Author Archives: Angel

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Roy knows from experience that it’s tough on kids to start a new school — his 9-year-old twin boys have already moved seven times — and maybe even tougher on their … Continue reading →

The Air Force has joined forces with the Army in the latest standup of a new wing.The 502nd Air Base Wing was activated in a ceremony at Air Education and Training Command headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, on … Continue reading →

Airmen and friends have raised thousands of dollars for Airman 1st Class Colton Read, who lost his legs after a botched gallbladder surgery.Airmen in Read’s unit, the 9th Intelligence Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and across the service … Continue reading →

BATH, MAINE — Debra Dunham swung true with her silver bottle of champagne Saturday, cracking it against the bulbus sonar dome on the bow of the Navy destroyer that bears the name of her son. With its traditional alcoholic bath, … Continue reading →

BAGHDAD — The war in Iraq was truly an American-only effort Saturday after Britain and Australia, the last of its international partners, pulled out.Little attention was paid in Iraq to what effectively ended the so-called coalition of the willing, with … Continue reading →

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — As members of an elite group of Navajo Marines approach their 90s, they know there’s little time left to tell the story about how they used their native language to confound the Japanese during World War II.Their … Continue reading →

In the days before one of the fiercest battles in America’s eight-year war in Afghanistan, Army Capt. Benjamin Pry argued for more surveillance flights to help his beleaguered unit of fewer than 50 soldiers.Since moving into a new outpost July … Continue reading →

KABUL — Three American troops were killed Saturday when roadside bombs ripped through their patrol in southern Afghanistan, while a French soldier died in a gunbattle north of the capital, officials said.The U.S. troops were killed in the southern Kandahar … Continue reading →

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — The perimeter at Bagram Airfield is 11½ miles of meandering fence line and dirt-filled Hesco barriers topped by razor wire.Villages, agricultural fields, even derelict Soviet minefields are often no more than a stone’s throw away.Yet despite … Continue reading →

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Johnny is coming home.When Pat Graybill heard her 91-year-old father speak those words through the telephone, she allowed herself to imagine — if only for a split second.“To me, I still picture him as my older … Continue reading →