Female navy veteran says police attacked her
theGRIO REPORT - A Navy veteran who was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer is claiming she was a victim of police brutality, WTVD reports...
Alarming breast cancer rates among troops
Military Times - Men and women in the armed forces have lower rates of most cancers -- except breast cancer, that is. Breast cancer is affecting not only women in the armed forces at alarming rates, but male service members and veterans as well
Is obesity affecting diversity in the US military?
theGRIO REPORT - The percentage of age-eligible civilians exceeding the weight and fat standards for admission into United States Military Academies has more than doubled for men and more than tripled for women since 1959...
Medal of Honor winner at Wis. aircraft convention
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - The Navy's first African-American aviator to fly in combat was calm when he crashed his plane in North Korea in 1950 and didn't complain even though he was pinned under flaming wreckage and facing certain death..
Rihanna's 'Battleship' role inspired by a real-life officer
R&B star Rihanna, who will be seen playing a female sailor in her debut film Battleship, says her character took inspiration from a real-life Navy officer...
Black Navy veteran to get medal for WWII actions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A black Navy veteran credited with saving the lives of some of his shipmates during a World War II battle will be getting a long-awaited medal for his heroism, a Northern California congresswoman said...
Obama telephones thanks to service members abroad
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. service members stationed abroad to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and praise their military service...
Navy ship named for civil rights leader Medgar Evers
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The widow of Medgar Evers broke a bottle of champagne against the hull of a new Navy ship that has been named in honor of the slain civil rights leader...
Navy vet regains vision after leap of faith
VIDEO - Eye surgeon Brian Boxer Wachler was wrapping up a day of work last month when an unusual letter was delivered to his desk...
WWII veteran finally gets service medals at age 91
VIDEO - John Moton, who served in the Navy from 1939 until 1945, was on the second deck of the U.S.S. Tennessee when the attacks on Pearl Harbor happened...
