World War II veterans from South Mississippi who participated in the Honor Flight trips to Washington D.C. gathered for a reunion today at the Joppa Shrine Temple in Woolmarket.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command this month awarded a $23.5 million contract to K-W Construction of San Marcos, Texas, for work on the restoration and modernization of Lakeside Pre Commissioning Unit Bachelor’s Quarters B and A at the Lakeside Support Facility in Pascagoula.

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is awarding the military's highest honor to a Marine credited with saving 36 lives during an intense fire-fight in Afghanistan.

GULFPORT Family members and friends welcomed home approximately 151 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 who returned to the Naval Construction Battalion Center here Thursday from an eight-month deployment covering the Horn of Africa.

GULFPORT Family and friends welcomed home about 140 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 who returned home Tuesday from an eight-month deployment in Europe and Africa.

Gays and lesbians will be able to serve openly in the U.S. military in 60 days after President Barack Obama formally certified on Friday that the controversial 17-year policy known as "don't ask, don't tell" was ready for repeal.

President Barack Obama announced plans Wednesday to pull 33,000 U.S. troops out of Afghanistan well before next year's election, signaling a rapid drawdown sure to please Americans weary of the nearly decade-long war and its costs.

A Mississippi hospital is awaiting 76 soldiers after a lightning strike at Camp Shelby, the AP is reporting.

GULFPORT About 90 Mississippi World War II veterans mustered early today for a trip to Washington D.C. to see monuments to their war and other sites.

WASHINGTON — Five members of Congress on Friday called the Department of the Navy to task — again — for what they say is an apparent resistance to keeping veterans informed about past water contamination at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

U. S. Navy Seabee Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Egger surprised both of his children by visiting them at Anniston Elementary School in Gulfport after returning from a 10 month deployment to Africa.

GULFPORT Jayden Egger had been writing in his journal in Kristina Kovacevich's class that he hoped his dad would be home for Christmas.

A Veterans Day ceremony was held in downtown Gulfport today at the World War II Memorial.

U. S. Air Force Special Operations airmen walk 860 miles to honor 14 airmen who have died in the line of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

GULFPORT The flag has been raised at the Armed Forces Retirement Home and the first group of veterans has arrived to take up residence since Hurricane Katrina destroyed the home in 2005.

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 began returning home from their deployment to the Pacific Command area of responsibility this morning, greeting their loved ones at the base Training Hall.

For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, Keesler Air Force Base will house 50 Mississippi National Guard soldiers to support ongoing oil spill response operations and, if called upon, to augment civilian authorities in the wake of a major hurricane developing in the Gulf of Mexico, officials announced today.

Builder 3rd Class Eric Larson, left, saluted the U.S. flag as 3rd Class Matthew Golden raised it during morning colors on Flag Day today held at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport.

GULFPORT Seabees assigned to Naval Construction Battalion Center stand at ease before receiving awards and promotions at quarters on board NCBC on Thursday.

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 was recognized for outstanding achievements during Fiscal Year 2009 and awarded the Battle "E" as the top active duty battalion in the Atlantic Fleet.