Posted: 2:37 PM The Department of Defense said Sgt. Michael J. Knapp, 28, of Overland Park, was shot and killed when enemy forces attacked his unit.

Updated: 9:44 AM Actor Gary Sinise is keeping a promise to help raise money for a southwest Virginia Marine who lost his limbs in Afghanistan.

Posted: 3:38 PM Authorities say a civilian training jet on contract to the military has crashed in Southern California and the pilot was killed.

Posted: 11:56 AM The House has passed a $642 billion defense bill despite a White House veto threat.

Posted: 6:23 AM Hundreds of soldiers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are scheduled to depart next week.

Updated: 4:07 PM A 21-year-old soldier was found unresponsive in his living quarters on the Kansas post.

Posted: 4:07 PM President Barack Obama has awarded an Army soldier the Medal of Honor 42 years after the rifleman was killed during a Vietnam-era clash in Cambodia.

Posted: 3:46 PM A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of the traumatic brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers.

Updated: 3:48 PM A highway sign honoring the memory of a Hays native killed in an August 2011 helicopter crash in Afghanistan was unveiled by his family and others today during a ceremony in his hometown.

Posted: 9:19 AM Active-duty military personnel and their dependents will soon be able to enter every national park for free.

Posted: 2:39 PM Defense leaders say the military and the intelligence community are doing everything possible to find 26-year-old Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan three years ago.

Posted: 9:40 AM A House panel has backed a $642 billion defense bill that adds billions more to President Barack Obama's budget in addition to projects the Pentagon doesn't want

Posted: 6:46 AM Kansas lawmakers are working to convince President Barack Obama that a Kansas-born priest deserves the medal for his heroism during the Korean war.

Posted: 9:49 AM Army investigators say they found no bullet wound and no foul play in the death of a soldier who died during a Skype video chat with his wife.

Posted: 12:13 PM The family of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan said Sunday his wife saw a bullet hole in the closet behind him after he collapsed during a Skype video chat.

Posted: 11:55 AM The Texas-based wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday.

Posted: 1:22 PM The last day of military service has arrived for a Marine Corps sergeant discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook.

Posted: 6:38 AM A daylong event will feature presentations on fire, watercraft, hunting and swimming safety.

Posted: 3:52 PM An Air Force leader says some F-22 Raptor pilots are asking to be moved into other jobs because of a series of oxygen-deficit problems aboard the stealth fighter.

Posted: 1:44 PM The U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops.

Updated: 3:06 PM The Marine Corps has decided to discharge a sergeant for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook.

Updated: 5:58 AM The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will soon deploy for the third time since 2006.

Posted: 1:24 PM At least 1,812 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001.

Posted: 9:33 AM An Afghan official says Washington has pledged in the newly agreed strategic pact to help defend Afghanistan militarily for at least a decade after Afghans formally take control of their own security.

Updated: 10:39 AM The Air Force says it is scaling back its participation at dozens of air shows this year.