After doctors told her she'd never walk again, Spc. Elizabeth Wasil ditched her wheelchair and pushed herself into the swimming pool.

The total number of sexual assaults in the Army dropped between 2011 and 2012 by about 16 percent, while at the same time the propensity of a victim to report those crimes rose from about 28 percent in 2009 to about 42 percent in 2012.

The Kentucky Derby has been run 139 times, most recently May 4, 2013, when cold, rainy conditions failed to dampen enthusiasm among the Guard members helping keep the event safe.

A smaller Army still needs to be ready, and sequester issues on top of previous budget cuts are impacting readiness accounts, said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Air Force Secretary Michael Donley Monday to express his "outrage and disgust" after the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch chief was arrested and charged early Sunday morning with sexual battery.

Senior military leaders from Eighth Army and the Republic of Korea Army's leading front-line formations met, May 3, 2013, at Wonju, South Korea, to discuss combined logistics operations.

The Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first-ever arrested landing here May 4, another key step to mature the system for its historic carrier-based tests later this month.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) May 4.

Representatives from 41 nations have assembled in Bahrain to prepare for International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 13, May 6-30, in the Gulf Region.

Midway through retired Tech. Sgt. Katie Robinson's first track and field practice at the Air Force Warrior Games training camp, she pulled out a pair of butterfly wings from her workout bag and strapped them to her back. The wings were both comedy relief and symbolized a dramatic change several fellow wounded warriors noticed in her personality from her first Warrior Games last year.

"She's a little jokester, which is great because from what I understand, she was a little reserved last year," said Capt. Ben Payne, first year track coach. "But Katie doesn't have any reservations about being herself this year, either on the track or with the team. She makes it fun and goes out there and gives her all at everything she's doing competition-wise and makes everyone feel comfortable. She'll bring the butterfly wings out, and she'll bring out some laughs on the track."
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Members of Team Navy began arriving May 4 in Colorado Springs, Colo., to prepare for the fourth annual Warrior Games, a Paralympic-like competition taking place May 11 - 16 among more than 200 wounded warriors from the United States and United Kingdom.

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Adelaide class guided-missile frigate HMAS Sydney (FFG 3), homeported in Sydney, arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, May 6.

More than 200 Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed joint exercise Sea Soldier in Oman and returned to amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), May 4.

The Career Management System Interactive Detailing (CMS/ID) application phase is scheduled to begin, May 9, and remain open until 5 a.m., May 21, for Sailors in their permanent change of station (PCS) orders negotiation window.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, his wife Linda, and several others were honored at the Red Cross "A Salute to Service" gala, in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2013.