Camp Leatherneck is the sprawling base in Afghanistan’s Helmand province from which the Marines surged against the Taliban in 2009. They turned over the keys Sunday in a ceremony that also marked the ...

Pentagon panel completes interviews for Abbey Gate bombing review, as Gold Star father Darin Hoover demands accountability ...

Rick Colts knew something was wrong the moment his military working dog changed his search pattern. It was June 1, 2011, the final patrol before Colts and his German shepherd, Torry, were scheduled to ...

On May 10, 21-year-old Cpl. Kurt S. Shea of Frederick, Md., died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province. The incident surrounding his death is under investigation. He deployed to ...

The judge wanted everyone in the courtroom to know that when he’d signed a war orphan over to an American Marine he thought it was an emergency — that the child injured on the battlefield in ...

A year ago, the Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment arrived in Sangin, a Taliban haven in southern Afghanistan, for a seven-month... U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment and the Afghan ...

Cameron West had always wanted to join the military. After all, the Acworth, Georgia, native had grown up around military life, having two grandfathers with service backgrounds. West enrolled in the ...

The 9/11 attacks inspired one Kansas veteran to serve his country. He joined the Marines and ended up doing tours in ...

The judge wanted everyone in the courtroom to know that when he’d signed a war orphan over to an American Marine he thought it was an emergency — that the child injured on the battlefield in ...