Department of Defense News

Spc. Gary L. Gooch Jr., 22, of Ocala, died Thursday in Jeleward, Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said today.

Humana Military Healthcare Services, a division of health insurance provider Humana Inc.

Between pilfering, mountain passes closed by snow, overturned trucks and attacks by hostile tribes, getting equipment and supplies to troops in Afghanistan is a challenge.

Homeland Security Chairman Sen. Joe Lieberman told Fox News' Chris Wallace that he wants the Department of Defense to launch an investigation into the shooting rampage at Ft.

The Army released an official list of the 13 people fatally shot at Fort Hood and said 16 victims were still being treated in hospitals, 9 of them in intensive care units.

Hartford managed care provider Aetna Inc .'s multibillion-dollar Department of Defense contract was in doubt after the U.S. Government Accounting Office upheld a protest from a rival health insurer, Reuters reports.

The suspect in a mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas is alive, the military said Thursday.

Members of a local law enforcement SWAT team deploy at Fort Hood, Texas Nov. 5, 2009 in this video frame grab handout from the Department of Defense.

BRP has been awarded a $US10 million contract from the United States Marine Corps for its Evinrude multi-fuel engines .

U.S. Forces Korea personnel have begun receiving H1NI flu vaccinations, with the goal of immunizing all military and Department of Defense civilians by Thanksgiving.

Amid shortages in the U.S., the announced plan to vaccinate Guantanamo Bay detainees against swine flu angered many.

A weapon in Iraq and Afghanistan that continues to kill and maim American and coalition soldiers is the Improvised Explosive Device, or IED.

A A A A A A A A A A The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A 28-year-old soldier from Oceanside died in Iraq from injuries he suffered in a non-combat incident, the Department of Defense announced Monday.

President Barack Obama salutes as a carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a $90 million MissionCare contract by the U.S. Department of Defense at NATC Patuxent River to provide support for the F405-RR-401 engines that power the U.S. Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

Humana Military Healthcare Service might have another chance to retain work it was doing for the U.S. Department of Defense, despite an earlier decision to award the work to a division of UnitedHealth Group Inc.

The Department of Defense has confirmed that the US Army Criminal Investigation Command has launched a formal investigation into the electrocution death of 25-year-old Adam Hermanson , a US Air Force veteran-turned private security contractor who died in a shower at the compound of his employer, Triple Canopy, at Camp Olympia inside Baghdad's Green ...

DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.