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The Army is investigating the death of Spc. Hilda I. Clayton, 22, a combat camera specialist who died in during an Afghan National Army training exercise in Qaraghahi, Afghanistan on July 2. -
The Army is investigating the death of Sgt. Justin R. Rogers, 25, who lost his life in a "non-combat related incident" on June 28 in Bagram, Afghanistan. -
U.S. troops deployed to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan this week held the first Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender Pride event to be observed in a deployed environment. -
Army Spc. Javier Sanchez Jr., 28, of Greenfield, California, died June 23 in Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his unit with a homemade bomb. -
Marine Cpl. Joey Logan, who went to boot camp at MCRD San Diego, lost his life in an Afghanistan helicopter crash in January 2012. His parents are planning to build a refuge for returning veterans in Montana, to honor their son's memory. -
Army Sgt. Justin R. Johnson, 25, Spc. Ember M. Alt, 21, Spc. Robert W. Ellis, 21, and Spc. William R. Moody, 30, were all killed June 18 when the Taliban attacked Bagram Air Base with mortar fire. -
The Taliban has offered to exchange U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been a POW since 2009, for five detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay. -
Four U.S. service members were killed Tuesday by indirect fire, possibly by a rocket, near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The deaths occurred the same day NATO officially handed responsibility for the country's security over to the Afghan army. -
The latest suicide statistics from the Department of Defense show 52 percent of troops who took their own lives between 2008 and 2011 were never deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Roughly 34 percent who committed suicide were deployed, but didn't see combat. -
Quadruple amputee Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, who lost all four limbs in an Afghan IED blast, gave advice to a Boston Marathon bomb blast survivor during a recent visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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