Vice President Joe Biden took time during an unscheduled visit to Camp Liberty's, Pegasus Dining Facility, Sept. 17, to visit with Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedo
1st Lt. David T. Wright II, 26, of Moore, Oklahoma died September 14, 2009 in Southern Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Lt. Wright was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wa
Staff Sgt. Joshua M. Mills, 24, of El Paso, Texas, died September 16, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle on September 15 with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. Mills was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d
Sgt. 1st Class Shawn P. McCloskey, 33, of Peachtree City, Georgia, died September 16, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle on September 15 with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. 1st Class McCloskey was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d
Sgt. Robert D. Gordon II, 22, of River Falls, Alabama, died September 16, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, from a non-combat related illness, after becoming ill on September 11 in southern Afghanistan. Sgt. Gordon was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. </d
In keeping with its mission to shape the future, Soldiers from Third Army/U.S. Army Central are working alongside representatives from the United States, Kazakhstan, and British Armies during the multinational exercise, Steppe Eagle, which began Sept.
While the Defense Department has yet to receive a formal appeal for more forces from Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, a request for resources from the general due in coming weeks could include such an appe
Iraqi soldiers have been well trained and are prepared to defend Iraq, say two of the nation's genera
Spc. Demetrius L. Void, 20, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, died September 15, 2009, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when a military vehicle struck him while conducting physical training. Spc. Void was assigned to the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas. </d
Sgt. 1st Class Bradley S. Bohle, 29, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, died September 16, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle on September 15 with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. 1st Class Bohle was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d
