Veterans groups are rallying to fight any proposal to change disability payments as the federal government attempts to address its long-term debt problem. They say they've sacrificed already.

Military analysts say North Korea is likely years away from being able to carry out a threat to strike the U.S. with long-range missiles.

The U.S military says two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers have completed a training mission in South Korea amid threats from North Korea that include nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul.

One of the seven Camp Lejeune Marines killed in last week's explosion in Nevada will have a memorial service back here in Eastern Carolina with full military honors.

An air crew from the Coast Guard station in Elizabeth City is en route to a catamaran that's in distress, southeast of Bermuda.

A judge plans to continue a hearing for motions before the court martial of a U.S. Army general charged with sexual misconduct.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are "on the same page" when it comes to peace talks with the Taliban.

The commander at Marine Corps. Base Quantico in northern Virginia says a shooting in which a Marine killed a male and female colleague before killing himself was isolated to a single building.

The Pentagon says it will delay furlough notices for its civilian employees for about two weeks while officials analyze how Congressional funding changes will affect the cuts.

Marines at Camp Lejeune will soon have a new commanding officer.

The USO of Jacksonville heard the news of the Nevada training accident which killed and injured 15 marines and pulled together resources along with the community for the the families of the marines involved in the explosion.

Iraqi officials say a relentless wave of bombings has rumbled across Baghdad and nearby towns, killing at least 56 people and wounding more than 200.

A lawyer for a Marine facing criminal charges for a YouTube video showing platoon members urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan says it was in poor taste, but not desecration.

A Guantanamo Bay prison spokesman says 21 men are on hunger strike in a widening protest at the U.S. base in Cuba.

It's been more than six years since a bomb ripped away the eyes from Shams Karim, killed her mother and left the little girl, now 7, blind and disfigured for life. Psychiatric drugs help control her outbursts of crying and screaming.

A hearing is scheduled next week for a Camp Lejeune Marine who was charged after a video surfaced last year that showed troops urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters.

As crews work to repair a leak in the main water supply line to Fort Bragg, officials there have declared a water shortage emergency.

A federal agency's reconstruction of decades of toxic drinking water at Camp Lejeune says the contamination could date to 1948, five years earlier than researchers have previously reported.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Joseph Dunford, is warning his troops to be ready for increased violence because of a series of anti-American statements by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 16, based in Jacksonville, is holding a free job fair on Thursday.

Republican Sen. Richard Burr has filed a bill to make more Marines and their families eligible for health care for illnesses suffered because of toxic drinking water at Camp Lejeune.

The U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard suspended their assistance programs last week. A decision by the U.S. Navy is pending.

The director of National Intelligence says an unpredictable North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and missile programs, stands as a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations.

Officials say five American service members have been killed in helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan.

No stone unturned, Camp Lejeune said a standard health and comfort inspection landed some Marines in handcuffs.