The hundreds of people who lined the main street of a small Indiana city today fell solemnly silent as a white hearse passed by on its way to the church. Mourners streamed into a Wisconsin gymnasium to remember a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden. ...more

November 14, 2009

A soldier was detained in Iraq after he allegedly opened fire on a superior and another unit member, killing them both, the Army said Wednesday. ...more

September 18, 2008

Even though Hurricane Gustav did not wreak the destruction expected when it struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, officials said Tuesday that they were not ready to allow many of the 1.9 million Louisiana residents who had evacuated to return. ...more

September 3, 2008

The housing of 35 Florida National Guard combat medics and other soldiers in sweltering metal huts during training in Texas was "a bit out of control," says a congressman who wants to know of any similar conditions elsewhere. ...more

August 15, 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

After three high-ranking retired U.S. generals visited Florida last month to discuss National Security and Human Rights, it reminded me of a cable sent by the president to the Commanding General of American forces. The cable reads: ...more

February 6, 2008

A top American general said Sunday that attacks along the Afghan-Pakistan border have dropped more than 40 percent since July and the United States and its allies are making progress in the fight against the Taliban. ...more

December 17, 2007

Senior military commanders here now portray the intransigence of Iraq's Shiite-dominated government as the key threat facing the U.S. effort in Iraq, rather than al-Qaida terrorists, Sunni insurgents or Iranian-backed militias. ...more

November 15, 2007