Aboard an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Gulf, a former Navy pilot was given a pair of honorary naval astronaut wings Wednesday.

Relocation plays a major role in the military lifestyle. A variety of services are offered to assist active duty military personnel and their families in successfully managing the mobile military lifestyle.

By Jen DiMascio  It was a Clash of Titans: a brutal feud, spanning nearly five years, between Boeing and Northrop Grumman over Pentagon billions.

Then, just days after Boeing champion Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) took the helm of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Northrop up and quit.

NEWPORT NEWS About 180 soldiers are due back at Fort Eustis after 12-month deployments to Afghanistan and Kuwait.

The soldiers scheduled to return today are with the 149th Transportation Company of the 10th Transportation Battalion and the 86th Dive Detachment of the 6th Transportation Battalion. Separate ceremonies will welcome them back at Anderson Field House on the Newport News base.

A panel of Hampton Roads congressmen, elected state and city leaders, and retired military officers sent a letter to top Navy officials Tuesday asking pointed questions about plans to move an aircraft carrier from Norfolk to Mayport, Fla.

The Navy hospital ship Comfort is wrapping up its relief mission in Haiti, the military announced this morning.

The Baltimore-based ship has been anchored off the coast of Port-au-Prince since Jan. 20. It’s set to leave Wednesday, U.S. Southern Command said in a statement.

The News and Advance | MCT Regional News The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will begin selling tickets today at the Bedford Area Welcome Center, a measure that eliminates an on-site booth.

The center, located on Burks Hill Road in Bedford, is adjacent to the entrance memorial's entrance near U.S. 460.

ELKINS, W.Va.  The Navy plans to honor emergency personnel and others who helped rescue 17 people aboard a helicopter that crashed in a remote area of West Virginia last month.

NORFOLK The latest wave of Hampton Roads-based sailors to return from Haiti arrived Monday at Norfolk Naval Station, with hundreds more scheduled to come home today.

The Hampton Roads area was chosen to participate in a pilot program to create electronic health records for military members and veterans.