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The family of a Marine killed during an insider attack in Afghanistan says they were outraged to discover this week that the attacker's trial took place recently in an Afghan court without their knowledge.

A Muslim rights organization is asking Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for a pardon or re-trial for a former U.S. Marine convicted of criminal charges who was accused of working for the CIA.

How is morale in your unit? Are budget reductions affecting your op-tempo? Are you worried about cuts to your pay and benefits? And what do you think about the crisis in Iraq?

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Saturday, a South Korean defense official said.

The Army's Physical Readiness Training program authorizes more than 150 exercises, all spelled out in Field Manual 7-22. They include:

The Army has 2,000 master fitness trainers and plans to prep several thousand more. Here's a closer look at three of these PT standouts:

The Marine Corps is asking for a five-year authorization from the National Marine Fisheries Service for incidental deaths of bottlenose dolphins during training exercises at a bombing and target range.

Ukrainian officials said their forces advanced to the outskirts of a key town north of Donetsk on Saturday as they try to retake the stronghold held for months by pro-Russia rebels.

For years, Elizabeth City has been a host to Coast Guard crewmembers and their families, and it's a little closer to making that hospitality official.

Spc. Corderra Dews, 24, was living in Austin, Texas, and openly gay before he joined the Army in 2011, a couple of months before the end of 'don't ask, don't tell,' the policy that kept gay soldiers in the closet at the risk of losing their jobs.

The talk in American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War halls and barrooms across Montana has been about Sen. John Walsh since the Democrat linked a cribbed research project he wrote in 2007 to post-traumatic stress disorder.

Two soldiers based at Fort Carson were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

Twelve soldiers - their backs ramrod straight, sweaty and spattered in mud - lowered to the grass in unison. They were doing pushups the right way - the Army way - with their elbows tucked close to their bodies.

Between 2005 and 2009, Navy officials converted all naval aircrewmen into five service ratings, but manning and advancement challenges have officials rethinking part of that move and have led them to set up an advisory board to consider their options.

The Navy may be shedding all its frigates by the end of next year, but the ships are still busy and in high demand - creating a dilemma for the Navy over which ships will pick up their missions.

The Air Force is taking aim at obesity among dependents and retirees through two pilot programs that could eventually go servicewide.

A Mississippi congressional candidate called out by the Special Forces community for describing himself as a Green Beret says he stands by what he has said, even if it should have been phrased differently.

Dozens of U.S. Marines and at least seven military aircraft were involved in Saturday's embassy evacuation operation in Libya, Military Times has learned.

The U.S. Embassy in strife-torn Libya was evacuated early Saturday, under cover of American warplanes and spy aircraft, according to the State Department and the Pentagon.

Meet the first female airman to become a certified martial arts instructor through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Center of Excellence at Quantico, Virginia.

Family of murdered Marine 'betrayed' after Afghan killer gets 7-year sentence

Muslim group seeks pardon for Marine vet convicted in Iran

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North Korea fires short-range missile into sea

The exercises

Master Fitness Trainers

Marines seek authorization for incidental dolphin deaths

Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk

Elizabeth City close to becoming Coast Guard City

Gay soldiers at Fort Campbell open up on coming out

Veterans' response to senator's PTSD remarks mixed

2 Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Army PT overhaul: Master fitness trainers' will dispatch to all units

As billets drop, board convenes to set future of troubled ratings

Retiring frigates may leave some missions unfilled

AF takes aim at obesity in dependents, retirees

Congressional candidate defends Special Forces claims

New details emerge on Libya embassy evacuation

F-16s and Ospreys take lead during embassy-evacuation mission in Libya

Marines certify female airman as martial arts instructor