U.S. Armed Forces Activities

President Barack Obama, center, walks to his vehicle after his arrival on Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Copyright 2009 AP News

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Army officials from Walter Reed Army Medical Center arrive for a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Russell Senate Office Building November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee received a closed-door ...

Military experiment seeks clues to predict which troops might suffer post-traumatic stress Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Pelosi, a skeptic on sending more troops to Afghanistan, ...

AP IMPACT: As military academies seek diversity, urban lawmakers often make fewest nominations As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and ...

This Sept. 29 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Doug Stapleton, center right, and Cpl. Brandon Eaton waiting outside a building to take psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing ...

U.S. President Barack Obama rallies U.S. troops at Osan Air Base in Osan, outside Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Copyright 2009 AP News

Obama meets with US troops in SKorea, his final stop on Asia trip President Barack Obama told U.S. troops stationed in South Korea that their service has ensured peace in Asia and around the world. The U.S. fought for South Korea during ...

Former Marine recruiter sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to child sex charges A former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Southern California's Riverside County after pleading guilty to child sex charges. Prosecutors say former ...

Security guards onboard the Maersk-Alabama container ship fended off Somali pirates in a shoot-out Wednesday, months after a previous raid ended with the dramatic rescue of the vessel's skipper. The US ship was attacked 560 nautical miles off the northeast coast of ...