Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced on Thursday that a future amphibious assault ship will be named USS Helmand Province where 366 Marines were killed by hostile fire and nearly 5,000 more were ...

WASHINGTON — The next America-class amphibious assault ship will be named after the Helmand province campaign during America’s 20-year conflict in Afghanistan, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced ...

Marines investigate a possible improvised explosive device while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010. (Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde/Marine Corps) The Navy will name its ...

"Nightline" visits soldiers battling for local favor in violent Afghan province. MIAN POSHETH, Afghanistan May 31, 2010 — -- Southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, is the opium capital of the ...

Size of Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan. Population: more than 1 million. See map. Number of Marines in Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment at Combat Outpost Sharp at any given time.

Offensive aims to "cut off enemy supply and communications lines." NOW ZAD, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009 — -- Marines are trying to make good on President Obama's promise to "reverse Taliban ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has named the next America-class big deck amphibious warship after the Helmand province campaign in Afghanistan. “In keeping with naval ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Security has improved in some areas of Afghanistan's violent Helmand province where U.S. Marines have taken over from British troops, the provincial governor said Wednesday. British ...

As the sun rises U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl Brenden Kempton provides security at an observation post during a patrol in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan, June 1, 2011. Kempton is with the 2nd Light Armored ...

(Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a British soldier in southern Afghanistan, the military said on Friday, as defense officials in London said they may need to deploy even more troops in the fight ...