DAHANEH, Afghanistan (AP) - August 12, 2009 Associated Press journalists traveling with the first wave said militants fired small arms, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades after helicopters dropped ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Up to 20,000 U.S. Marines could be deployed in Afghanistan as part of a planned major troop build-up to battle worsening insurgent violence, the top U.S. Marine officer said on ...

The documentary "Living The Dream" honors Yarmouth, Massachusetts Marine Cpl. Nick Xiarhos, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009.

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps has returned to Helmand, the restive province in southern Afghanistan where it fought years of bloody battles with the Taliban, to help train ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marine Corps has upgraded the valor awards given to Marines who guarded Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport ...

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (WNCT) — Marines from Camp Lejeune are among the members of the military assisting in the evacuation of American citizens and others from Taliban control. On its Facebook page ...

Four more Camp Lejeune Marines have been killed in operations in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday, bringing the number who have died in the past 10 days to 11. Four more ...

Marines and sailors from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment returned to their North Carolina base Tuesday evening after seven months in Afghanistan. Marines and sailors from the 2nd Battalion, 8th ...

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 ...

PATROL BASE FULOD, Afghanistan — The first time U.S. Marines went on patrol from this base in southern Afghanistan, the Taliban were ready. The militants shot and killed a 21-year-old lance corporal ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Approximately 300 United States Marines will be deployed to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces in the southern province of Helmand. A Resolute Support Mission ...