Islamic State group militants lined up 30 men in western Iraq and shot them dead Wednesday, an official and residents said, the latest mass killing carried out by the group since its advance across the country.

Military personnel and civilians who work in the Pentagon could be targeted by the Islamic State group or other terrorists, the building’s internal security agency is warning employees in a new memo distributed late last week.

Judging from their comments on Internet forums, Marines – particularly current and former drill instructors – appear to be evenly divided when it comes to Sgt. Maj.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday ordered all U.S. service members returning from the Ebola response mission to undergo ‘controlled monitoring,’ meaning they will be isolated on military facilities and monitored for symptoms for 21 days.

For the first time since the Islamic State group launched an offensive on the Syrian border town of Kobani last month, a small group of Syrian rebels on Wednesday entered the embattled town from Turkey in a push to help Kurdish fighters there battle the m

Sixty years ago, the nation declared its first Veterans Day celebration.

Two former heads of NATO are urging the Western defense alliance to join the fight against Ebola in West Africa.

A federal magistrate judge says a retired soldier suing Burger King for swallowing needles in a sandwich should pay nearly $8,500 in attorneys’ fees and costs to the defendants for not showing up at a settlement conference.

Police in Cambodia said Wednesday they have arrested a man identified by media there as a U.S. Army deserter wanted in the United States for offenses involving child pornography and possible related crimes.

A nurse who tended to an 84-year-old Korean War veteran who died last year pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of failing to care for him properly, the New York State attorney general said.