U.S. Army Activities

Former Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim walks in the rain with supporters in Quezon City
Former Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim walks in the rain with supporters in Quezon City
Afghan A Battalion's Fight
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a news conference to urge passage of funding for US troops in Afghanistan
APTOPIX Afghanistan US
Venezuelan Army General Raul Baduelas
Ceremony to commemorate the liberation of German concentration camp Dachau by US troops in 1945
Iraq US Troops
New Item for the National Museum of the United States Army
New Item for the National Museum of the United States Army
Afghanistan US Defense
Seventh anniversary of the fall of Baghdad

L-3 Communications gets $255.3M US Army contract

L-3 Communications gets $255.3 million US Army contract for night vision goggles technology. Defense contractor L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. received a $255.3 million Army contract for 220 enhanced night vision goggles test articles and associated contracts date requirement lists.
 

Canada hands over Kandahar security to US military

Canada relinquished command of Kandahar City in southern Afghanistan to the US army's 82nd Airborne Division on Thursday, as it begins to wind down its mission and NATO reshuffles its troops.
 

US soldier charged over leak of Iraq shootings video

An American soldier suspected of leaking video footage of a US Apache helicopter strike in Baghdad that killed two employees of the Reuters news agency has been charged, the military said on Tuesday.
 

Army: Mix-up at Arlington Cemetery

Potentially hundreds of remains at Arlington National Cemetery misidentified or misplaced. An Army investigation has found that potentially hundreds of remains at Arlington National Cemetery have been misidentified or misplaced, in a scandal marring the reputation of the nation's pre-eminent burial ground for its honored dead since the Civil War.
 

Pentagon links spike in casualties to surge in troops

The Pentagon on Wednesday linked a spike in NATO casualties in Afghanistan, including four US troops killed in the downing of a helicopter, to rising allied force levels in the country.
 

S.Korea general faces arrest for spying: report

South Korea's military on Wednesday sought an arrest warrant for a two-star army general accused of leaking the country's war plan and other secrets to North Korea, a news report said.
 

US weighs reinforcements for troubled Afghan province: Gates

The United States is weighing sending US reinforcements to Afghanistan's troubled southern Helmand province, where British troops are "in the thick" of fighting, officials said Tuesday.
 

White House sees smoother times with new Japan PM

A top aide to US President Barack Obama predicted a smoother relationship with Japan after Naoto Kan takes over as prime minister Tuesday, admitting to concerns about his predecessor.
 
Afghan troops fear life after foreign pullout

Afghan troops fear life after foreign pullout

NAKHONAY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Standing beside a machinegun in a sand-bagged watch tower, an Afghan soldier contemplates a future once Western forces leave the country.
 

White House sees smoother times with new Japan PM

A top aide to President Barack Obama on Monday predicted a smoother relationship with Japan as Naoto Kan takes over as prime minister, admitting the United States had concerns about his predecessor.
 

White House sees smoother times with new Japan PM

A top aide to President Barack Obama on Monday predicted a smoother relationship with Japan as Naoto Kan takes over as prime minister, admitting the United States had concerns about his predecessor.
 

Two charged in 'jihad' plot against Americans

Two men were in US police custody Monday charged with conspiracy to kill American troops abroad in what has been described by officials as the nation's latest terror probe.
 

NJ men accused of trying to join Somali terrorists

NJ men accused of trying to join Somali terrorists arrested before boarding flights out of US. They were recorded talking jihad against their fellow Americans. But they hadn't talked the jihadists into accepting them.
 
Bombs kill 6 in Iraqi capital, including policemen

Bombs kill 6 in Iraqi capital, including policemen

Blasts kill 6 in Baghdad, including policemen targeted by suicide attacker in bomb-rigged car. A car bomb exploded outside a Baghdad police station Sunday in the deadliest of a pair of attacks that killed six people in the Iraqi capital, security and hospital officials said.
 

D-Day Pointe du Hoc site gets facelift to save it

After Rangers conquered Pointe du Hoc, the job is now to save the fragile cliff from erosion. The Nazis thought the jagged cliffs were unassailable until the elite U.S. Rangers scaled them in a valiant D-Day assault. Now the rocks are undergoing major surgery to save them from an even greater force ? Mother Nature.
 

Army plans $100 millon Afghanistan special ops HQ

The Army is planning to spend as much as $100 million to expand its Special Operations headquarters in northern Afghanistan, evidence of its increasing reliance on covert operations.
 

Army plans $100 millon Afghanistan special ops HQ

Army looks to spend as much as $100M on Special Ops headquarters in Afghanistan. The Army is planning to spend as much as $100 million to expand its Special Operations headquarters in northern Afghanistan, evidence of its increasing reliance on covert operations.
 

US general: Iraqis lead security ops 'across the country'

Iraqi forces are leading security efforts "across the country," including on most counterterrorism operations, the top US general in Iraq said Friday.
 

Qaeda in Iraq struggling after leadership blow: U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or captured 34 of the top 42 al Qaeda leaders in Iraq in the past 90 days, severing the group from al Qaeda's senior leadership and leaving it struggling to regroup, Army General Ray Odierno said on Friday.
 

S.Korean army general accused of spying for North

South Korean intelligence officials are investigating a two-star army general on suspicion of leaking military secrets to North Korea, a report said Friday.