A bid by the Marine Corps to take responsibility for the primary U.S. military mission in Afghanistan is generating a heated debate inside and outside the Pentagon, with some senior officers arguing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250 Marines serving as trainers for the Afghan security forces to stay on the warfront almost a month longer to continue a mission that military ...

A Marine based at Camp Lejeune has died from injuries suffered while fighting in Afghanistan, the military said. Officials said Wednesday that 31-year-old Capt. Garrett T. Lawton of Kanawha, W. Va., ...

WASHINGTON -- Marines now aboard assault ships in the Arabian Sea are likely to be sent into Afghanistan, possibly this week, to join Army special operations troops already there, a senior U.S.

The Marines are known as the theater task force, meaning they fall under the direct control of U.S. Gen. Dan McNeill, the commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan. McNeill can move the Marines to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marines are putting America’s longest war behind them. They are pulling up stakes in the patch of Afghan desert known as Helmand province, where 378 Marines were killed and ...

In my last column, I told you about Marine Lance Cpl. Nick Mitchel and how, in 2010, he shipped with his infantry unit to Afghanistan with dreams of earning the coveted Combat Action Ribbon. He wanted ...

KABUL -- U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge Tuesday night.

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 ...