A soldier whose dad taught him how to shoot in Wilkes County and who honed his skills during an Army career that has included three tours in Iraq has won the 2007 International Sniper Competition this ...

Army Staff Sgt. Jesse L. Williams of Santa Rosa was killed in Iraq by a single bullet fired by an enemy sniper, his father said Tuesday as plans for the soldier's return home and memorial service next ...

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho | With rockets exploding around him and the entry control point in complete chaos, a security forces Airman took decisive action to help quell the enemy threat and ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Midwest hotel chain has pulled CNN and CNN Headline News from its guest rooms and lobbies in response to the cable network's broadcast of an insurgent video showing Iraqi snipers ...

STEPHENVILLE, Tex. -- Eddie Ray Routh, the former Marine and Iraq War vet struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, was found guilty of capital murder Tuesday night in the shooting deaths of ...

In Iraq, U.S.-backed Iraqi and Kurdish forces pressed deeper into ISIS-held western Mosul over the weekend, leaving terrified residents to risk their lives fleeing to camps for the displaced. One ...

MISSOULA - U.S. Marine Jeremy Scott Sandvick Monroe, 20, of Darby died Sunday in Iraq, one of three Marines killed in action in the western province of Anbar. Monroe, a lance corporal with the 2/3 ...