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Local military mom glad she asked for help

7:44 PM, May 8, 2013

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

11:36 AM, May 7, 2013

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

2 International service members killed in Afghanistan

5:18 PM, May 4, 2013

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

11:48 AM, May 2, 2013

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

8:44 PM, May 1, 2013

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

12:29 AM, May 1, 2013

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"

8:31 PM, Apr 29, 2013

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

2:13 PM, Apr 28, 2013

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

1:49 PM, Apr 28, 2013

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

Vet: VA won't cover acupuncture treatment

1:00 AM, Apr 26, 2013

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

10:49 PM, Apr 25, 2013

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

8:28 AM, Apr 23, 2013

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

10:59 PM, Apr 20, 2013

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'

12:31 PM, Apr 16, 2013

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.

Veteran caught lying about Purple Heart

9:51 PM, Apr 14, 2013

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

10:06 PM, Apr 13, 2013

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.

9:50 PM, Apr 13, 2013

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.

Air Force member charged in boyfriend's murder

1:00 PM, Apr 13, 2013

An active duty U.S. Air Force member is being charged with second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend.

Mom worries about family in South Korea

7:28 PM, Apr 11, 2013

Lisa Caruth talks calmly about her family overseas now in South Korea, but under the calm is a sense of anxiety. Her son-in-law, who serves in the army, is near the DMZ, and her daughter and grandchild are in Seoul.

NAS Jacksonville cancels October air show

4:59 PM, Apr 11, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Citing "budget realities," Naval Air Station Jacksonville announced Thursday that it will cancel its 2013 Air Show scheduled for Oct. 26-27.

Budget cuts end Blue Angels' 2013

1:42 PM, Apr 9, 2013

The U.S. Navy has canceled the remainder of the elite Blue Angels demonstration team's 2013 season because of federal cuts.

Man shot twice at local gas station

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A man was shot twice in the stomach after an apparent altercation at a local gas station.

3:46 PM, May 18, 2013

Aimee Copeland gets new high-tech hands

In a major milestone, Aimee Copeland, the Georgia graduate student who contracted flesh-eating bacteria after a zip-lining accident, is learning to use two state-of-the art prosthetic hands.

10:27 PM, May 17, 2013

Former Jacksonville pastor pleads guilty to molestation charges

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A former pastor at Christ's Church on Greenland Road has pleaded guilty to three counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim older than 12 but younger than 16.

11:00 PM, May 17, 2013

Clay County boy killed in tragic electric reclining chair accident

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- A 4-year-old in Clay County died Thursday in a tragic accident.

10:30 PM, May 17, 2013

Son attacks mother, she shoots him in self-defense

A 86-year-old woman shot and killed her own son in self-defense.

6:20 PM, May 18, 2013

Jaguars' new look jerseys are hard to find in stores

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A new coach and a new logo: It's been a busy off-season for the Jacksonville Jaguars and momentum is building now that Nike has unveiled the new uniforms. But the new look, introduced more than more weeks ago, is hard to find.

11:25 PM, May 16, 2013

Is there a secret formula to winning the lottery?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Many successful companies have them: secret formulas to their success. So does the lottery have a secret formula too?

10:33 AM, May 18, 2013

Luckiest lottery gas stations in Duval

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Not all lottery retailers are created equal. 

6:53 PM, May 18, 2013

Man falls from 16th floor of Hyatt

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An unknown man jumped from the 16th floor of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Jacksonville Saturday. 

10:21 PM, May 18, 2013

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