Sitting before bleachers full of Air Force servicemen and women flanked by a pair of fighter jets, the first thing USA Men’s National Team coach Mike Krzyzewski did was fess up.

“We came here to apologize for stealing from you,” he joked.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey , USA Basketball chair and men’s National Team managing director Jerry Colangelo and USA National Team head coach Mike Krzyzewski , as part of USA Basketball’s Hoops For Troops and the Department of Defense’s...

Newark, Delaware Sgt. Major Bryan Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisory to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs On the significance of tonight’s game, being played on 9/11: I think a little bit about what today’s game means to us, the service members who attended this evening is more than...

Annapolis, Maryland • Photo Gallery Seeing the smiles and excitement on the children’s faces once again brought memories back to  Sue Bird .  Bird, a two-time WNBA champion three-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIBA World Championship winner, was once a young basketball...

With practice finished, they walked out of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Wesley A. Brown Field House and began the trek halfway across campus.

The USA Basketball Women’s National Team is set to tip-off its training for the 2014 FIBA World Championship Sept. 8-10 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where the team will also conduct two clinics for local youths, as well as visit and lunch with the USNA Midshipmen on Sept. 9 as part of USA Basketball’s Hoops for Troops program.

West Point, New York Photo Gallery: Additional Quotes: U.S. Men’s National Team head coach  Mike Krzyzewski  had planned for his team to get a good run in Monday afternoon when they practiced at West Point following a tour of the U.S. Military Academy and...

-- USA National Team To Meet With Cadets At U.S. Military Academy As Part Of Commitment To Service Collaboration With Department Of Defense -- Colorado Springs, Colorado   Ahead of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team’s exhibition games at Madison Square Garden, players and...

-- May 7 Panel Discussion On Leadership Will Involve More Than 400 Service Members -- 2014 USA Basketball Hoops for Troops  A renowned group of USA Basketball and college champion basketball coaches will visit the Pentagon for a strategy seminar with military officials and conduct a panel...

-- Commitment To Service Will Focus On Four Pillars: Transition, Community, Leadership And Health -- 2014 USA Basketball Hoops For Troops Building off the successful NBA Cares and USA Basketball’s Hoops for Troops program, the National Basketball Association (NBA), USA Basketball and the...