Funeral set for N.C. guardsman killed in Iraq
A funeral will be held this week for a North Carolina National Guard soldier who was one of four killed last week by an improvised explosive in Iraq.
4 N.C. Guardsmen die in explosion in Iraq
Four National Guard soldiers were killed in Baghdad on the last day of regular combat operations for U.S. forces in Iraqi cities, the military said Thursday.
Army had taken weapon from suspect
A Navy commander from Wilmington is one of five who died in a shooting on a U.S. base in Iraq on Monday. The U.S. military on Tuesday charged a 44-year-old Army sergeant in connection with the deaths.
Iraq's army struggles to stand
Iraq's security forces, despite significant improvements, remain hobbled by shortages of men and equipment, by bureaucracy, corruption, political interference and security breaches.
Informants accuse Blackwater
A defense contractor charged with trying to smuggle firearms out of Iraq claimed Blackwater guards asked him to help get rid of weapons after a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, two government informants say in court documents.
The Iraq war winds down, but Guard families march on
Spc. Jobel Barbosa had spent the past hour with his family in a parking lot after a public ceremony marking his unit's deployment to a war that's coming to an end. It was time to go.
Violent war video game dumped by publisher
A Raleigh company's plans for a video game featuring one of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq war have been exploded by a barrage of criticism.
Tears flow as soldiers prepare to depart for Iraq
Adults wiped their eyes solemnly during Tuesday's two-hour deployment ceremony for nearly 4,000 members of the N.C. National Guard headed to Iraq.
A hero is bound by war's stress
As 4,000 N.C. National Guard soldiers bid farewell today for their second tour in Iraq, they head out without Chad Stephens, one of the brigade's most honored platoon sergeants.
Marine's death in Iraq under investigation
The military says a Marine from East Tennessee has died in a non-hostile incident in Iraq.
Biden makes a special delivery
Vice President Joe Biden welcomed home from Iraq 900 members of the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg on Wednesday.
N.C. Guard troops prepare for Iraq
The Army's National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., is home to roughly 1,700 players in 13 mock villages. This month, they were challenging about 4,000 soldiers with the N.C. Army National Guard's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
Car bomb kills 8 in Baghdad as Obama heads to Iraq
A car bomb ripped through the Shiite district of Kadhemiyah on Tuesday, killing eight people and wounding 20 a day after a string of bombings left 32 dead and more than 130 wounded in the Iraqi capital.
U.S. soldiers in Iraq cheer Obama
President Barack Obama went for the defining television shot in Iraq and got it -- pictures of hundreds of U.S. troops cheering wildly as he told them it was time for the Iraqis to take charge of their own future.
Bragg general is home from Iraq
Fort Bragg's commanding general came home Sunday after a 15-month deployment in which he was in charge of ground forces in Iraq.
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