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A chilly drizzle fell on Maj. Gen. Paul LaCamera as he strode past dozens of mourners - some crying, others stoic in their grief.

Jerry Jensen gets "Cold Blood" tattooed on his neck to pay homage to the unit he served with in Afghanistan at The Summit Tattoo in Castle Rock Saturday, March 2, 2013.

Mitra Singh with Emir, a retired military working dog, shortly after she adopted him in January 2012.

Normally, 22-year-old soldier Mason VanKuiken of Bradenton would be celebrating his 2-year anniversary Thursday with his wife, Lacey.

The ongoing efforts of those groups trying to prevent the U.S. Army from expanding its PiA±on Canyon Maneuver Site gained another measure of success last week as the Military Construction Subcommittee of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to continue the funding ban on "any action that relates to or promotes the expansion and size" of ... (more)

A Bradenton soldier has been missing since March after he left the Colorado Army base he was stationed at and was arrested and released a few days later in Texas.

The U.S. Army has discharged escalating numbers of traumatized combat veterans who commit crimes and in ways that make them ineligible for Veterans Administration health assistance, The Gazette of Colorado Springs reports.

Courage, honor and integrity in both Iraq and Afghanistan, weren't enough to keep the Army from trying to oust a wounded combat veteran.

Veterinarians have served in the U.S. Army since the days of George Washington. Once they served as farriers for cavalry horses.

The number of soldiers discharged from the Army for misconduct has risen to its highest rate in recent times, and some are wounded combat troops who have lost their medical care and other veterans benefits because of other-than-honorable discharges, according to an investigation by the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Early Saturday morning, the entrance to Loveland Reservoir is lined with American flags, fishing poles set up for the taking and dozens of volunteers ready to greet warriors as they arrive, one by one, for a day on the lake.

Chaplain Sam Rico, headquarters and headquarters battalion chaplain for the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colo., is shown during his 2009 deployment to Wardak province, Afghanistan.

An Iraq War veteran who was convicted of manslaughter in a motorcycle club shooting has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

For the sixth year running, a ban on funding to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site is making its way into law.

In today's episode of Steve Bach : Champion Of The Homeless , we find our Mother Teresa -like mayor rounding up support for a campus-like place so all of our village's downtrodden can get a safe night's sleep, medical care and career training, and, more importantly, so the unshaven bums will stay the hell out of the downtown area.

The soldiers are assigned as mechanics to 759th Military Police Battalion. One of the soldiers was treated and released, and the other soldier is in fair condition at Evans Army Community Hospital.

Mark Wise, far right, poses for a photograph with members of the United States team preparing for an expedition to the South Pole.

Utah-based Leavitt Partners says Insure Oklahoma could be reworked to help almost 200,000 Oklahomans afford health insurance.

Spc. Trinidad Santiago Jr., of San Diego, and Spc. Charles P. McClure, of Stratford, Okla., died May 2 in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident.

Army Lt. Gen. William T. Grisoli for reappointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as director of the Army Staff, Washington, D.C. Grisoli is currently serving as director of the Office of Business Transformation, Office of the Under Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C. Army Maj.