WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. general in the Middle East announced that this month the U.S. is going to reduce the number of troops in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000. It's the first significant troop reduction ...

The move frees up an additional combat unit that could be sent to Afghanistan. Oct. 15, 2009— -- In perhaps another sign of the improving security situation in Iraq, an Army brigade slated to ...

Those who signed up during the Global War on Terrorism era joined a military at war, and for the soldiers who entered the Army’s ranks, particularly at the height of Iraq and Afghanistan, downrange ...

ABU GHRAIB, Iraq (Reuters) - The United States handed over control of all combat duties to Iraqi security forces on Saturday in a further sign its withdrawal is on track despite a political impasse in ...

This November, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, will commemorate 20 years since returning from its historic combat deployment to Iraq in ...

The losses have left the Iraqi military with no offensive capability. BAGHDAD, Iraq— -- The Iraqi military ran out of Hellfire missiles six days ago, and though the U.S. is rushing more missiles ...

Dean Hagerman remembers a rocket landing right outside a building he was in just a few days after having arrived in Iraq in early December 2004. Hagerman was one of the people who were mobilized in ...

A newly formed logistics brigade is sending a team to Iraq to better supply troops there. Army Materiel Command Field Support Brigade-Europe formed in November precisely for “expeditionary&#8221 ...

FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The Army’s first Stryker brigade is in training for a return to Iraq next summer. By the time brigade members head out in June, they’ll have been home about 20 months — long enough ...

CAMP CASEY, South Korea — Four more 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been killed in Iraq, the Pentagon confirmed Wednesday, bringing the total deaths to 48 since the brigade deployed ...