DoD News

Iraqi police captured four suspected al-Qaida in Iraq members, two of whom are alleged leaders in the terrorist organization for the central Diyala province and Kirkuk regions.

Afghan and international forces captured numerous suspected insurgents in four Afghanistan provinces during combined operations over a two-day period

As parliamentary election results are tallied in Iraq, a U.S. commander there said it's unlikely any outcome would require American troops to stay beyond their scheduled withdrawal.

Children with a strong nondeployed parent or caregiver and a solid support system have a better ability to cope with deployments.

The Defense Department expects to launch a new policy in the coming months that will make head-injury evaluations mandatory for all troops who suffer possible concussions.

Three soldiers from the Oklahoma Army National Guard are lacing up their roller skates, strapping on elbow and knee pads and taking to the rink as members of the Oklahoma City Red Dirt Rebellion Rollergirls.

The Air National Guard is using video and pictures on its public recruiting and retention Web site to tell Air Guard member stories directly to online visitors.

The Center for Families of the Fallen at Dover Air Force Base, Del., is a place where grieving families can wait in comfort for their fallen servicemembers to arrive home.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will discuss Iran, Afghanistan and military-to-military contacts with Saudi officials.

For the last stop in his visit to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates opted to take a first-hand look at an Afghan National Army training center.

Under clear blue skies, beneath the spires of the U.S. Air Force Memorial, military aviators gathered to pay homage to the achievements of the first women to fly military aircraft during World War II.

Coalition forces captured two militant commanders along with several other insurgents in separate raids.

Increasing global threats such as those to computer networks and growing hostilities from Iran are prompting more NATO expeditionary operations.

Getting more NATO military trainers into Afghanistan is a top priority, the commander of the alliance's military forces told a Senate panel.

The hospital ship USNS Comfort will leave Haiti, as U.S. Southern Command officials have determined its crew has completed its humanitarian relief mission in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation.

U.S. military units in Iraq and Afghanistan advising host-nation security forces can still project combat power, Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The U.S.-led Africa Partnership Station is designed to support and strengthen regional capabilities and building comprehensive maritime security in Africa.

The citizens of Now Zad, Afghanistan, once the second-largest city in Helmand province, are eager to return home after U.S.-Afghan-coalition military efforts have chased out the Taliban.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' visits in Afghanistan with Marines at Now Zad and with soldiers at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Kandahar have reinforced his belief that the new Afghanistan strategy is working.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is visiting Afghanistan to get the "ground truth" directly from U.S. servicemembers and was reminded of the cost of the war.