Pentagon report reveals military leaders knew about IED dangers prior to war. Dec. 9, 2008— -- WASHINGTON — Military leaders knew the dangers posed by roadside bombs before the start of the Iraq ...

Second of two parts. Find part one here. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes editions Nov. 25, 2009. It is republished unedited in its original form. Wardak province, Afghanistan — In ...

You knew we were in trouble when roadside bombs became “improvised explosive devices” early in the Iraq war. IEDs have gotten so bad that the Army is planning an OCP TECD next week. That’s an Occupant ...

At an undisclosed location in Iraq, an AH-64 Apache helicopter provides close-air support for a resupply convoy in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve on Nov. 27, 2017.

In Iraq, the two most ubiquitous weapons were not the kind that the Americans trained against, or to use. The U.S. military that invaded Iraq in 2003 was built to fight a Soviet-like, near-peer ...

‘‘As we’ve improved our armor, the enemy’s improved his IEDs. They’re bigger, and with better detonating mechanisms,’’ said Maj. Randall Simmons, whose Georgia National Guard unit escorts convoys in ...

NORTHERN IRAQ (Reuters) - Weighed down by a giant protective suit, the Kurdish fighter cautiously approached a pick-up truck to defuse the bomb concealed inside by Islamic State militants. The tension ...

Crusty old reporters like to complain that the Internet, Twitter, memes, GIFs, and whatever are ruining journalism and America. But when you look back at, say, the invasion of Iraq, it's hard not to ...

From the Publisher: Dealing with war in any context is always a difficult, and often problematic venture. In I.E.D., acclaimed photographer David Levinthal uses toy soldiers and plastic Humvees to ...

The movie is Mendoza and his fellow soldiers’ detailed recreation of a real-life 2006 Iraq War mission gone wrong Mendoza tells PEOPLE that the movie was a chance to honor his comrade and friend ...