News from Official Outlets

A program headed by National Defense University works to match experiences and technologies to aid relief efforts for people suffering in areas ravaged by war, disaster or poverty.

The Army will activate its first company of native linguists-turned-soldiers to act as interpreters and translators, representing a new phase in the service's reinvigorated approach to foreign language.

The work of nearly 30 provincial reconstruction teams deployed in Iraq is paramount to achieving success in that country, President Bush said.

With the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut just nine days away, the National Museum of the Marine Corps unveiled a temporary exhibit in memory of the 238 U.S. Marines who were killed that day.

Determination and a bit of serendipity allowed a Marine and his soldier son to spend a rare three days together in Iraq.

After three months commanding Multinational Division Southeast in Iraq, British Marine Maj. Gen. Andy Salmon said he's struck by the progress of the Iraqi Army and Iraqi security forces.

The National Military Family Association has named three military members and two military spouses "Very important Patriots" in its annual volunteerism award.

Thanks to the efforts of a team of Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers, combat vehicles undergo a few structural changes at this forward operating base in Baghdad's Rashid district.

Nine linguists who make up the 4th Infantry Division's Media Monitoring Analysis Cell in Iraq are leading the effort to win the war on terror's information campaign.

While calling the recent killing of al-Qaida in Iraq's No. 2 operator "significant," a senior defense official emphasized today that succeeding against terrorists requires taking down cells rather than individuals.

Coalition forces killed the second-ranking commander of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid earlier this month, senior U.S. officials confirmed today.

President Bush said he will construe restrictions imposed in the fiscal 2009 defense budget "in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority and obligations of the president."

Coalition forces captured three suspects in a bomb-making ring in Afghanistan's eastern province of Ghazni and killed five Taliban fighters, including a subcommander in another operation.

The 109th Airlift Wing is preparing to begin its 20th year of Operation Deep Freeze, supporting the National Science Foundation in Antarctica.

More than 200 members of Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan and their Afghan National Army counterparts met recently to discuss plans to improve medical readiness.

The Army has launched an initiative to include soldiers' mental and emotional fitness, along with their physical form.

The United States will help the Iraqi government sustain the country's security gains, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said in an interview on Fox News Channel.

Coalition forces have passed control over the "Sons of Iraq" citizen security group program to the Iraqi government and army. As part of the transition, Sons of Iraq members will transfer into Iraqi security forces or technical specialty jobs.

President Bush signed the fiscal 2009 defense budget into law, authorizing a $512 billion base to support military readiness, as well as $66 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Coalition forces targeting al-Qaida in Iraq operatives in northern and central Iraq killed two enemy fighters and detained 13 terrorism suspects.