Single mother and Army cook Spc. Alexis Hutchinson was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan along with her unit on Nov. 5. Instead, she is under arrest and confined to an Army base in Savannah, Ga., because she chose to skip her flight in order to care for her infant son.

Rescue crews are searching an area of the Pacific near San Diego for nine survivors after the crash of a Coast Guard transport plane and a Marine Corps helicopter off San Clemente Island last night.

The House of Representatives has voted to extend the popular $8000 first time home buyers tax credit to military personnel who are currently serving overseas. These soldiers and their families might have missed out on this credit, if it is not otherwise extended, because they were serving their country while it was being offered.

Speaking on Saturday at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), gay civil rights group, Barack Obama promised to repeal the policy on "Don't ask, don't tell." That's the policy that bans homosexuals in the military but allows them to stay in as long as they do not reveal their sexual orientation.

For the past several years, Scott Truitt approached soldiers he would see in airports as he traveled around the country. He wanted to tell them something simple, thank you. From his experiences thanking the soldiers he would meet, Truitt founder the Gratitude Campaign so that we all have a way to say thank you to our soldiers.

The Coast Guard this morning rescued Oregon National Guardsmen who's training mission went awry. Six Oregon National Guard soldiers were rescued in the mouth of the Columbia river after their vessel capsized.

The New York City Marine Corps Council's New York City Mess Night will honor America’s wounded warriors. All benefit proceeds will be given to the Bob Woodruff Family Fund (www.bobwoodrufffamilyfund.org), which works to help our U.S. forces affected by Traumatic Brain Injury, a significant casualty issue on the Iraqi battlefield today.

Despite protests the coalition government has given the approval to sell Gripen jet fighters to Thailand.

“The evaluation of the missile has been completed and the weapon system is now available for indigenous production,” Sitanshu Kar, the Defence Ministry spokesman said.

Tiny copper structures with pores at both the nanometer and micron size scales could play a key role in the next generation of detonators used to improve the reliability, reduce the size and lower the cost of certain military munitions

Indian Air Force jet trainer aircraft crashed while taking off at Bhubaneswar Airport.