Tami Mielke’s decision to end her life raises serious questions about South Dakota’s care of its emotionally wounded warriors.

Marines in Afghanistan handed over the Corps’ last remaining base there to Afghan National Army troops Sunday, marking the official end of the service’s primary work in support of the war.

Thousands of runners checked through security to compete in the 39th annual Marine Corps Marathon early Sunday, a 26.2-mile race through the Washington area with a high-five from a Marine at the finish line.

The Pentagon announced Sunday that a Navy officer died Oct. 24 in a non-combat related incident at an air base in Doha, Qatar.

As more U.S. troops head to West Africa, the Pentagon is developing portable isolation units that can carry up to 12 Ebola patients for transport on military planes.

The Pentagon, which is dispatching up to 4,000 troops to west Africa to fight Ebola, is seeking a series of new proposals to control the virus that has stricken about 10,000 people in the region.

Army football players lured prospective recruits with an alcohol-fueled bus trip earlier this year, and 20 cadets, two officers and two coaches have been disciplined, according to a report in The Gazette of Colorado Springs.

The U.S. military is investigating a Marine’s death in Iraq, the second reported fatality of an American service member supporting efforts to combat the Islamic State group.

A veteran Marine infantry officer bagged one of the biggest upsets in the election season this fall when he picked-off a 17-year incumbent in the Massachusetts Democratic primary for the 6th congressional district.

It has been 45 years since 74 American sailors died when their ship was cut in two by an Australian carrier off the coast of Vietnam.