American Forces News Service

Under clear blue skies, beneath the spires of the U.S. Air Force Memorial, military aviators gathered here to pay homage to the achievements of the first women to fly military aircraft during World War II.

Coalition forces captured two militant commanders along with several other insurgents in separate raids.

Increasing global threats such as those to computer networks and growing hostilities from Iran are prompting more NATO expeditionary operations.

Getting more NATO military trainers into Afghanistan is a top priority, the commander of the alliance's military forces told a Senate panel.

The hospital ship USNS Comfort will leave Haiti, as U.S. Southern Command officials have determined its crew has completed its humanitarian relief mission in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation.

U.S. military units in Iraq and Afghanistan advising host-nation security forces can still project combat power, Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The U.S.-led Africa Partnership Station is designed to support and strengthen regional capabilities and building comprehensive maritime security in Africa.

The citizens of Now Zad, Afghanistan, once the second-largest city in Helmand province, are eager to return home after U.S.-Afghan-coalition military efforts have chased out the Taliban.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' visits in Afghanistan with Marines at Now Zad and with soldiers at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Kandahar have reinforced his belief that the new Afghanistan strategy is working.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is visiting Afghanistan to get the "ground truth" directly from U.S. servicemembers and was reminded of the cost of the war.

Servicemembers who work in the uniform shop of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover Air Force Base, Del., prepare the uniforms that will clothe fallen warriors' remains.

An Air Force expeditionary medical support team from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, will arrive in Chile to help people impacted by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the nation Feb. 27.

Army Sgt. C.J. Rueda, a Filipino-American soldier, is part of the U.S. military task force charged with training Philippine counterterrorism forces and providing humanitarian assistance.

A group of Marines tested a U.S. Joint Forces Command interactive training simulation program during a demonstration held at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The Military Health System has launched a new Health.mil Web site that provides a single point of entry to military health news, information and resources.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met at the presidential palace in Kabul to discuss the challenges still facing Afghanistan and the increasing opportunities in the country.

Iraqi police arrested three suspected terrorists during a combined security operation targeting a man believed to be assisting al-Qaida in Iraq in planning and carrying out attacks to deter voters from participating in national elections.

Afghan troops, assisted by coalition forces, cordoned and searched an insurgent supply route used to transport and harbor roadside bombs in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

Army Sgt. Benjamin Kirk Rudy takes on a pirate's persona and searches for treasure to keep his children happy while he's deployed to Afghanistan.

The mission of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover Air Force Base, Del., is to receive a fallen hero's remains, prepare them for burial, and care for and support the fallen hero's family.