U.S. Marines fight a gunbattle while clearing out insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan. When Samu Qureshi sits down in the middle of his 4,100-square-foot ...

He awed us—most of us were on our first deployment to Afghanistan and Matt had served in combat multiple times and had fought ...

The last U.S. Marines unit flew out of Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Monday, ending one of the toughest fights in America’s longest war. Video by WSJ's Margherita Stancati.

"And that focus kept a lot of Marines alive in Helmand province, kept a lot of Marines alive in Iraq, in the Sunni Triangle." ...

It is reported to be the first friendly fire incident in Helmand since US Marines returned there in May. Taliban insurgents have made widespread gains in the province. In a statement, the US ...

Chief Warrant Officer 2 William Faffler recently received two Purple Hearts for traumatic brain injuries he sustained in ...

American Military News, January 1, 2017 In 2010, the 3rd Platoon of Kilo Company in the 5th Marine Regiment was patrolling the farmlands in bloody Sangin in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro named four more warships on Wednesday at the annual Surface Navy Association symposium. Del Toro named three Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers and ...

Leslie Flagg '91 last saw a fellow Kellogg alumnus in Helmand Province, the opium-rich region of southern Afghanistan that was the site of more casualties than almost any other in the recent war.

Former Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David McGrath hadn't seen ... Ambush-Protected All-Terrain Vehicle that saved his life in Helmand Province. The blast threw his turret gunner from the vehicle ...