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 ...

Joe Biden has been accused of forcing relatives of Marines killed in Afghanistan to wait for hours while he slept on Air ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but still short on ...

Jan. 20 -- U.S. officials believe mechanical problems caused a helicopter crash that killed two U.S. Marines and injured five others in a high mountain area of Afghanistan early today. "It appears to ...

A bid by the Marine Corps to take responsibility for the primary U.S. military mission in Afghanistan is generating a heated debate inside and outside the Pentagon, with some senior officers arguing ...

About 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan in an effort to boost combat troop levels and get ready for an expected Taliban offensive this spring, military officials said Monday ...

The outgoing commandant of the Marine Corps on Tuesday predicted that Marines will be fighting in Afghanistan well after the July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing U.S. troops. “Though I certainly ...

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. But here he ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Allied forces have suffered a day of heavy losses in Afghanistan in a helicopter crash that killed 6 U.S. Marines and an attack that killed four French service members and ...

President Bush has approved an "extraordinary, one-time" deployment of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan for seven months starting this spring, the Pentagon announced yesterday, while defense ...

A woman from Afghanistan who worked for the U.S. military saw her citizenship oath ceremony canceled with little explanation ...

* Marines' goal: Talk a little more, shoot a little less * Lessons of Iraq's Anbar applied in Afghanistan's Helmand By Peter Graff DESERT OF DEATH, Afghanistan, June 28 (Reuters) - After five years ...