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An active duty member of the U.S. Navy was fatally shot late Wednesday in Baltimore's Lakeland neighborhood, one of four overnight shooting incidents, police said.

Columnist Robert Ehrlich is wrong to say we should take a harder line in the Middle East.

President Obama's hands-off approach to the Syrian civil war is preventing other Arab states from intervening.

The U.S. military's highest court is hearing arguments on whether the public should have access to written records in the court-martial of Bradley Manning, who is charged with giving classified information to WikiLeaks.

History shows that Romney's success this week could translate into real results at the polls

Billions wasted on unnecessary programs should be redirected toward pressing domestic needs

Israel can't afford to let Iran get nuclear weapons

The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis ranked as the top public liberal arts college in the country, pushing traditional rival the U.S. Military Academy into the number two spot after the schools shared the top honors last year.

Sequestration cuts would devastate America's already shaky cyber defenses.

A Navy SEAL from Maryland who was killed when a U.S. military helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in southern Afghanistan will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Army Sgt. Michael K. Mussone has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

Despite publisher putting out a disingenuous release saying essentially that anyone who publishes the author's name bears moral responsibility for any harm who comes to him, the truth is exactly what Fox has said in its defense: Anyone who writes such a book has no reasonable expectation of privacy.

The world's most prolific leaker is undermined by his own behavior

The University of Maryland, College Park is on list of top party schools while the Naval Academy is ranked one of the most sober campuses.

Is there room for compassion in the American empire?

A new era began at Aberdeen Proving Ground Tuesday morning, when Col. Orlando W. Ortiz transferred command of APG Garrison to Col. Gregory R. McClinton during a change of command ceremony at the post theater

Expanding use of drones threatens a slide into a state of perpetual warfare.

The drumbeat for war with Syria is misguided

Musician's career spanned the bump and grind of Block burlesque houses to the rarefied atmosphere of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and academe

A man who was ostracized as one of the first black midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy was honored Wednesday, with a portion of his funeral services in an academy field house named in his honor.

U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford has for years chosen to live in Baltimore when stateside. He has embraced the city's culture and character, which fit his personality far better than Washington ever could.

Paul P. Snead, a World War II Navy veteran and self-employed electronics repairman, died of kidney failure May 27 at The Dove House in Westminster.

Veterans, active duty troops, families and supporters gathered amid the flags and the grave markers at Dulaney Valley to remember the Maryland service members killed over the last year.

Eight months after the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, midshipmen both gay and straight describe a quiet but significant transformation at the Naval Academy.

Baltimore-based Adcor Industries was one of at least four small weapons manufacturers who made it to the second phase of a major Army competition to possibly replace the M4 carbine, a short-barrel automatic weapon that's related to the better known M16 rifle.

Harford County Public Schools is "very pleased and very proud" that Aberdeen and Havre de Grace high schools are the first schools in the county to be involved in the National Math and Science Initiative's grant program for military families, school officials said Monday.

The Secret Service prostitution scandal raises serious questions about the agency's ability to do its crucial work.

A former midshipman who says she was raped twice when she was at the Naval Academy has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force officials to improve their response to sexual assaults at the service academies.

The demands of multiple tours of duty on Sgt. Robert Bales must have played some role in the killing of 17 Afghan civilians.

The Northern Chesapeake West Point Society (NCWPS) held its Annual Founders Day Celebration March 16 at the Maryland Golf and Country Clubs in Bel Air.

New CT scanner checks body armor, vehicle armor, helmets for troop safety

The Democratic congressional candidates in Maryland's 6th District largely agree on major issues facing the country: They all favor immigration reform, more infrastructure spending to help boost the economy and a woman's right to have an abortion.

A rogue soldier's murderous rampage threatens the entire U.S. mission in Afghanistan

President Obama is right to urge giving sanctions more time

Just before Christmas, Peggy and Robert Marchanti were talking on Skype about what presents he could give to the Afghani officers he had been working with.

Maryland National Guard Maj. Robert Marchanti was one of two U.S. military officers shot to death inside a secure Afghan ministry building on Saturday, officials said Monday.