A UH-60 Black Hawk deployed with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, at Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan, July 20, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Wrigley)
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Although the United States is planning to withdraw most troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, many units are still there or continue to deploy to the war zone.
A unit based out of Fort Drum, in northern New York, is among three major units deploying to Afghanistan in the spring, the Pentagon announced.
Roughly 2,200 personnel from Fort Drum's 10th Combat Aviation Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division will head overseas along with about 2,250 troops from Fort Stewart, Ga., and 500 troops from Fort Hood, Texas, the Department of Defense said.
More than 11 years after the 9/11 attacks, more than 100,000 troops from dozens of countries remain in Afghanistan fighting a persistent insurgency.
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault.
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A Humvee carrying six Navy SEALs and two other sailors overturned during a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky, killing one of the SEALs and injuring the others, military officials said Friday.
A Humvee carrying six Navy SEALs and two other sailors overturned during a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky, killing one of the SEALs and injuring the others, military officials said Friday.
The Connecticut Senate has passed legislation that will allow local and regional school boards to award honorary high school diplomas to certain Vietnam War veterans.
The Connecticut Senate has passed legislation that will allow local and regional school boards to award honorary high school diplomas to certain Vietnam War veterans.
Timely and adequate health care is needed to help U.S. military personnel and their families readjust to life after deployment, an Institute of Medicine report finds.
Timely and adequate health care is needed to help U.S. military personnel and their families readjust to life after deployment, an Institute of Medicine report finds.
U.S. military personnel who were the victims of sexual or physical assault as adults are at increased risk for suicidal thoughts or actions, according to a new study.
U.S. military personnel who were the victims of sexual or physical assault as adults are at increased risk for suicidal thoughts or actions, according to a new study.
A UH-60 Black Hawk deployed with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, at Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan, July 20, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Wrigley)
