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Vietnam War Memorial Wall replica comes to Green Cove Springs

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- The traveling Vietnam War Memorial made its way to Green Cove Springs on Thursday.

Wounded Warriors get opportunity of a lifetime

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. --  THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass has two very special Marshals on the 17th hole at THE PLAYERS Championship: Nathan Lynn and Kevin Garland.  Both are Wounded Warriors.

Meeting on sexual assaults in military

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is inviting lawmakers over to discuss the growing number of sexual assaults in the military.

Surprise military spouse makeover

Wife of Petty Officer First Class Tyler Kirkland at NAS Jacksonville gets a surprise makeover.

Local military mom glad she asked for help

It's free advice for active duty or retired military personnel from any branch of service. The Fleet and Family Support Center is considered a one-stop shop for anything from financial counseling to marriage counseling to retirement and transfer information.

Military sexual assault reports are up

The troubling trends underscore service members' continued reluctance to come forward and formally report attacks.

2 International service members killed in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S.-led coalition says an Afghan army soldier has killed two international service members in Afghanistan.

NASA, Navy sign agreement on carrier landings

The Navy will pay NASA nearly $2 million a year to conduct field carrier landing practice at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Local Vets Center gets fresh start

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Allied Veterans Center is no longer. The center officially changed its name to the "5 Star Veterans Center".

Generation Ink: Sailors creating buzz with tattoos

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It's a permanent decision and colorful addition Josh Schultz has made 11 times over. 

Quick-acting Navy Dive team members: "We're not heroes"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Quick action from two members of a Navy dive team is being credited with helping to keep dozens of children and parents safe after shots were fired near a school.

Dozens of air shows cancel without military jets

Dozens of air shows that generate millions of dollars for local communities are being cancelled this year after the military grounded its jet teams because of the automatic federal budget cuts.

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists

The Army's hulking Abrams tank was built to dominate the enemy in combat.

Vet: VA won't cover acupuncture treatment

LAKE CITY, Fla. -- A Lake City veteran said acupuncture is the only way to get his life back as he deals with excruciating pain after losing his leg.

First Coast veterans face tuition hikes

Military veterans on the First Coast are paying much more in college tuition than they had planned, even though they earned their GI Bill.

Congress slows military efforts to save

Congress has ordered the Pentagon to slash $487 billion in spending over the next 10 years and another $41 billion in the next six months.

Air Force General, wife killed in plane crash

Federal authorities are investigating the cause of a plane crash in Virginia that killed a decorated Air Force general and his wife.

Obama: Boston attack 'an act of terrorism'

President Obama said Tuesday the FBI is investigating the Boston Marathon bombings as an "act of terrorism," but the perpetrators and motives remain a mystery.

21 service members injured after helicopter crash

Veteran caught lying about Purple Heart

WUSA9 recently reported on a woman who wanted a tattered flag replaced outside her apartment building. She told our reporter, Surae Chinn, she was an Iraq War veteran and purple heart recipient.

Obama honors Roman Catholic priest with Medal of Honor

President Obama posthumously awarded Korean War Army chaplain Emil Kapaun the Medal of Honor on Thursday, bestowing the highest military honor to an officer who as a non-combatant didn't even carry a weapon.

North Korean video shows imagined strikes on U.S.

A video released by Saturday by North Korea shows nuclear launches against the United States reaching four sites, including Washington, D.C., California, Hawaii and what the announcer describes as Colorado Springs, but which looks like Arkansas.