A Marine pilot serving in Afghanistan had to miss his brother's wedding this week, but he definitely sent some wedding wishes from thousands of feet up in the

This month's gallery is filled with trips overseas, March Madness and an occasional soccer ball.

Seven veterans from the Smithville, Texas area have died in recent years in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in a town of 3,900, that number stands out.

Ahead of the 2013 State of the Union, is America better off now than it was four years ago when President Barack Obama took office? It depends on the numbers

Still to be decided: how many troops will remain beyond 2014, when the U.S.-led combat mission is scheduled to end.

In this month's Company You Keep, Obama hangs with the Heat, a governor loses a bet and Panetta greets the Pope with a kiss.

The White House said Wednesday it will go ahead with Gen. John Allen's nomination to become commander of NATO forces in Europe.

Prince Harry's assertion that he has killed Taliban fighters while deployed as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan drew intense media coverage in Britain on

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday they have agreed to speed up slightly the schedule for moving Afghanistan's security

The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops

The bill includes cuts in defense spending that the president and congressional Republicans agreed to in August 2011, along with the end of the war in Iraq and

The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will seek the death penalty against the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage in March.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, says President Barack Obama will decide in the next few weeks how many U.S. troops will remain after the combat mission

Gen. John Allen has returned to Kabul to resume his duties as the top U.S. and NATO commander of the war in Afghanistan, more than a week after the Pentagon

Four Southern California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in