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The Obama administration is forging ahead with its civilian surge in Afghanistan but some experts say thousands more are needed while others fear the security situation is making the push ineffective.
E-mails between a U.S. Army officer and a radical Muslim cleric didn't worry investigators, they said, because nothing seemed to presage violence. But elsewhere online, the imam urged violence.
Family and friends of U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Lewis were joined by members of the Terrell community for a final farewell at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church on Saturday afternoon. The funeral was followed by full military honors at Highland Memorial Gardens.
KABUL -- Days after President Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin deploying to southern Afghanistan to renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that stalled earlier this year amid a troop shortage and political pressure from the Afghan gov...
The body of US Army Spc. Joseph Lewis arrives at Majors Field in Greenville on Wednesday. The route from Majors Airfield in Greenville to Terrell was lined with flags and well-wishers for the second time this month as citizens paid respect to Army Spc. Joseph Lewis.
Majors Airfield in Greenville will again prepare to welcome home a hero Wednesday with the arrival of U.S. Army Spc. Joseph M. Lewis, 26, who was killed Nov. 17 while serving in Afghanistan. The flight is slated to land 11:40 a.m. with arrival in Terrell around 1 p.m.
DESLOGE — City officials, friends and veterans gathered with the Deason family Wednesday afternoon to dedicate the new basketball court in the Desloge City Park. The court was renovated in honor of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Deason, Desloge, who was killed in Iraq on Aug. 31, 2006.
DESLOGE — Desloge has a new red, white and blue basketball court in the city park. The court was renovated in honor of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Deason, 28, Desloge, who was killed in Iraq on Aug. 31, 2006. City Administrator Greg Camp said the free floating surface has already been installed and he thought the new goal would be installed on Thursday.
When the improvised bomb exploded in a mud-walled compound about 300 yards from a new traffic checkpoint, the six Afghan police officers at the post just looked at one another.
CONNIE PLETL N. TOPSAIL BEACH – The eroding areas at the end of Topsail Island will get a welcome gift of sand from the US Army Corps of Engineers.
As many as 9,000 additional U.S. Marines shortly are expected to renew an assault on Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan, authorities said.
Ten recipients were honored Nov. 15 at a Chapel of Four Chaplains Legion of Honor Awards Ceremony at the Holiday Inn West in Mechanicsburg.
They were part of a fitting event being held only days after Veterans Day because each and every one of them is a veteran of World War II.
Thanksgiving holiday plans didn’t deter the community from turning out to welcome one of their own this week.
KOLK, Afghanistan — When the improvised bomb exploded in a mud-walled compound about 300 yards from a new traffic checkpoint, the six Afghan police officers at the post just looked at one another.
Lonnie Tuma June 14, 1948-Nov. 23, 2009 Age: 61 Residence: Greeley Lonnie Ray Tuma, 61, of Greeley died Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in the Hospice Inpatient Unit at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born June 14, 1948, in Alliance, Neb., to Jack and Beulah (Fisher) Tuma. The family moved to Wellington, Colo., during his early years where Lonnie attended school, graduating from Fort ...
