They went on night patrols wearing helmets and full field equipment. They learned how to throw a grenade and dig a trench. They were involved in a deadly nighttime firefight and got as close to action in the Vietnam War as they will ever get. And they did it all from the safety of a local classroom. ...more

November 11, 2009

They went on night patrols wearing helmets and full field equipment. They learned how to throw a grenade and dig a trench. They were involved in a deadly nighttime firefight and got as close to action in the Vietnam War as they will ever get. And they did it all from the safety of a local classroom. ...more

November 10, 2009

Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans on Monday in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came as President Barack Obama prepared to meet his national security team for a sixth full-scale conference on the future of the troubled war. ...more

October 26, 2009

Medals of Honor will be awarded today to two Navy SEALs killed in action overseas. The ceremony today will be at the Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

November 17, 2008

Each year on Aug. 7, Hernando County's Purple Heart recipients once gathered to recognize what they'd given for their country. ...more

August 7, 2008

In a news conference on May 17, 2006, John Murtha tried and convicted American soldiers before having any evidence. ...more

July 11, 2008

In a grandstanding news conference on May 17, 2006, John Murtha, serving as a congressman from Pennsylvania since 1974, tried and convicted American soldiers before having any evidence. He said that Marines in Haditha "shot 24 Iraqis in cold blood" and claimed "the military tried to cover it up." ...more

July 11, 2008

Gunmen thought to have been inspired by al-Qaida stormed a guard post outside the U.S. consulate Wednesday, touching off a deadly firefight that underscored Turkey's difficulty in clamping down on homegrown militants. Three assailants and three police officers were killed in the blitz-style assault. ...more

July 10, 2008

Memorial Day is for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have given their lives for their country and lie in cemeteries around the globe or in some unmarked, forgotten places. ...more

May 26, 2008

In a daring ambush, insurgents blasted a U.S. patrol with a roadside bomb Monday and showered survivors with gunfire from a mosque in increasingly lawless Mosul. Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the blast - even as Iraqi troops entered the northern city to challenge al-Qaida in Iraq. ...more

January 29, 2008