On the morning of May 25, 2006, I didn’t go out. Capt. Doug Dicenzo invited me to come along to meet some local Iraqi leaders ...
U.S. troops are now finding and defusing nearly half of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq, and casualties from the devices are holding steady despite a sharp increase in the number being ...
Despite those efforts to pave a safe path for the infantry, Hamas managed to place newly laid IEDs in the area where the IDF infantry would later pass through. The five IDF soldiers who were killed ...
Russ Marek went through hell and survived. Now he’s hoping to inspire other veterans facing their own struggles. Marek, a U.S. Army veteran from Melbourne, Florida, was badly wounded after being hit ...
You knew we were in trouble when roadside bombs became “improvised explosive devices” early in the Iraq war. IEDs have gotten so bad that the Army is planning an OCP TECD next week. That’s an Occupant ...
At an undisclosed location in Iraq, an AH-64 Apache helicopter provides close-air support for a resupply convoy in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve on Nov. 27, 2017.
Republican Indiana Sen. Jim Banks presented the Purple Heart to former Army National Guard Specialist Robert Drudy on Tuesday, almost 20 years after his injury in the line of duty. Drudy was injured ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The United States is pouring billions more dollars and fresh platoons of experts into its campaign to ‘‘defeat IEDs,’’ the roadside bombs President Bush describes as threat No. 1 to ...