Camp Leatherneck is a 1,600 acre United States Marine Corps base located in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade initially developed Camp Leatherneck in 2008 in preparation ...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — This forward operating base, “20 miles from nowhere,” may be the fastest-growing military installation in the world. In the six months since our Fox News team was ...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Marines have changed Helmand province dramatically and should be proud of the work they have done here, Commandant Gen. James Amos said Tuesday in a town hall meeting ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- It's a pullout 13 years in the making. U.S. Marines and the British Armed Forces have formally handed over control of one of the biggest military compounds in Afghanistan to ...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (AP) – For today’s drill, an instructor explains, the Taliban will be played by U.S. Marines, and the “village” will be just down from the driving practice loop. An ...

[Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles based on interviews with U.S. Marines while they were deployed in Afghanistan. The second piece will run in the June edition of SIGNAL.] Lance Cpl.

The Marines known as "America's Battalion" are in Afghanistan as part of the 21,000 additional forces President Obama is deploying in the administration's strategy to counter the Taliban insurgency.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Open-air burn pits at a U.S. Marine base in Afghanistan pose a health risk to the 13,500 military and civilian personnel there and are still in use despite the installation of ...

We know about D-Day, have read "Band of Brothers," watched "The Great Escape" and heard stories from our "Greatest Generation" relatives who served during World War II. But most Americans still can't ...

Thousands of Marines arrive in southern Afghanistan as part of so-called surge. CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, June 9, 2009— -- This vast tent city called Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province was ...

DRS Technical Services Incorporated, Herndon, Virginia, was recently awarded a $7 million contract to provide management, supervision, manpower, equipment and supplies necessary to provide ...

(AP) The Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack against a sprawling British base in southern Afghanistan that killed two U.S. Marines and wounded several other troops, saying it was ...