Army Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea, 33, died May 15 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. According to the Department of Defense, Rhea drowned while attempting to cross a body of water during combat operations.
No other details on Rhea's death have been released.
Rhea was from Oakley, Kansas. He was assigned to the 603rd Military Police Company, 530th Military Police Battalion, 300th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command in ...
The more Traumatic Brain Injuries suffered by a service member, the higher his or her risk of suicide, according to a new study by the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah.
Researchers looked at a survey of 161 service members who served in the Iraq War. They found that troops' risk of suicidal thoughts jumped with the number of TBIs they suffered - and that risk increased ...
A car bomb attack today near the Afghan capital of Kabul killed two U.S. troops and four American civilian defense contractors.
The Associated Press reports the suicide attack also killed nine Afghan civilians. Two of the Afghans killed were children.
The Virginia-based contractor DynCorp International released a statement saying four of its employees working on the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan program died in the attack, and three other ...
The USS Peleliu, USS Green Bay, and USS Rushmore - all part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group - returned to homeport Naval Base San Diego this morning, completing an eight-month deployment to the Middle East.
The deployment was memorable for many reasons, including the Peleliu's salute to the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting. As Home Post previously reported, crew of the Peleliu planned a special memorial field day ...
Three United States service members were killed today in Kandahar province, Afghanistan when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
NATO spokesman Col. Thomas Collins told The Associated Press that the three Americans killed were part of a NATO convoy on patrol:
"The convoy struck an IED (improvised explosive devise) in Zhari district this afternoon."
Several other service members were injured in the attack, although Collins could not give exact numbers.
It's been eight long months, but today the families of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit will get to see their loved ones again, as the Marines return home to Camp Pendleton.
Roughly 2,400 Marines and Sailors make up the the 15th MEU.
The 15th MEU was deployed with the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group. The ships from the Peleliu ARG are slated to return to San Diego on Tuesday ...
Ever since canine post-traumatic stress disorder became an accepted diagnosis for some military working dogs, veterinarians have been trying to figure out how to treat it.
Military veterinarian Maj. Andrew McGraw uses a combination of anti-anxiety medication and desensitization therapy - similar treatment to what humans with PTSD receive.
Army dog handler Sgt. Jon Silvey, based at Fort Carson in Colorado, brought his MWD Turbo to McGraw for help. Denver television ...
The 170 military mothers who were guests at the White House Mother's Day tea Thursday were treated to a surprise visitor - Prince Harry of Great Britain.
The Armed Forces Press Service reported that at the beginning of the event, Prince Harry had been in the State Dining Room, helping several dozen military children make gifts for their moms. His unexpected appearance later in the East Room, where the Mother ...
A military working dog named Cpl. Tick was killed on May 14, 2012 in an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan. Cpl Tick's handler, Lance Cpl. Bryan Utrilla, will honor her on the one-year anniversary of her death by placing her dog tags on the Camp Pendleton cross memorial.
Utrilla wrote an email to the blog Battle Rattle, calling Cpl. Tick, a two-year-old black lab, a beloved friend who ...
A Marine Corps investigation found Lance Cpl. John Cagle, 19, was killed in September 2011 when the hydraulic seat in his Light Armored Vehicle malfunctioned and crushed his throat, according to documents obtained by the Marine Corps Times.
Those documents show Cagle was found with a “deep indentation, one inch by one inch, on the back of his neck.” Cagle, deployed in Afghanistan, had been in the process of conducting ...
The Pentagon has identified the five U.S. soldiers killed May 4 when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device attack.
The fallen soldiers are:
-1st Lt. Brandon J. Landrum, 26, of Lawton, Oklahoma
-Staff Sgt. Francis G. Phillips IV, 28, of Meridian, New York
-Spc. Kevin Cardoza, 19, of Mercedes, Texas,
-Spc. Thomas P. Murach, 22, of Meridian, Idaho
-Spc. Brandon J. Prescott, 24, of Bend, Oregon
All five ...
Two Marines based at Camp Lejeune, Staff Sgt. Eric D. Christian, 39, of Warwick, N.Y., and Cpl. David M. Sonka, 23, of Parker, Colorado, were killed May 4 in an insider attack. Killed alongside them was Sonka's military working dog, Flex.
The Department of Defense reports the two Marines were assigned to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion at Camp Lejeune.
According to a casualty report by the NATO ...
Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Simpson, 30, died May 1 in Landstuhl, Germany of wounds he suffered in an April 27 improvised explosive device attack in Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense reports Simpson was a Green Beret assigned to the 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.
Michael's widow, Krista Simpson, told the Tacoma News-Tribune her husband was a "badass" who was also ...
Air Force Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale and Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield were killed along with Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, of Colorado Springs, Colorado when their plane crashed in Kyrgyzstan on May 3, according to the Department of Defense.
All three airmen were assigned to the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state.
National Air Cargo company officials have identified seven employees who were killed Monday when their cargo plane crashed soon after takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.
Associated Press has named those killed as:
-Jamie Brokaw, 33, of Monroe, Michigan
-Gary Stockdale, 51, of Romulus, Michigan
-Brad Hasler, 34, of Trenton, Michigan
-Jeremy Lipka, 37, of Brooklyn, Michigan
-Rinku Summan, 32, of Canton, Michigan
-Michael Sheets, 36, of Ypsilanti, Michigan
-Timothy ...
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