American lives are worth a lot. So when Americans get killed, it's a big story. There are lots of editorials. Congressmen call for investigations. We want to find out what happened, why it happened and how to make sure it never happens again. ...more

November 12, 2009

The North Carolina mother who reported for Army duty with her two young children will be discharged from the military. ...more

March 2, 2009

A single-file line of schoolchildren walked past a military checkpoint as a bomb-loaded truck veered toward them and exploded, ending the lives of 14 young Afghans in a heartbreaking flash captured by a U.S. military security camera. ...more

December 29, 2008

Judith Markelz has relied on volunteers for years to help the war wounded and their families. ...more

November 28, 2008

A Florida soldier was found dead in his barracks at Fort Hood, the third soldier to die at the Army post in two weeks. ...more

August 16, 2008

This military base in the far West Texas desert stood as the last Army post in America where if you were old enough to fight and die for your country, you were old enough to drink a beer. ...more

May 30, 2008

but I've learned that I don't love hot weather that lasts way past summer with no end in sight. I moved from Washington State in June and I'm not used to summer being 12 months long. ...more

January 11, 2008

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ventured into Pakistan's conservative Pashtun heartland Saturday to launch her election campaign, urging resistance against militancy in a main base of pro-Taliban insurgents. ...more

December 2, 2007