The aircraft carrier has spent much of the last two years at sea.
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The Marine Corps has established new standards for how female troops wear their hair. Partial braids? Yes! Eccentric directional flow? No! -
The four U.S. service members who were injured when their aircraft was attacked with gunfire Saturday in South Sudan are Navy SEALs. -
Burglars stole thousands of dollars worth of Christmas gifts from Army Cpl. Chris Petrossian's home he purchased online while he was deployed to Afghanistan. But residents of the California town of Lodi stepped up to make sure the Petrossian family didn't go without on Christmas day. -
Two NATO International Security Assistance Force members were killed Monday in Afghanistan, in separate attacks, after enemy forces hit them with direct fire. -
The littoral combat ship USS Freedom returned Monday to its home port of San Diego, completing its maiden deployment. -
Four American service members are currently in stable condition at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, after their military aircraft was attacked with gunfire in South Sudan on Saturday. -
On December 19, Congress extended the special visa program for Iraqi and Afghan interpreters and mandated improvements. -
An Army sergeant who died as a prisoner of war in Korea nearly 63 years ago but whose remains were only recently identified was returned Friday to Los Angeles. -
The Department of Defense has released the names of the six U.S. soldiers who died Tuesday when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan. Killed were: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Randy L. Billings, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua B. Silverman, Sgt. Peter C. Bohler, Sgt. 1st Class Omar W. Forde, Staff Sgt. Jesse L. Williams, and Spc. Terry K. D. Gordon. -
There's been an update in the case of a U.S. Navy broadcaster's mysterious death in Germany. This week, a German judge charged an unnamed member of the U.S. military with manslaughter in the death of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dmitry Chepusov.
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