The nomination comes for work Lori Volkman did while her husband spent a year and a half overseas on active duty. The award is given by Armed Forces Insurance, which began the program in 2008, according to their website.

Army prosecutors on Tuesday asked an investigative officer to recommend a death penalty court-martial for a staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage, saying that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales committed "heinous and despicable crimes."

Little Robina took her seat wearing a deep-red head covering and a nervous smile, ready to tell her story. She giggled as any 7-year-old in the spotlight might.

U.S. Army prosecutors offered the first details of a rare criminal case against a general, alleging in a hearing Monday he committed sex crimes against five women including four military subordinates and a civilian.

The U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in March was transferred Monday to an Army base in Washington state, where he faces a pretrial hearing Nov. 5.

A U.S. soldier accused of an Afghan killing spree was flown to Washington state from Kansas on Saturday in preparation for a military court hearing next month, his attorney says.

A top Pentagon official has ordered an emergency review of a controversial anti-malaria drug - now that it has been potentially linked to the massacre of Afghan civilians.

She defended her husband, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, in a weekend interview with Matt Lauer that aired on Monday. Officials say Bales left his base March 11 in southern Afghanistan and killed eight Afghan adults and nine children.

U.S. investigators believe the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians split the slaughter into two episodes, returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill again, two American officials said Saturday.