A farmer held captive for four months was freed along with 15 other men last week by U.S. and Afghan forces in western Afghanistan, officials say.
The manager of a popular South Korean beach festival said Tuesday that drunken and rowdy U.S. troops are such a problem that organizers have considered banning servicemembers from the event.
The Anbar Provincial Council appealed Saturday for the American military to delay its handover of provincial security responsibilities to Iraqi forces until at least the end of the year, according to a report in Sunday editions of The New York Times.
Killer robots, which can change their shape to squeeze under doors and through cracks in walls to track their prey, are moving from the realms of science fiction to the front line in the fight against terrorism.
A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter was shot down Wednesday in southern Logar Province, south of Kabul. Pilots managed to land the aircraft before it caught fire, according to the military, and no major injuries were reported to any crewmembers or passengers.
A Marine sergeant was busted to lance corporal for biting off part of a Soldier's ear during a brawl in an Okinawa City alley last September.
Lawmakers are not yet sold on the new acceleration of the Army's Future Combat Systems. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton and Airland Forces Subcommittee Chairman Neil Abercrombie called the changes a "positive step" in improving FCS, but they are still concerned that the new plan may not allow for adequate testing of the equipment due to its "very tight" schedule.