NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." This is the first installment ...

In Fallujah, US troops are engaged in the battle Secretary Rumsfeld says will -tip- Iraqi opinion toward democracy once and for all. But while the US wants an Iraqi face on the action, Iraqi troops ...

When Mike Tabura shipped off to Iraq in 2004 with the Marines, he called his wife to announce his safe arrival. She told him: “I’m pregnant!” Tabura was 26 and soon deployed for Operation Phantom Fury ...

President Bush unleashed the U.S. Marines in Fallujah and Don Rumsfeld at the Pentagon within days of securing a second term. A campaign season of playing it safe on Iraq makes way now for a concerted ...

NAYMIYAH, Iraq (AP) — After securing the southern edge of militant-held Fallujah, seven battalions of Iraqi special forces units have been unable to advance for two days — a delay that commanders say ...

WASHINGTON – So the latest battle for Fallujah has begun. It was, in fact, in its 10th day last weekend. This time, it looked considerably better for America’s “interests” in the region, as Iraqi ...

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq -- U.S. troops powered their way into the center of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Tuesday, overwhelming small bands of guerrillas with massive force, searching homes ...

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq — The skies over Fallujah are so crowded with U.S. military aircraft that they are layered in stacks above the city, from low-flying helicopters and swooping attack jets to a ...

Mike Tabura was about to fight in one of America's bloodiest battles when he arrived in Iraq and his wife shared an update of her own When Mike Tabura shipped off to Iraq in 2004 with the Marines, he ...