Gay students at America's military service academies are wrapping up the first year when they no longer had to hide their sexual orientation, benefiting from the end of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that used to bar them from seemingly ordinary activities like taking their partners openly to graduation events.

America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen.

There are many ceremonies scheduled across Eastern Carolina on Monday to honor our veterans and fallen soldiers.

Afghan authorities said on Sunday that an airstrike by the U.S.-led NATO coalition killed eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan.

Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Visibly pained, Vice President Joe Biden recalls the wrenching sorrow of losing his first wife and his daughter to a car accident in 1972.

Veterans in Jacksonville were honored with a special visitor Tuesday night.

A locally based Marine is getting honored for his good work in the military and his community.

The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says American troops will still be involved combat next year even as the U.S. officially shifts to a support role.

The NATO meeting in Chicago this weekend is a chance for alliance leaders to proclaim solidarity and promise success.

Rose Noel of Onslow County was the first female gunnery sergeant in the marine corps to earn a purple heart after her 2005 deployment to Iraq.

It was the end of January when we first introduced you to Michael Cooney; a seven-year-old who, for the first time, walked to his father.

Military authorities have recovered almost $2 million in stolen property as part of an ongoing investigation that so far involves almost 70 civilians and active-duty Marines and sailors.

The Pentagon will open more than 14,000 combat-related roles to women serving in the army Monday.

The Marine Corps says it will not reopen Highway 172, which runs through Camp Lejeune, to civilian traffic.

Multiple media reports indicate a U.S. Marine training at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville has been charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl he reportedly met on the internet.

The Department of Defense says three soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg have been killed in Afghanistan.

NATO says three troops were killed by a bomb Monday, but the statement did not provide details about the nationality of the service members killed.

The family of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan said Sunday his wife saw a bullet hole in the closet behind him after he collapsed during a Skype video chat.

A Marine is dead after he crashed his pickup truck into a Morehead City business early Sunday morning.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is warning troops that it takes just seconds for misconduct to make headlines and fuel the enemy in Afghanistan.

The Cherry Point Air Show is all this weekend with an estimated 150,000 people expected.

The Blue Angels have arrived at Cherry Point for this weekend's big air show.

President Obama, who on Tuesday told troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan that the U.S. will look after them and their families as combat operations in the country come to an end, may face challenges to deliver on his vow.

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have signed an agreement aimed at cementing a lasting U.S. commitment to Afghanistan after the long and unpopular war comes to an end.