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"It doesn't make any sense ... he was a gentleman."

It will be up to the military services to decide whether the wounded troops receive Purple Hearts.

We shall see.

"The aviation industry and emergency service sector is a small community ... this will be deeply felt by all."

'It would be like moving money from checking, to savings, to your 401K, to your credit card, and then back.'

"It's a great privilege to lead America's best, and we have a sacred obligation to get absolutely the best, most committed leaders that we have."

A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia's alpine region on Thursday, killing all three of its crew, authorities said

Walmart has been a leading military brand for the past decade. One of the leaders behind it is retired Brig. Gen. Gary Profit, a 31-year Army veteran and senior director of military programs at Walmart

'She will be greatly missed. We at the 624th Regional Support Group extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends and coworkers of Officer Enriquez during this difficult and heartbreaking time.'

Bravo Zulu.

The Defense Department just took a major step towards making the dream of a flying drone carrier a reality

"All of my inspirations for wanting to do good things ... to contribute something positive to the world, was born on the battlefield."

'In the time that I have been in Iraq, we've taken a couple of casualties from ISIS fighting on the ground, but most of the attacks have come from those Shia militia groups, who are launching rockets at our bases and frankly just trying to kill someone to make a point.'

South Korea's first transgender soldier said on Wednesday she would sue the military after it announced it would dismiss her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery last year

The Defense Department has remained relatively tight-lipped regarding the brazen Jan. 5 raid on a military base at Manda Bay, Kenya, but a new report from the New York Times provides a riveting tick-tock filled with new details about how the hours-long gunfight played out

To date, nearly 2,000 U.S. veterans from Minnesota to California and Texas have filed more than 1,000 lawsuits.

The first of the CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft the Navy plans on adopting as its carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft of choice has successfully completed its first flight operations