A 40-year-old soldier from Florida was killed by an explosive in Baghdad during the weekend, military officials said Tuesday. ...more

January 30, 2008

With its international mandate in Iraq set to expire in 11 months, the Bush administration will insist that the government in Baghdad give the United States broad authority to conduct combat operations and guarantee civilian contractors specific legal protections from Iraqi law, according to administration and military officials. ...more

January 25, 2008

Three Army soldiers who were killed in an intensive, three-hour firefight in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad last week may have died from friendly fire, military officials said Tuesday. ...more

January 16, 2008

The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban spring offensive,military officials said Wednesday. ...more

January 10, 2008

As an Army surgeon in the Middle East, Keith Rose watched a colleague bleed to death when a truck in his convoy was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade. ...more

December 26, 2007

A suicide attacker detonated a powerful bomb inside a crowded mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 50 people and wounding 100 as they celebrated one of Islam's major holidays with the country's former interior minister, state-run media reported. ...more

December 22, 2007

A Navy chaplain who is HIV-positive is expected to plead guilty today to charges that he used his positions at the U.S. Naval Academy and Marine Corps Base Quantico to lure midshipmen and Marines into sex acts, according to military officials and sources familiar with the case. ...more

December 6, 2007

Melanie Ross buries her mother today after losing her one-woman war with the U.S. Army. ...more

November 30, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Melanie Ross buries her mother Friday after losing her one-woman war with the U.S. Army. ...more

November 29, 2007

The Democrats' flagship proposal on Iraq is aimed at bringing most troops home. Yet, if enacted, the law would still allow for tens of thousands of U.S. troops to stay deployed for years to come. ...more

November 23, 2007