Skip navigation
Image: Soldiers fire mortars
Troops hone artillery skills to cut Afghan deaths
Soldiers headed for Afghanistan are getting new training on when to use high-powered weapons as the U.S. looks to reduce civilian deaths.   Full story
Mark Humphrey / AP file
advertisement


advertisement | your ad here
  ‘Nightly News’: Medal of Honor profiles
  Sam Davis: The real Forrest Gump
  Vet's message of hope
  A gift to the injured
  Jason Dunham: Ultimate sacrifice in Iraq
  Posthumous Medal of Honor
  Vernon Baker: 'Good soldier' gets his due
  Ted Rubin: From concentration camp to Korea
  Military analysis
Jacobs: Failure and tragedy at Fort Hood
Jacobs: Media winning fight with the White House
Jacobs: Whither Pakistan?
Jacobs: Obama gets the prize
Jacobs: A week in review
Jacobs: How not to make policy
Jacobs: Decision time on Afghanistan
Jacobs: The truth about politicians
Jacobs: The AP loses its way
Jacobs: My Lai Massacre - time heals all wounds
  Charity Begins at War

Part 1
From executive suite to slums of Baghdad
Tom’s journal: Called back to Army — ‘no joke’
Part 2
Training turns into ‘hurry up and wait’
Tom’s journal: Preparing for ‘very dangerous job’
Part 3
Venturing ‘outside the wire’ in Baghdad
Tom’s journal: ‘ThunderCat6’ gets his bearings
Part 4
In the end, it all comes back to garbage
Tom’s journal: 'I was minding my own business'
Part 5
Officer’s philanthropic spirit survives
Tom’s journal: Charitable work continues
Update, reader reaction
And NBC Nightly News profiles Tom's work

Video: Military news
Lewis Millett, Medal of Honor winner, dies
Nov. 16: Medal of Honor recipient Lewis Millett, a retired colonel who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, died Monday. He was 88. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Schwarzenegger wows troops in Iraq
Afghanistan creates financial burden
Fallen Marine left touching video diary
U.S. pressures Karzai over corruption
advertisement | your ad here
  Laid to rest at Arlington
A flag decorates a grave during Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington
Reuters
NBC's John Rutherford pays tribute to the men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  Fact file
How big’s a division? What’s a battalion?
  The Long Haul
The Associated Press examines the lengthy deployment of the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard:

Part I: Long haul in Iraq is just the start
Part II: Welcome to Iraq, and a long separation
Part III: A funeral and a birth

  Special report: Military families
John Brecher msnbc.com

Sponsored links

Resource guide