Taliban insurgents melt away in the face of overwhelming force. CHANGOWLAK, Afghanistan Dec. 7, 2009— -- An offensive by U.S. Marines easily took the Taliban town of Now Zad today, killed 25 ...

QUANTICO, Va. – Former Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David McGrath hadn’t seen the vehicle he was blown up in years ago in Afghanistan until recently at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. But here he ...

* Marines' goal: Talk a little more, shoot a little less * Lessons of Iraq's Anbar applied in Afghanistan's Helmand By Peter Graff DESERT OF DEATH, Afghanistan, June 28 (Reuters) - After five years ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Up to 20,000 U.S. Marines could be deployed in Afghanistan as part of a planned major troop build-up to battle worsening insurgent violence, the top U.S. Marine officer said on ...

NORCO, Calif. (KABC) -- An emotional tribute was held in Norco Friday night to honor the 13 U.S. service members who were killed in Afghanistan one year ago, including three from Southern California.

On May 10, 21-year-old Cpl. Kurt S. Shea of Frederick, Md., died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province. The incident surrounding his death is under investigation. He deployed to ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but still short on ...

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 ...

About 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan in an effort to boost combat troop levels and get ready for an expected Taliban offensive this spring, military officials said Monday ...

The outgoing commandant of the Marine Corps on Tuesday predicted that Marines will be fighting in Afghanistan well after the July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing U.S. troops. “Though I certainly ...

The future of the U.S. Marine Corps once its Afghanistan mission has wound down is unclear—but the corps' top officer sees it in the Pacific, The Wall Street Journal reports. It was there, during ...

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 ...