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President Barack Obama told U.S. troops stationed in South Korea that their service has ensured peace in Asia and around the world. Complete Story...
Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can't be found.
Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday.
Dozens of volunteers and passers-by are stopping by an American Red Cross building on Veterans Day to sign holiday greetings cards for U.S soldiers around the world and veterans.
The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force that the U.S. hopes will be its ticket out of Afghanistan someday.
Despite Republican pressure to act quickly, President Barack Obama says he won't rush his decision about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan where 14 Americans died in the deadliest day for U.S. forces in more than four years.
President Barack Obama mourned 14 Americans killed Monday in helicopter crashes in Afghanistan and told a military audience he will not be hurried as he evaluates whether to alter U.S. strategy in the war.
The Pentagon is canceling plans to send a 3,500-member Army brigade to Iraq, a move that speeds the drawdown there and could free up forces as President Barack Obama considers sending new troops to Afghanistan.
Seimone Augustus hasn't been able to play at the U.S. women's basketball training camp while she rehabilitates her injured left knee.
The Army has ordered a headquarters unit in Afghanistan to remain up to 50 days past its yearlong tour in what officials say could be the start of longer postings in the war.
Georgia's defense minister asserted Friday that U.S. training for his Afghanistan-bound troops could also be put to use in any new flare-up with Russia, then retracted the statement amid American handwringing.
Spain is prepared to boost its long-term troop presence in Afghanistan if conditions there require it, a Spanish official said Thursday.
Prime Minister John Key gave a strong signal Monday that New Zealand likely will increase its troop levels in Afghanistan — with a decision on any fresh commitment by mid-August.
President Barack Obama says there's been good cooperation between U.S. and Iraqi forces following the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraqi cities, despite what he describes as a "difference in strategy" on some occasions.
The Pentagon has created, and ordered to Iraq, four custom-made Army brigades designed to focus more on advising Iraqis and less on fighting as America prepares for its 2011 exit.
The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counter-drug efforts along the Mexican border, senior administration officials said Monday.
Little Jewel Moore thought her daddy lived inside the computer. That's because since she was 3 months old, he did.
NFL coaches Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants, Jeff Fisher of the Tennessee Titans and John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens will be visiting U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf region this summer.
Last week, U.S. Army Cpl. Steven Baker was wounded while on patrol in Afghanistan's Wardak province. Friday night in Germany, President Barack Obama pinned a Purple Heart medal on his chest.
President Barack Obama has visited wounded and recovering troops, awarding two Purple Hearts.
Pentagon officials say the vanguard of President Barack Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan arrived this week.
Thousands of U.S. troops are being rushed to Afghanistan without the equipment they will need to fight an emboldened Taliban, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and military officials said Thursday.
At a military checkpoint between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia, the word "Russia" is hand-painted in pink on a concrete security barrier.
The U.S. has formally asked New Zealand to send its elite Special Air Service combat troops back to Afghanistan for a fourth tour of duty, the foreign minister said Sunday.
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Obama to the Troops: 'You guys make a pretty good photo op'... Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern Standard Time), and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in camouflage uniforms, many holding cameras or pointing cell phones to snap pictures. "You guys make a pretty good photo op," the president said.
Murder at Ft. Hood - As Evil as Evil GetsA thoughtful soldier weighs-in on the Ft. Hood murders - focusing on reframing the discussion in a way that focuses on the shooter's actions first and foremost.
Obama Says He Is Close to Afghan War Decision President Obama said Wednesday he is "very close to a decision" on a troop increase for the war in Afghanistan, and will make his case to the American people for his Afghan strategy in the next "several weeks."
Obama finds Beijing a world away from Afghanistan Traveling thousands of miles across Asia on one of his most intensive foreign trips to date, President Obama has been curiously quiet about his most pressing international policy decision: whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan as the top general there has asked.
Holder's al Qaeda Incentive Plan - The worse the terrorist, the more rights he has?When it comes to terrorists, you would think that an al Qaeda operative who targets an American mom sitting in her office or a child on a flight back home is many degrees worse than a Taliban soldier picked up after a firefight with U.S. Army troops.
Company Charged in $8B Troop Food FraudA company paid more than $8 billion by the United States military to feed soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan has been charged with fraud.
Romney Tells It Like It Is, Obama not protecting troopsFormer Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney delivered a scathing criticism of President Obama's Afghanistan strategy Friday night, accusing the president of delivering rhetoric and not action in the war-torn country.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Explosion at Nato base in KabulThe BBC's Martin Patience assess the damage caused by the blast A car bomber has struck outside a Nato base in the Afghan capital Kabul, injuring three foreign soldiers and three Afghan civilians, officials say.
Barack Obama 'risks Suez-like disaster' in Afghanistan, says key adviser"A key adviser to Nato forces warned today that Barack Obama risks a Suez-style debacle in Afghanistan if he fails to deploy enough extra troops and opts instead for a messy compromise.
Barack Obama demands exit strategy in AfghanistanWhite House officials said that in a meeting with Pentagon chiefs Mr Obama had made clear he wants his decision on troop reinforcements to offer a strong suggestion of when and how responsibility for security would be turned over to the Afghans.
Official: Obama rejects all Afghan war optionsPresident Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S.
Recently, I've been invited to speak at several community forums. Here's a glimpse into the message I'm sharing this week… "Those we take time off to honor seldom took time off."
Veterans Day Special: The Ft. Hood Shock DoctrineIt's November 10th, 2009, the day before Veterans Day. President Obama visits Ft.
Top Obama Advisers Favor Adding Troops in AfghanistanWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm.
Ft. Hood Shooter was Cruely Mistreated and Harassed for his Ethnicity"Everyone else just sat down there and drunk their beer and looked at him and giggled at him," the woman said, starting to cry. "They just would laugh at him when he walked down with his Muslim clothes. . . . He was mistreated. He didn't have nobody. He was all alone.
Bloggers Uniting to Help Troops This Veterans Day: non-partisan effort seeking $11 donations from 11 million AmericansThe project is called the Eleven Eleven campaign; the objective is to get 11 million Americans to contribute $11 apiece to support America's vets. The campaign will be internet-driven, and all bloggers are invited to participate. Here is a description of the campaign:
McChrystal's Fuzzy MathMcChrystal knows these delays very well, so why is he asking for what he realizes he can't get —and predicting mission failure if he doesn't get them?
Sources: Obama near decision on Afghanistan troopsPresident Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though probably not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there.
Soldiers claim war zone contractors exposed them to toxinsContractors working for the military in Iraq and Afghanistan are fouling the nests of U.S. soldiers with pollution, poisoning the troops in the very bases meant to be their sanctuaries.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan's Taliban dilemma, Despite being relatively few in number, the Afghan Taliban are thriving in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they take advantage of Islamabad's apparent ambivalence towards them, the BBC's Hugh Sykes reports from Kabul.
This week November 11th is the official Veterans Day. I urge everyone out here in the Newsvine world, if you know a veteran thank them, if not find one and thank them for the sacrifice they make to keep us safe and free. Without the veterans we would be no where.
Mark Steyn: Shooter exposes hole in U.S. terror strategySame ideological pathologies that drive al-Qaida overpowered Hasan's American identity.
Keeping Afghanistan Safe From DemocracyThe most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 U.S. troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in harm's way.
Soldier's book chronicles a year at war :: The SouthtownStar :: Chicago, ILIncreasingly, soldiers deployed in remote areas are using blogs/email to stay connected with family and friends - and to manage the stress of life in a desolate war zone.
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