CAMP PENDLETONCAMP PENDLETON — They began arriving at the crack of dawn. Marine Corps veterans, Gold Star families, active duty Marines and a film crew mingled in anticipation for what lay ahead as ...

Anthony Ortiz was serving with the U.S. Marine’s 3rd Battalion in the 5th Regiment of Sangin, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2010, when his security patrol vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

From the district-office roof, an Afghan Special Forces (ASF) team stared into the dark that had fallen over Sangin’s mud compounds. They were pulling overnight guard for a peace-and-reconciliation ...

Sangin was the deadliest district for the coalition in Afghanistan last year. SANGIN, Afghanistan — The cacophony of gunfire and bombing that dominated this southern river valley in the fall has ...

A peace deal reached in Sangin, Afghanistan could serve as a blueprint for other areas, provided the deal holds. Video courtesy of Reuters. Mark Cuban Doesn’t Want to Be President, He Wants a New ...

This story has been corrected. SANGIN, Afghanistan — From the air, Sangin district looks like two planets merged: One a seemingly lifeless landscape, the other an earthly oasis of green pastures and ...

Sangin, Afghanistan May 27, 2013: Sgt. Caleb Dye, left, and Sgt. Travis Eideh fly out of Forward Operating Base Jackson on a helicopter. The desert below, Sangin District, had become a symbol and a ...

In the midst of a fair amount of depressing news from Afghanistan (e.g., al-Qaeda backers get U.S. military contracts, U.S. cites “due process rights” as reason not to cancel), here’s a report from ...

SANGIN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Five months ago, when U.S. Marines took over this sandbagged outpost in Sangin, deep in southern Afghanistan's Taliban country, they were pounded by insurgent fire ...

SANGIN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - More than an hour into an Afghan-British patrol through the battle-scarred town of Sangin, the British captain is sucking on a sweet. He offers a candy to one of the ...

SANGIN, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines who recently inherited this lush river valley in southern Helmand province from British forces have tossed aside their predecessor's playbook in favor of a more ...