DoD News

The 101st Airborne Division's "Currahee" brigade will be operating under a sense of deja vu when it returns to an area of Afghanistan where it served before and where the soldiers' Afghan counterparts still know their names.

Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, praised Saudi Arabia's religious leaders for taking a major step toward promoting broader counterterrorism cooperation by their recent rejection of financing terrorism as un-Islamic.

President Barack Obama praised the U.S. Military Academy's Class of 2010 at its graduation and commissioning ceremonies for choosing to serve their country during wartime.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates returned to his career roots to accept a lifetime achievement award for his four decades of public service in U.S. intelligence and national security.

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III called the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md., a milestone in the United States being able to conduct full-spectrum operations in a new domain.

Developing a deliberate approach to energy and climate change is an important platform to national security and the U.S. military mission, Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, told Congress.

Military officials provided more details on the May 19 attack at the Bagram Airfield that killed a U.S. contractor and wounded several servicemembers.

Iraqi security forces arrested eight suspected terrorists in recent combined operations in Iraq with U.S. advisors.

Building resilience, facilitating recovery and supporting reintegration of returning servicemembers and veterans are important to prevent and treat combat stress.

Afghan and international forces detained several insurgents and seized illegal drugs and weapons.

A clear understanding of the Afghan people's needs and attainable milestones for progress are necessary for U.S. funds to be used wisely, Arnold Fields, special U.S. inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, told Congress.

The USNS Mercy, a hospital ship, is docked in Guam to bring on mission-support teams, supplies and other equipment to prepare for a five-month humanitarian deployment.

Indiana Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Robert Hempstead and his daughter, Sgt. Crystal Hempstead, also an Indiana Guard member, recently returned from a deployment to Iraq.