U.S. Military

Now that American troops have left Afghanistan, Afghans in the U.S. face long odds as they try to help their family members escape the Taliban.

A congressional aide in addition to being a farmer, Kyle Wilkens has been helping Afghans who worked for the United States and want to leave their country. With American troops no longer there, Wilkens hopes the State Department can find the means to get them out.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, of Wentzville, Missouri, was among the 13 U.S. service members killed in a bombing in Kabul last week. His father, Mark, has a message for fellow Americans.

The final evacuation flight brought to a close the longest war in U.S. history. The withdrawal leaves the future of Afghanistan in disarray and uncertainty under renewed Taliban rule.

St. Charles, Mo. native Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz was among the Americans who died in Thursday's explosion at the Afghanistan airport.

The Taliban takeover of the Afghanistan government is putting the lives of thousands who worked for the U.S. at greater risk.

As 20 years of war draw to a close, a divide separates those who served and those who haven't. The "civ-mil divide" can leave veterans alienated and civilians unfamiliar with what it means to serve.

Connie Swartz was packing her husband's military uniforms for their tenth move when she started wondering how to dispose of the fatigues that were no longer needed.

The coronavirus saw food insecurity for households with children rise 15 points and the Kansas City woman giving fatigues worn by service members new purpose.

Pentagon leaders were concerned about extremism in the military even before the Jan. 6 insurrection. But new Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he...

How do you study and serve at the same time? Kansas National Guard members explain the difficulty of deploying for the pandemic and protests while in school.

Randy Brown was barely talking yet when his father shipped out for Vietnam. To close the distance over the course of that deployment, Brown's parents made…