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Pfc. Erin L. McLyman, 26, of Federal Way, Washington, died March 13, 2010, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked her base with mortar fire. Pfc. McLyman was assigned to the 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lews-McChord, Washington. </d

Cpl. Jonathan D. Porto, 26, of Largo, Florida, died March 14, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Cpl. Porto was assigned to 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d

As the responsible drawdown of forces and equipment escalates following the Iraqi Parliamentary elections in March, Soldiers are working to reduce the amount of ammunition in Iraq as corresponding troop levels fa

Some of the 98,000 U.S. military forces in Iraq already have made the transition from security to stability operations ahead of the September deadli

Though the U.S. has been building up the civilian infrastructure of Iraq since 2003, the sense of ownership and level interest of the people has never been as great as it is now, and that makes all the differen

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is visiting Afghanistan to get what he called the "ground truth" from servicemembe

President Barack Obama called Sunday's parliamentarian elections in Iraq as a "milestone" event and vowed to keep his pledge to remove all U.S. troops from that country by the end of next ye

Pvt. Nicholas S. Cook, 19, of Hungry Horse, Montana, died March 7, 2010, in Konar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. Pvt. Cook was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Italy. </d

The nation's top military officer said the focus of American troops and their allies in southern Afghanistan would shift to Kandahar following an ongoing offensive in the former Taliban stronghold of Mar

Iraq's upcoming elections and the U.S. drawdown of troops there later this year will go on undeterred by suicide bombings Wednesday and previous attacks like