Brian Mockenhaupt is a writer and a former infantryman.
This long-time refuge for insurgents can frustrate even the most determined coalition efforts, but one battalion makes headway… More »
As fighting season begins in Afghanistan, the Kandahar Airfield hospital will likely triple its trauma cases -- many of them Afghan children… More »
Maybe the wounded man was an innocent farmer. Maybe not. For the American soldiers, determining the truth seemed nearly impossible.… More »
A soldier who served two tours in Iraq explains why this Oscar-nominated film does not give a realistic portrayal of war… More »
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