On May 10, 21-year-old Cpl. Kurt S. Shea of Frederick, Md., died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province. The incident surrounding his death is under investigation. He deployed to ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but still short on ...

Taliban insurgents melt away in the face of overwhelming force. CHANGOWLAK, Afghanistan Dec. 7, 2009— -- An offensive by U.S. Marines easily took the Taliban town of Now Zad today, killed 25 ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Allied forces have suffered a day of heavy losses in Afghanistan in a helicopter crash that killed 6 U.S. Marines and an attack that killed four French service members and ...

The outgoing commandant of the Marine Corps on Tuesday predicted that Marines will be fighting in Afghanistan well after the July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing U.S. troops. “Though I certainly ...

About 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan in an effort to boost combat troop levels and get ready for an expected Taliban offensive this spring, military officials said Monday ...

QUANTICO, Va. – Former Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David McGrath hadn’t seen the vehicle he was blown up in years ago in Afghanistan until recently at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. But here he ...

The future of the U.S. Marine Corps once its Afghanistan mission has wound down is unclear—but the corps' top officer sees it in the Pacific, The Wall Street Journal reports. It was there, during ...

* Marines' goal: Talk a little more, shoot a little less * Lessons of Iraq's Anbar applied in Afghanistan's Helmand By Peter Graff DESERT OF DEATH, Afghanistan, June 28 (Reuters) - After five years ...

A U.S. Marine finally gets the chance to hug his sisters. July 12, 2010— -- Lance Cpl. Michael Acquaviva felt like a rock star Sunday night, as he lifted his two sisters in a warm embrace. "[It's ...