A retired Houston County engineer is giving back to the community in his spare time.

Our Family for Families First Foundation has awarded more than $4.5 million to eight classes of students.

Fort Rucker officials invite the Wiregrass communities to their Memorial Day Ceremony May 23, at 8:30 a.m. at Veterans Park here, to honor those who died serving our county.

It’s been five years since Sergeant First Class Donald Tabb was killed in the line of duty while serving in Afghanistan.

The automatic budget cuts that grounded the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds are taking a toll on performers, air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of spectators.

Congress authorized funding flexibility allows Army to prioritize aviator training.

The White House has released 100 pages of documents about the crafting of its public talking points about the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya last September.

The Lyster Army Health Clinic on Fort Rucker is the only DOD facility in the country able to open up a low-cost hearing aid program to dependents of retirees.

The Pentagon is announcing plans today to furlough about 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of this fiscal year.

House Republicans on Wednesday renewed charges that the Obama administration is covering up information about last year's deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, drawing an angry rebuke from Democrats who accused the GOP of politicizing the issue at a jam-packed hearing.

Eleven soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., want to say "thank you" to whoever paid for their meal at a Florida Panhandle restaurant.

The U.S. is weighing it's options on how to deal with Syria in the wake of two separate Israeli airstrikes over the weekend.

Congress will begin a hearing this week looking into the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.

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Army officials are placing greater emphasis on personal responsibility while riding during Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined his Senate colleagues in sending the following letter to the President, regarding the VA disability claims backlog that is adversely impacting veterans and their families.

Expired coupons may be useless in the state, but military stationed overseas can use them six months passed their expiration date.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is defending President Barack Obama's proposed cuts to the military as the Pentagon faces deficit-driven smaller budgets.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said North Korea has been skating close to a "dangerous line" with its recent threats to the United States and South Korea.

The Army's Tuition Assistance program has been reinstated with the online enrollment system reactivated this morning. Meanwhile, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guard are waiting for the official restart of their programs.

On April 9 2003, a giant statue of Iraq's former President Saddam Hussein was pulled down, symbolizing an end to the dictator's rule.

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels says the rest of its season is canceled because of federal budget cuts.

The calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program -- the military's health care system.

Accident statistics from the second quarter show the Army continues to improve its safety performance well into fiscal 2013, according to data released by the U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center.