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John Cuneo The Stolen-Valor Detective
Staff Sergeant Anthony Anderson’s mission to name and shame people who pretend to be military heroes
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Brian L. Frank How to Read the Mind of a Wildfire
From studying tree rings to creating intricate computer models, scientists are trying to understand why flames behave the way they do.
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Courtesy of the Little Venus Fire Shelter Peer … What It Feels Like to Lie Face Down and Let a Wildfire Burn Over You
When a blaze takes an unexpected turn, a thin aluminum shelter is a firefighter's last resort.
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Matt Oss Fire on the Mountain
Last June, 19 firefighters lost their lives trying to control a blaze near Yarnell, Arizona—the highest death toll for firefighters battling a wildfire in this country since 1933. What went wrong? Is it time to reconsider our approach to fighting fire?
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The Battle of Gettysburg: A Time When American Civilians Saw War Firsthand
The inhabitants of Gettysburg, who hid in their homes as snipers exchanged fire within the town, were called out to clear bodies after the battle. Today, America's wars are more distant.
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When Leaders Die in Battle: What It Means for the Soldiers Who Live On
Thousands of times over this decade of war, a service member has had to assume his dead boss's job,
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Brian Mockenhaupt Band Aid
Teaching Afghan soldiers to play in sync
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Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini Enlisting Allah
To thwart the Taliban, marines in Helmand province are teaching the locals to read the Koran.
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Slow Progress in Afghanistan's Treacherous Arghandab
This long-time refuge for insurgents can frustrate even the most determined coalition efforts, but one battalion makes headway
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At Frontline Hospital, Afghan War's Toll Is Deeply Felt
As fighting season begins in Afghanistan, the Kandahar Airfield hospital will likely triple its trauma cases -- many of them Afghan children
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Eros Hoagland/Redux A History of Violence
How the Army is trying to capture the lessons of war
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Caught in the Crosshairs: Was He a Farmer or Taliban?
Maybe the wounded man was an innocent farmer. Maybe not. For the American soldiers, determining the truth seemed nearly impossible.
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Brian Mockenhaupt The Last Patrol
In September 2009, the second platoon of Charlie Company arrived in Afghanistan with 42 men. Ten months later, nearly half had been killed or wounded, mostly in the Arghandab Valley—a key to controlling southern Afghanistan. Now these 82nd Airborne troops were getting ready to leave the Arghandab behind. They had one more dangerous job to do: a joint mission with the untried artillery unit that would replace them patrolling the fields, orchards, and villages they called the Devil’s Playground.
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Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini All War Is Local
For one close-knit National Guard Unit from Arkansas, Afghanistan hits home.
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What's Wrong With 'The Hurt Locker'
A soldier who served two tours in Iraq explains why this Oscar-nominated film does not give a realistic portrayal of war
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QuickHoney SimCity Baghdad
A new computer game lets army officers practice counterinsurgency off the battlefield.
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Veronique de Viguerie The Doctor’s War
For wounded civilians at a U.S. military hospital in Afghanistan, the gatekeeper is God.
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Tragic Heroes
What today’s veterans can learn from tales of the Trojan War
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A Car for the Everyday Man
A Chinese car maker promising affordable, gas-free driving stakes its claim at the Detroit Auto Show. But it still has something to learn about presentation.
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Stop Payment
Why did Congress cut back on its plan to give soldiers additional compensation in recognition of their extended service under stop-loss?
