A Marine general with extensive combat experience in Iraq who sped up the ranks upon returning to the Pentagon has been nominated by President Obama to lead U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Gen.

Marine Cpl. Rick Colts and his military working dog Torry pause during a patrol in Afghanistan in 2011. Torry, a German shepherd, worked with II Marine Expeditionary Force detecting IEDs in Helmand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Museum of the Marine Corps is set to open two new wings covering the Cold War and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Get ...

Marines and sailors from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment returned to their North Carolina base Tuesday evening after seven months in Afghanistan. Marines and sailors from the 2nd Battalion, 8th ...

As the U.S. Marine Corps starts to withdraw from Afghanistan, there is a greater emphasis on getting its equipment out of the country and back to the U.S. than there was during the withdrawal from ...

DAHANEH, Afghanistan (AP) — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday, the launch of a new operation to uproot ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The 9/11 attacks inspired one Kansas veteran to serve his country. He joined the Marines and ended up doing tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Wichita native Derek Agosto lost an ...

Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan War but later became a sharp critic of the Biden administration over its chaotic withdrawal from that conflict, ...

KABUL (Reuters) - About 300 U.S. Marines will be sent to Afghanistan's Helmand province to assist Afghan security forces battling Taliban insurgents in intelligence and logistics matters, the unit's ...