You probably know the feeling: All of a sudden, you crave chocolate. Doesn't matter what kind - even baking chocolate in the cupboard will do in a pinch. Senior Master Sgt. Kimberlee Keller had one of those cravings in mid-October. But it's not always easy to find chocolate at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.

By Stacy Parker Correspondent OCEANFRONT A Veterans Day ceremonial event will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Tidewater Veterans Memorial. Its title is "Be Proud America - Fly the Flag!" The annual Tidewater Veterans Day Parade will begin at 9 a.m. at 16th Street and Atlantic Avenue and will end at the Memorial on 19th Street across from the Virginia Beach Convention Center.

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Honor Flight

From wire reports KILLEEN, Texas As the nation grieved for the 13 people killed in Thursday's attack at Fort Hood, there was a glimmer of encouragement Saturday as some of the people wounded in the shooting were able to leave one hospital near the Army base.

VIRGINIA BEACH The 19 cadets in Valerie McQueen-Vance's class had already done more than 6,000 pushups together in the previous 90 minutes. But even though their arms had flushed pink and turned numb, Cadet Jasiah Crossley, 16, called on his classmates to drop and do 15 more each.

Ten V-22 Ospreys, the Marine Corps aircraft that lift off like helicopters and fly like airplanes, were launched into Afghanistan from the amphibious assault ship Bataan on Friday.

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and ANGELA K. BROWN  FORT HOOD, Texas A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

By CARYN ROUSSEAU and ROBERT IMRIE

By JEFF CARLTON

KILLEEN, Texas A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso.

Police officials say after arriving at the scene of Thursday's gunfire, Sgt. Kimberly Munley saw the suspect and started firing at him.

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE

WASHINGTON He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.