Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Today is the anniversary of D-Day. Sixty eight years later, we remember the allied troops that stormed the beach of Normandy. (PHOTOS: AP)

That’s Supreme Commander (and later President) Dwight Eisenhower in the photo above visiting with paratroopers.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Run we did, huffing and puffing under helmets and heavy body armor, a group of over-aged pretend soldiers—actually, just reporters—trying to understand a war that barely seems to exist most of the time. Until all of a sudden it does, rocketing in from nowhere. Michael Hirsh’s latest dispact from Afghanistan. Hirsh is on the ground from May 5 to 11, reporting on the beginning of the end of U.S. presence. Read the coverage here.
Monday, May 7, 2012
We have, I think, pretty clear evidence that the momentum has been reversed, that the surge has accomplished a great deal,” Allen said. “My sound bite is, we’re being successful.

Dispatches from Afghanistan

Thursday, May 3, 2012 Monday, April 16, 2012
Photo of the Day:
A soldier, part of the NATO forces, carries a sniffing dog after a gun battle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 16, 2012. A brazen, 18-hour Taliban attack on the Afghan capital ended early Monday when insurgents who had holed up overnight in two buildings were overcome by heavy gunfire from Afghan-led forces and pre-dawn air assaults from U.S.-led coalition helicopters. PHOTO: AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq

Photo of the Day:

A soldier, part of the NATO forces, carries a sniffing dog after a gun battle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 16, 2012. A brazen, 18-hour Taliban attack on the Afghan capital ended early Monday when insurgents who had holed up overnight in two buildings were overcome by heavy gunfire from Afghan-led forces and pre-dawn air assaults from U.S.-led coalition helicopters. PHOTO: AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq

Friday, January 13, 2012
January 14, 2012 issue of National Journal
Transformer: A quiet medical revolution is changing how we heal our troops — and ourselves. By Yochi J. Dreazen

January 14, 2012 issue of National Journal

Transformer: A quiet medical revolution is changing how we heal our troops — and ourselves. By Yochi J. Dreazen