Military

21-year-old Spc. Branden Tyme Kimball died at Bagram Airfield.

Sgt. 1st Class Townsend Williams, who had been deployed in Afghanistan, surprised his wife amid President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

 Col. Charles McGee is still living large at 100 years old.

Navajo Code Talker Joe Vandever, Sr. died Friday morning in New Mexico at the age of 96.

At least 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after an Iranian missile strike hit an Iraqi air base earlier this month, officials at the Pentagon announced Friday.

Doris Miller was recognized for manning a machine gun and returning fire during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. An African American was not allowed to man a gun in the Navy at the time.

The U.S. Air Force said Monday it is investigating the cause of death of two servicemen who died at a base in Germany last week.

Both soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, officials said.

With rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran stirring up fears of World War III, fraudulent text messages have begun popping up on phones across the country, scaring many Americans into believing they have just been drafted.

"More than a dozen" ballistic missiles were launched at two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. troops in retaliation to the killing of a top Iranian general, defense officials confirmed.

Officials with the U.S. Army have issued a warning to people as texts informing individuals that they have been selected for a military draft spread.

The United States military is sending more troops to the American Embassy in Baghdad in the wake of violent protests.

A central Texas man was overwhelmed by the response after he put out a call asking his local community to donate their leftover Christmas trees to him instead of throwing them out so that he could turn them into canes for veterans in need.

A Tennessee community is mourning the loss of a soldier who was home for Christmas and his 1-year-old son, who were both killed in a head-on car crash Thursday night.

Coalition forces donned jolly red caps and delivered Christmas gifts to five U.S. military bases in eastern Syria as part of Operation Holiday Express.

The Pentagon issued an internal memo that urged military personal to avoid using consumer DNA kits due to safety concerns, according to a report from Yahoo News.

An American service member was killed in combat Monday in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said, without providing further details, while the Taliban claimed they were behind a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province that killed the U.S. soldier.

One military family found a way to get the everyone into a Christmas photo despite dad being away from the family this holiday season.

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from using military construction funds for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.