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Medal of Honor recipient: On his worst day, 'he managed to summon the best'US Army Capt. Florent Groberg threw himself between a suicide bomber and a high-ranking US delegation in Afghanistan鈥檚 Kunar Province.聽
Obama visits Arlington National Cemetery. What did he say about US veterans?President Barack Obama visited Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday and spoke about how Americans need to remember veterans beyond the annual holiday honoring them.聽
FocusVeterans, gang members find peace in unexpected 'brotherhood'A pioneering antiviolence program in Chicago is built on a bond between gang members and veterans who have been to war. It's gaining national attention.聽
FocusVeterans Day: For many vets, college is scarier than AfghanistanVeterans Day highlights the the sky-high dropout rates for veterans attending college. But new college 'boot camps' are helping vets transition to a new life of classroom debates and selfies.聽
First Look Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan want their own memorialVeterans from the post 9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan want a monument, but is it too soon for a memorial if fighting continues?
First LookWhy does Florida VA office keep listing living veterans as deceased?A Vietnam vet from Florida called to inquire about a late disability payment and was told he was categorized as deceased. The case of mistaken identity was one among many in the Tampa Bay area.
First LookLots of questions about DOD's $43 million gas station in AfghanistanThe compressed natural gas station was supposed to help Afghanistan decrease their reliance on oil imports by building natural gas demand.聽But the Defense Department didn鈥檛 study whether this was actually feasible,聽according聽to a government watchdog.
How 50 US troops in Syria could actually make a differenceThe US will send 50 Special Operations Forces troops to Syria to coordinate with rebels. Critics call them a token force. But they have a specific mission.聽
Warship honoring Marine christened at Maine shipyardThe USS Peralta is believed to be the first warship named for someone who was born in Mexico.聽Sgt. Rafael聽Peralta was killed in action in Iraq in 2004.
First LookMysterious unmooring of 250-foot surveillance blimp troubles ArmyShotgun-wielding authorities eventually shot down the blimp over the Pennsylvania countryside.聽The wreckage is scattered in trees along a ravine in a secluded area with no roads leading directly to the site.
Rogue Army blimp triggers blackouts across PennsylvaniaAn unmanned Army surveillance blimp broke loose from its moorings in Maryland and floated over Pennsylvania Wednesday, trailed by two US 聽fighter jets.
Carter: US to step up airstrikes, ground raids against ISISThe Secretary of Defense did not say under what circumstances the US might act on the ground on its own, but said 'once we locate them, no target is beyond our reach.'
US-China agree: No rude gestures by fighter pilotsTo prevent a military escalation, China and the US have agreed to be more civil when their military pilots meet in mid-air.聽
First LookCombating ISIS: 70 prisoners rescued from 'impending mass execution'A US soldier was killed during the raid, the first American serviceman to die in Iraq since the United States ended combat operations in 2011.
Fighter jet crash in England kills US pilotThe pilot of a US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet died in a crash about 70 miles north of London.聽
Is the US mission in Afghanistan 'working'? Or is that just spin?The Obama administration claims leaving 5,500 US troops in Afghanistan is a sign that the US strategy is working. Is it?聽
First LookUS military compromised: Hacker accused of leaking information to ISISMalaysian and US authorities allege that Kosovo native聽Ardit Ferizi provided a member of Islamic State with information about more than 1,000 US military and government personnel.
First LookWhy Obama is changing tune on pulling troops from AfghanistanThe White House has revised existing plans to withdraw the majority of troops from Afghanistan by the end of the Obama administration.
Is Russia trumping US in Syria? Pentagon is of two minds.On one hand, Russia could be inserting itself into a quagmire in Syria. On the other, it's calling the shots.聽- Why ISIS's reign of fear has worked, and how it can be counteredThe Islamic State is brutal, but for a purpose. It can succeed in the short term because locals don't appear to have any other options. 聽
