A California congresswoman has introduced legislation to take the power to dismiss or overturn convictions and sentences away from military commanders -- a response to a recent case at Aviano Air Base, Italy.

A crash Monday night of a UH-60 Blackhawk killed five American servicemembers, officials say, bringing the number of U.S. troops killed that day to seven; two U.S. Special Forces soldiers died earlier in an insider attack.

Two of the USS Monitor's crewmen were buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full honors on the eve of the 151st anniversary of the first-ever clash between ironclads.

The fighter pilot freed from jail and reinstated into the Air Force last month after a lieutenant general set aside his sexual-assault conviction was taken off a promotion list, the Air Force said, making it unlikely he will move up in rank any time soon.

Army suicides are still increasing, but the four-star general who has been at the forefront of seeking solutions, Lloyd J. Austin III, says he is optimistic that the trends are going to turn around.