US Navy declares 5 missing sailors dead after helicopter crash off San Diego coast

Five crew members were declared dead Saturday after a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed off the Southern California coast during a routine flight from an aircraft carrier earlier this week, military officials said. Search and rescue efforts have now shifted to recovery operations. 

Sheriff, senator help Sarasota County deputy rescue 33 family members from Afghanistan

Before he wore a badge, Deputy Mubarak worked as a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Thirty-three out of 34 of his family members made it safely to the airport; sadly, his father died of an apparent heart attack.

Despite morning rain, U.S. combat survivors celebrate second chances with annual event in Pinellas

More than 150 injured veterans are expected to join together for a police-escorted, 13-mile ride through Pinellas Park on Wednesday as part of an annual event to inspire veterans to get out and get active.

'Disgust, depression, disbelief' for retired Special Forces veteran

The scenes from Afghanistan are particularly hard to watch for many who served there. For Stuart Bradin, his feelings boil down to three words.

Bill would award medals to 13 US service members killed in Kabul

The proposed bill seeks to award posthumous Congressional Gold Medals to the 13 U.S. service members who were killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport on Aug. 26.

Biden defends departure from Afghanistan, ending 'forever war'

President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, defending the U.S. military airlift to extract some 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a 20-year war, calling it an “extraordinary success."

Who is the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan?

A photo showing the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan has gone viral, but who is he?

Ramp ceremony held for 13 US troops killed in Afghanistan attack

The ramp ceremony for the fallen 13 U.S. service members was held at Kabul airport Aug. 27 after they were killed in a suicide bombing.

SoCal Marine identified as one of 13 US servicemembers killed in Kabul airport suicide bombing attack

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kareem Mae'Lee Grant Nikoui was one of the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed in action while stationed at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday.

Army veteran scrambles to help interpreter escape Afghanistan

“He had great belief in America, and he was excited to work with us,” said Joe Diebold, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant. “He was always there for us, anything we asked of him.”

Pentagon to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for military

The Pentagon says it will require military service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval.

US military release pictures of soldiers helping Afghan families in Kabul

U.S. military officials have released photos of U.S. soldiers helping families in Afghanistan desperate to escape the country after the Taliban took over.

Fall of Kabul 'heartbreaking,' fallen soldier's mother says

With the fall of Afghanistan’s capital, gold star mother Annette Kirk says grief over her son's 2010 death flooded back. But she’ll never believe his death was in vain.

Afghanistan veteran devastated over country's fate

After more trips on counter-insurgency missions than many veterans can count, images of a country in chaos -- that they tried to bring order to -- are devastating.

Female Afghan Air Force pilot describes disappointment at seeing 'evil' return to her homeland

Niloofar Rahmani escaped Afghanistan in 2015 after skyrocketing to fame as the country's first female Air Force pilot since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Now, she gets emotional thinking about the young girls left behind who’ve never known life under Taliban rule.

Pentagon to resettle 22,000 Afghan refugees seeking asylum after Taliban takeover

Pentagon officials said they are preparing to temporarily house 22,000 Afghan refugees in Texas and Wisconsin after they fled their country amid Taliban control.