Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam had just assembled in the dark in front of a house in Fallujah, Iraq, when the Marines were ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A video game changed Peter Tamte's life. And forever altered his view of military service. In the early 2000s the U.S. Marine Corps recruited the developer to help design video training programs.

"Your life was constantly on the line," says Justin Rettenberger “I’ll never forget it,” says retired Marine Justin Rettenberger, 45, of his first day in Operation Vigilant Resolve in Iraq, in 2004 ...

Six Days In Fallujah is a first-person tactical military shooter based on true stories from the Second Battle for Fallujah in 2004. The Second Battle for Fallujah began in 2004 after Al Qaeda seized ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - A series of explosions and gunfire rocked Fallujah today in new fighting the day after a heavy battle in which U.S. warplanes and artillery pounded the city in a show of force ...

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov. 14 -- In every street of the city, there were insurgents, the lieutenant said. In every corner, they were waiting. The fighters would shoot at the Iraqi soldiers and then ...

BAGHDAD, Oct. 27 -- Local leaders in the insurgent-held city of Fallujah said Wednesday that they were continuing to negotiate with Iraq's interim government on a possible handover of the city to ...

“I’ll never forget it,” says retired Marine Justin Rettenberger, 45, of his first day in Operation Vigilant Resolve in Iraq, in 2004 Twenty-seven U.S. service members were killed in the April and May ...