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Army Sgt. David J. Chambers, 25, was killed in Afghanistan on January 16. -
A close friend of fallen Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Verbeek decided to honor his former Marine Corps comrade by re-enlisting at his grave. -
The Pentagon announced the first U.S. combat death in Afghanistan in 2013. Army Sgt. Aaron X. Wittman, 28, died January 10 in Nangarhar Province. -
A viral email claiming U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan are no longer being served breakfast because of budget cuts isn't true, and the Department of Defense has gone on the offensive to battle the rumor. -
Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, appeared on "The Daily Show" last night to promote his new memoir. McChrystal was forced to resign his post in 2010 after a controversial Rolling Stone article. -
Filmmaker Katie Norris got one step closer today to making a documentary about the life of Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, one of only five quadruple amputees to survive the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. She hit her Kickstarter goal of $12,000 this morning - and that dollar amount continues to climb. -
Watchers of the Rose Parade on New Year's Day got a sneak peek at what the first national monument to military working dogs will look like. A floral replica of the monument appeared on the Natural Balance war dogs float. -
Army Pfc. Markie T. Sims, 20, died December 29 in Panjwal, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Sims's wife is pregnant with their first child. -
At least 2,040 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. -
Autopsies of service members killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars show 1 in 12 had coronary atherosclerosis, or a hardening of the arteries.
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