US COMMANDOS HAND OVER TROUBLED AREA TO AFGHANS
By KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 file photo a member of the Afghan special forces, left, briefs soldiers after a training exercise on the outskirts…
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40 YEARS ON, VIETNAM TROOP WITHDRAWAL REMEMBERED
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and LISA CORNWELL FILE – In this March 29, 1973 file photo, the American flag is furled at a ceremony marking official deactivation of the Military Assistance…
KERRY IN AFGHANISTAN TO PROD KARZAI ON FUTURE TIES
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry straps himself into a helicopter as he prepares to fly out of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Sunday, March 24, 2013.…
AMPUTEE VETERAN HELPS TRAIN TROOPS FOR WAR
By JULIE WATSON In this Dec. 10, 2013, photo, a U.S. Navy corpsman pulls an actor to safety during a training mission at Strategic Operations where “reality based training” is…
AP: COSTS OF US WARS LINGER FOR OVER 100 YEARS
By MIKE BAKER OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service…
PARRIS ISLAND LEADER SAYS WOMEN CAN HANDLE COMBAT
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER In this Feb. 21, 2013 photo, female recruits form up at the Marine Corps Training Depot on Parris Island, S.C. Brig Gen. Loretta Reynolds, the first…
AFGHAN TROUBLES SPELL TOUGH START FOR HAGEL
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) headquarters in Kabul, Sunday,…
AFGHAN BOMBERS STRIKE DURING US OFFICIAL’S VISIT
KIMBERLY DOZIER and RAHIM FAIEZ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel prepares to step aboard a C-17 military aircraft en route to Kabul, Afghanistan, after greeting U.S. troops stationed at Manas Air…