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Attorneys for former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura asked a federal judge Monday to allow his defamation lawsuit against slain "American Sniper" author and former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle to go forward with Kyle's widow as the defendant.

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, right, has asked a judge to allow his defamation to go forward against the wife of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, left.

A huge database of troop names and email addresses an Army private allegedly downloaded to a personal computer could be used by foreign adversaries to launch cyberattacks on service members, a government witness said Monday as the trial of Pfc.

A dispute over public access to court records in the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning has moved to a civilian court.

IN COURT: A sketch of self-proclaimed terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, wearing a camouflage jacket and white turban, made during a break in the pretrial hearings at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba.

Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday was slated to visit a North Dakota Air Force base that has been plagued for years by missteps involving nuclear weapons.

Chris Chadwick, president of Boeing 's military aircraft division, said the company could sell 100 to 200 of its KC-46 refueling tankers to international customers in coming years.

The Israeli military said the Air Force will deploy the Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and other aerial defence systems in various locales, reported Xinhua.

By Patch Staff Montgomery County got the brunt of the storm last week, party lines were crossed in state politics and more in a week of Maryland news across Patch.

Peace activists are marching across eastern Iowa to protest a plan to fly unmanned aircraft from an air base in Des Moines.

The Canadian Army is all for its soldiers raising a glass to toast upcoming milestones, as long as nobody thinks there's a product endorsement going on.

Army football fans won't have to wait until fall to see if they can break their long dry spell in... Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in the Army.

The announcement that President Obama is planning to step up aid to the Syrian rebels, including sending small weapons and ammunition, is a significant change in the administration's policy on Syria.

Completion of the 3.6-mile Mad River Bikeway extension will link with 330 miles of regional bikeway paths while connecting Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Air Force Col. Kyle J. Kremer took the post for the 375th Air Mobility Wing during a ceremony at the base on Friday.

Riverside County jurors have reached a decision on whether one of three Camp Pendleton Marines should get the death penalty for murdering a fellow serviceman and his wife.

Dozens of children at the National Constitution Center craned their necks in unison Friday and began cheering as five skydivers bearing enormous American flags leaped from a small plane high overhead.

A company that withdrew its plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal off the New Jersey and New York shorelines has revived the project.