AFIS News Stories

Servicemembers and their spouses are flocking to a broad array of programs to help them strengthen their family relationships as the services step up efforts to curb divorce rates.

A revised Defense Department acquisition policy aims to reduce delays and cost overruns to maximize the warfighting effort and be "good stewards of the taxpayers' dollars," a senior official said.

The new U.S.-Iraq security pact approved by Iraqi lawmakers Nov. 27 was ratified by Iraq's Presidency Council. Senior U.S. officials said they welcomed the actions and would begin immediately to implement them with their Iraqi partners.

Department of Defense education officials are urging students, parents and administrators to nominate science and mathematics teachers for a prestigious presidential award.

Coalition forces dealt a heavy blow to al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist networks during multiple operations throughout Iraq, killing four terrorists and detaining 33 suspects.

Coalition forces killed two armed Taliban militants and detained three others during an operation to disrupt the foreign-fighter and roadside-bomb networks in eastern Afghanistan.

Children helped celebrate the opening of a school in Baghdad's Ghazaliya district, which recently has become a thriving neighborhood.

A soldier who trains as a boxer is dedicated to doing a good job in and out of the ring -- and hopes to prove he's no longer a street fighter.

Zabul province's reconstruction team has installed 90 solar lights to improve commerce and security.

The wife of a combat pilot whose remains were identified through Defense Department efforts 36 years after he was shot down plans to tell her story.

A new National Guard database that will track personnel injured by blasts could improve long-term medical treatment for servicemembers in all branches, and boost research into traumatic brain injury and other health issues.

Former soldier and country music star Craig Morgan can relate to the veterans he meets. That's why he's offering troops a free download of his song "Let Me Take You Home."

While Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will stay in office in President-elect Barack Obama's administration, other Bush administration political appointees will move on.

U.S. officials share the concerns of some 100 countries that gathered in Norway Dec. 3 to sign a treaty banning cluster bombs, but the United States opted not to sign the treaty.

With the help of mentors from several countries and all the services, the 205th Corps of the Afghan National Army can plan and execute operations.

Coalition and Iraqi security forces seized multiple weapons caches in Iraq in their ongoing effort to remove weapons from insurgents, military officials reported.

Violence in Iraq is at an all-time low since the beginning of the war, but challenges remain as a result of the improved security situation, the commander of coalition ground forces said.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with Pakistani officials in Islamabad to thank them for their willingness to work with Indian authorities as they investigate recent terror attacks in Mumbai, India.

A 22-year-old U.S. Army sergeant, wounded during a deployment to Afghanistan, said that his injury and the journey to recovery have taught him an important lesson about life.

Afghan and coalition troops detained three militants in Afghanistan's westernmost province, a day after troops killed 10 and detained four others in separate battles with insurgents, military officials reported.