The Defense Department has yet to receive any official requests from cities to hold a parade in honor of troops who served in Iraq but New York City is trying to keep the idea alive.

A new book claims that Gen. David Petraeus’ closest aides were urging him to quit in protest over President Obama’s plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.

Iran is bragging about how easy it would be to close the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. Navy gears up to block any attempt to shut down the vital passageway for the world’s oil shipments.

The military has focused increased money and time on curbing sexual assaults in the ranks, but assaults against women spiked in the last school year at the service academies, where future leaders are trained to be “officers and gentlemen.”

U.S. military officials say they were acting in self-defense during a Nov. 25 airstrike that killed 24 Pakistanis along the Afghan border.

Christmas for the troops comes with duty and sacrifice, and also with giving back.

A wave of bomings in Baghdad only days after the U.S. troop withdrawal re-ignited fears of a new round of sectarian street warfare.

The United States stopped short of a full apology while admitting to blame in the airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani border troops.

Pvt. Danny Chen’s death was first treated as a suicide, but eight soldiers in his unit have now been brought up on charges in the case that allegedly involves racial taunting and abuse aimed at his Chinese heritage.

The son and “Great Successor” of the late Kim Jong-il was first in the line of mourners to boost his cred as the new dictator.