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A Marine general with extensive combat experience in Iraq who sped up the ranks upon returning to the Pentagon has been nominated by President Obama to lead U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, who has not served in Afghanistan ...
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Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are retiring. How will new leaders inherit their lessons learned?
The retirement of the post-9/11 generation raises a question: What, exactly, is worth carrying forward into a new age of warfare?
Marine Cpl. Rick Colts and his military working dog Torry pause during a patrol in Afghanistan in 2011. Torry, a German shepherd, worked with II Marine Expeditionary Force detecting IEDs in Helmand Province. (Rick Colts) Rick Colts knew something was wrong ...
In 2011, Michael Haft, who grew up summers on Nantucket, was in Afghanistan, a weapons platoon commander with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, nicknamed “The Walking Dead.” Haft emailed his mother, Mary, with a list of requests to send to his platoon of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. QUANTICO, Va. – Former Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David McGrath hadn’t seen the vehicle he was blown up in years ago in Afghanistan until recently at the National Museum of the Marine Corps
As the U.S. Marine Corps starts to withdraw from Afghanistan, there is a greater emphasis on getting its equipment out of the country and back to the U.S. than there was during the withdrawal from Iraq. When leaving Iraq, Marines were shifting much of ...
NORCO, Calif. (KABC) -- An emotional tribute was held in Norco Friday night to honor the 13 U.S. service members who were killed in Afghanistan one year ago, including three from Southern California. Family members and loved ones gathered to remember the ...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. military vehicle on Saturday, killing four Marines and wounding one in western Afghanistan in the deadliest attack against U.S. troops in the country this year, officials said. The bomb in the ...
Trump reignited debate over 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, claiming US could still recover military equipment left behind. Taliban officials previously dismissed such proposals as ‘imaginary’.
After nearly 60 years, retired Maj. James Capers Jr. was honored at the White House Thursday for his heroism in Vietnam.
