The Fort Bragg sergeant charged in the death of a pregnant soldier was the father of her unborn baby but married to someone else police said Wednesday. July 30 14:34: 40NATS UP An army sergeant charged with in the death of a pregnant soldier made his first court appearance Wednesday. Edgar Patino...

President Barack Obama speaks to soldiers in Baghdad on a surprise stopover.

U.S. and Afghan soldiers linked up with Marines on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war. (Feb. 11)

U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.