To highlight the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” an openly gay Air Force colonel and her partner are attending the State of the Union address tonight with First Lady Michelle Obama.

The remains of the U.S. sailors have rested in what has become known as the Old Protestant Cemetery of Tripoli. Now there’s a dustup between descendants of the sailors, who want the remains repatriated, and the Navy, which argues against disturbing the graves.

NATO officials are looking at technical failure in the crash, as the Taliban claims the helicopter was shot down.

The entire thrust of U.S. strategy to train Afghans to the point where they can take over is threatened by a growing distrust on both sides.

The “health” of the force isn’t what it should be, but the Army insists it will get better.

About 6,500 jobs in the mid-Atlantic region were up for grabs at a massive VA-sponsored job fair in the nation’s capital that included firms ranging from Microsoft, Citibank and Coca Cola to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the Philadelphia Police Department.

There were 3,191 reports of sexual abuse in the military last year, but Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says that number “is closer to 19,000 because of underreporting by victims who fear retribution.”

Sure, war is hell, but the Marines accused of videotaping themselves while urinating on dead Taliban enemy fighters in Afghanistan have tarnished all veterans.

Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army’s vice chief of staff, wants the word “disorder” removed from PTSD diagnoses for combat veterans. What do you think?

Deplorable, disgraceful, disgusting, just plain stupid. Those were just some of the choice words officials at the Pentagon offered up after seeing a video that shows U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of three dead Taliban in Afghanistan.