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What it all comes down to is keeping Soldiers' minds on their missions in Afghanistan , rather than on their feet.

The video continues to garner worldwide attention and, at time of press, has surpassed 66 million views.

San Bernardino County Supervisor James Ramos is urging federal lawmakers to restore federal funding to local county programs that were cut as part of the sequestration deal that went into effect on March 1. On June 10, Ramos wrote to Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and Representatives Paul Cook, Gary Miller and Gloria Negrete McLeod, ... (more)

This picturesque mountain city will salute the men and women of America's military, as well as all the first-responders who protected the area during February's manhunt for Christopher Dorner.

In this Aug. 23, 2011, file photo provided by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, shows Army Staff Sgt.

A military judge on Wednesday accepted a US soldier's guilty plea to killing 16 Afghan villagers and ruled that he would not face the death penalty.

FORT IRWIN Sgt. Robert Nolan sat propped against a pole moaning and screaming for medics to work faster as red fake blood oozed from the simulated gunshot wound on his arm on Tuesday.

In this Aug. 23, 2011, file photo provided by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, shows Army Staff Sgt.

A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers is expected to plead guilty in return for escaping the death penalty, when he appears before a military tribunal Wednesday.

FORT IRWIN The "Cali Swag Car Show" scheduled for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. has been postponed, according to a Fort Irwin news release.

FORT IRWIN Fort Irwin will conduct an emergency response simulation exercise for law enforcement and first responders Tuesday, according to base spokesman Gus Bahena.

In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo provided by Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Staff Sgt.

Last night, Queens' own Arvind Mahankali, 13, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling "knaidel," a Yiddish word for a kind of dumpling.

Neha Konakallo, the 13-year-old speller from Cupertino, Calif., scored again Wednesday afternoon in the second round of oral spelling competition in the 86 annual Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling "eccrinology,'' a branch of physiology.

MAY 29: Mollie J. Symons of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, smiles as she participates in the round two of the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee May 29, 2013 at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, takes part in exercises at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., in this Aug.

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, takes part in exercises at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., in this Aug.

Hanford eighth grader Mitchell Kameha Miya sailed through the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday after correctly spelling “Sachem,” a North American Indian chief, in round two and “mycology,” the study of fungi, in round three.

FORT IRWIN By the time 14-year-old Adam Wolf left his 6 1/2-hour tour of the National Training Center on Tuesday, he had already made it to the second-highest enlisted rank in the U.S. Army.

An asteroid big enough to have wiped out the dinosaurs will sail closely by Earth later this week, serving as a reminder of the potential threats of near-Earth objects whirling throughout the solar system.