Top Marine: Troops under too much strain
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The new head of the Marine Corps said Wednesday that the longer than anticipated pace of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is putting an unacceptable strain on his troops. Gen. James Conway said the service is unable to meet its goal of giving Marines twice as much time at home as in a war zone. Some units are serving their fourth tours in Iraq, and the strain on families has raised concern that Marines will start leaving the service, he told reporters.
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Insurgent attacks have risen in western Iraq but Iraqi troops are beginning to take responsibility for a bigger area of Iraq's most troubled province, the top Marine commander in Iraq said Wednesday.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The outgoing commander of US Marines in Iraq said yesterday that he disagreed with the order that sent his troops to invade the restive city of Fallujah in early April and with the decision to halt the attack days later, when he believed they were within days of victory.
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A 'breakdown in discipline' among reservists in Iraq raises troubling questions
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The U.S. Army is showing growing   signs of strain as it tries to sustain troop levels in Iraq and   Afghanistan, including stress on soldiers, lower unit   readiness, equipment shortfalls and money worries.
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Â· New demands on troops put pressure on projectsÂ· MoD denies combat training is being cut
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The lithium battery company was hit hard by concerns about its military business.
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The pressure on Britain's military to meet its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq has battered morale and spurred experienced officers to leave, a high-profile group of lawmakers warned on Monday.
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The military health-care system canât keep pace with the flood of battlefield casualties. Max Cleland--Vietnam vet, triple amputee, and former U.S. senator--on the roots of the crisis, and what needs to be done.
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Through the scattered towns and along the dangerous roads of an area that one commander described as "kind of like the worst place in the world," U.S. Marines, British soldiers and Iraqi security forces are waging an offensive they say is vastly different from the urban warfare waged elsewhere in Iraq in recent weeks.
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Gen. David H. Petraeus declared that American troopsâ mission in Iraq is hard but not hopeless.
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They are highly trained, field-tested Marines, and like many in their number they have an unenviable task: to tell families that a loved one has been killed. But nothing could have prepared first Sgt. Timothy Shipman and the two Marines in his team for Carlos Arredondo's reaction.
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The strain of fighting a longer, bloodier war in Iraq than U.S. commanders originally foresaw brings forth a question that most would have dismissed only a year ago: Is the military in danger of running out of reserve troops?
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Army Sgt. Chris Tucker is a textbook case of the wear and tear of multiple deployments to Iraq and the strain this war has been on the men and women fighting it. He is also an example of a trend many in Congress and the military say leaves troops at greater risk in Iraq -- moving them away from their specialty to other duties.
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WASHINGTON - A US Marine being investigated for allegedly killing an unarmed, wounded Iraqi was acting under extreme combat stress, comrades said yesterday.
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Poorly armored vehicles are a major concern among US troops getting ready to go to Iraq. Wednesday in Kuwait, during a visit with troops waiting for orders, one soldier caught Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
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The head of the British Army has warned that his soldiers are 'just' about coping with demands placed on them.