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 ...

FALLUJAH, IRAQ — In 2004 and 2005, the Iraqi city of Fallujah was a killing field. Al Qaeda dominated the streets. Insurgent snipers sought to pick off U.S. Marines on patrol. Some of the fiercest ...

Will Walsh got to know the Iraqi city of Fallujah while running across its bridges in the middle of the night, under fire, looking for IEDs. That was nearly 10 years ago. Last weekend, the former Army ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The painting, “Operation Phantom Fury — Fallujah 2004,” is intended to capture the uncertainty of urban combat. A new painting at ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Led by one of Saddam Hussein's generals, Iraqi troops replaced U.S. Marines on Friday and raised the Iraqi flag at the entrance to Fallujah under a plan to end the monthlong siege of ...

Marines say the restive Sunni Triangle, including Fallujah, is a particularly nettlesome environment for the development projects meant to win over Iraq's people. Following an aborted Marine attack in ...

“We can roll them up and finish this in a day.” It was April of 2004 and a combined Marine-Army force had fought its way into Fallujah, a major city in Anbar province as well as a stronghold of an ...

In other violence, an American soldier was reported killed by a bomb Saturday, and the U.S. military said four Marines died in separate incidents Friday. A statement said the Marines were involved in ...