As the drawdown date in Iraq approaches, soldiers and contractors at Baghdad International Airport are working hard to make it easier for servicemembers to return home.

The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Fund just received one million dollars in federal funding to continue its de-mining work in Vietnam.

Senior defense officials say the success of the mission in Afghanistan is key to future stability in the region.

Veterans and military leaders gathered Friday to remember the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

The National Guard and emergency crews have rescued 13 of the 17 passengers who were aboard a Navy helicopter that crashed Thursday in a remote area near Lewisburg, West Virginia.

Military leaders say U.S. troop levels in Iraq are below 100,000 now for the first time since 2003.

Parliamentary elections in Iraq are slated for March 7th and Defense officials say levels of pre-election violence so far remain low.

Coalition forces continue their offensive against Taliban holdouts in Afghanistan’s South, as part of Operation Moshtarak.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen visits Israel to discuss Iran and the nuclear issue.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen visits Cairo, Egypt where he discusses Iran’s nuclear issues as well as the drawdown of US forces in Iraq.

Coast Guard helicopters and ground crews are supporting efforts to rescue a climber who fell into a crater Monday on Mount Saint Helens in Washington State.

Military leaders say Taliban resistance to the latest coalition offensive in southern Afghanistan has been lighter than expected.

As coalition forces continue their major offensive against insurgents in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, officials hope to gain the trust of the local population.

U.S. military leaders believe Iran still intends to develop nuclear weapons.

The Navy and Coast Guard save a man off the coast of North Carolina.

The historic USS Missouri is out of dry dock after nearly four months of maintenance.

Many of the soldiers wounded in last week’s shooting spree at Fort Hood will be attending today’s memorial ceremony honoring their fallen comrades.

Two men are safe today after the Coast Guard rescued them from an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

November is a time set aside for the Department of Defense to acknowledge the challenges and sacrifices of military families.

A changing of the guard at the organization charged with leading the fight against IEDs.

A military official in Afghanistan says the kind of violence that’s played out there this week, is not happening all over the country.

Soldiers from Kansas are on their way to Iraq.

The Coast Guard rescues citizens off the coast of Cape Cod.

President Barack Obama was at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to pay tribute to fallen servicemembers who were returning home.

President Obama told CBS’ ‘Face The Nation’ on Sunday, the strategy he chooses in Afghanistan will focus on two key goals – destroying al Qaeda and protecting the American people.

President Obama was asked about his decision to change a planned land-based missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland to a sea-based system.

Members of a Rhode Island National Guard unit were in the right place at the right time on Friday to rescue the victim of a serious car accident.

There are 58,261 names listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The Coast Guard came to the rescue of four stranded fisherman Friday off the Texas gulf coast.