capt. Burt Espe has resigned his post as commanding officer of the Navy base. -
Saying the United States needs to make the Ebola epidemic "a national security priority," President Barack Obama announced Sunday on "Meet the Press" he plans to send additional U.S. military assets to Africa in an attempt to stem the outbreak. -
As the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, the National September 11 Memorial Museum is now displaying the shirt worn by the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden. -
Taya Kyle, the widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, is urging a judge to toss out a jury's verdict that awarded former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura $1.8 million in his defamation lawsuit against Kyle's estate. -
Army Spc. Brian K. Arsenault, 28, was killed Sept. 4, in Afghanistan when he was hit by small-arms fire during combat. -
Groundbreaking comedian Joan Rivers died Thursday at the age of 81. Rivers was a longtime supporter of the USO, even being named the 2001 USO of Metropolitan New York’s Woman of the Year. -
U.S. troops will train in Ukraine starting next week - the first time American ground troops have touched Ukraine soil since that country's crisis with Russia began. The U.S. military will join more than a dozen other countries in the peacekeeping exercise known as Rapid Trident. -
Four adults and one teenager who were rescued from their sinking boat on Saturday night reunited this week with the Coast Guard crew who saved them.
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