Afghanistan

Army Staff Sgt. Joshua J. Bowden, 28, died August 31, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. He was killed when enemy forces attacked his unit with gunfire while he was on dismounted patrol.

Labor Day is usually a bonanza for tennis fans, with the U.S. Open showcasing the sport's greatest players in a full day of action. Unfortunately this year, Mother Nature hasn't been playing along, and most of the games have been rain delayed. But such hurdles are water off a duck's back for Navy Corpsman Angelo Anderson, one of the tournament's ballpersons, and the survivor of once-incapacitating injuries suffered in Afghanistan.

Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis, 24, died August 28, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The young soldier was killed when insurgents attacked his unit with what the Department of Defense reports as "an improvised explosive device, small arms and indirect fire."

Army Sgt. 1st Class Ricardo D. Young, 34, died August 28 in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Young was killed when insurgents attacked his unit with gunfire.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jason Togi, 24, of American Samoa, was killed August 26 in Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with a homemade bomb.

The F-16C crash that killed pilot Capt. James Michael Steel on April 3, 2013 in Afghanistan was caused by his failure to "perceive mountainous terrain in his flight path," according to a new report by the U.S. Air Force.

California Governor Jerry Brown ordered all flags over the State Capitol lowered today in honor of Army Spc. Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria. Alvarez was killed August 23 in Afghanistan.

Navy corpsman Angelo Anderson was never much of a tennis fan, but he'll be running among the game's greatest players over the next two weeks as he serves as a ballperson for the U.S. Open. Anderson survived bone-shattering bullet wounds while serving in Afghanistan, and is now able to walk - and run - with enough skill to beat out 500 applicants for the ballperson job.

Army Spc. Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria, California was killed August 23 in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan. Alvarez and Army Pvt. Jonathon Michael Dean Hostetter, 20, of Missouri, were both killed when the enemy attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.

President Barack Obama today will award Army Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter the Medal of Honor at a special White House ceremony. Home Post will live stream the event, which begins at 11:10 a.m. PDT.