According to a report from the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, sexual assault in the military rose 11 percent in 2009.

The 135th Joint Sustainment Command is preparing for an influx of troops in Afghanistan by opening a trans shipment yard near Kandahar Airfield.

The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is calling for a better balance between offensive and defensive capabilities in America’s missile defense program.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is in Mexico to discuss escalating violence along the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says the votes from the Iraqi election should be tallied by the end of the week.

A Wisconsin woman received the Congressional Gold Medal over the weekend to honor her service to the country as a WASP during World War II.

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.