US commanders say they are on track for a total drawdown by Dec. 31, which will end the 8 1/2-year US military presence in Iraq that saw the toppling of Saddam Hussein, a brutal civil war and ...

Luckily for Albemarle County, James O’Kelley cannot retire to a simple life of leisure. The 69-year-old retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel and oft-decorated Vietnam veteran, retired government ...

Education Nov 10. From Fallujah to Pennsylvania, my life as a Marine and a math teacher. Cpt. Chris Lusto served as an artillery officer in the Marine Corps where he served in Fallujah, Iraq.