Nine months after the fatal Fort Hood shooting, the nation’s largest Army post continues to be strained by more than 10,000 mental health evaluations, referrals or therapy sessions held every month.

Air base expansion plans reflect long-term investment in Afghanistan

Three $100 million air base expansions in southern and northern Afghanistan illustrate Pentagon plans to continue building multimillion-dollar facilities in that country to support increased U.S. military operations well into the future.

4 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan fighting

KABUL, Afghanistan — Four U.S. troops were killed in fighting in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and a former guerrilla leader who battled Soviet invaders decades ago was killed by a roadside bomb in the country’s north.

Benefits for military caretakers divides haves, have nots among vets

Families were changed forever by injuries suffered while Army veterans served their country. But not all of them would likely qualify for all the benefits provided for veterans’ caregivers under a new law that favors service members injured on or after Sept. 11, 2001.

The inequity is angering many veterans locally and nationally.

Taliban birthplace next target for U.S. troops

HOWZ-E-MADAD, Afghanistan — As Army Lt. Col. Peter N. Benchoff prepares for an assault next month into the birthplace of the Taliban, he doesn’t sugarcoat the hurdles his troops face in this crucial swath of southern Afghanistan.

Thousands strain Fort Hood’s mental health system

FORT HOOD, Texas — Nine months after an Army psychiatrist was charged with fatally shooting 13 soldiers and wounding 30, the nation’s largest Army post can measure the toll of war in the more than 10,000 mental health evaluations, referrals or therapy sessions held every month.

Judge: Terror Suspect Wasn’t Tortured

An Army interrogator’s tale of gang rape in an American prison didn’t coerce Canadian captive Omar Khadr to confess to anything while he was held as a teen terror suspect in Afghanistan, a military commissions judge said in a Guantanamo war court ruling made public Friday.

U.S. military continuing supply runs to flooded Pakistan valley

U.S. troops continue to rush supplies and help evacuate some of the estimated 20 million flood victims in Pakistan, but much remains to be done, according to a top military official coordinating the effort.

X2 prosthetic leg now offered to older veterans

WASHINGTON — Vietnam veteran John Loosen has been walking with a prosthetic leg for nearly 40 years, but this week was the first time he could step backward or comfortably shift weight from side to side.

Thais to Extradite ‘Merchant of Death’ to US

BANGKOK — A Thai appeals court ruled Friday to extradite suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout to the United States, effectively ending a more than decade-long chase for the man dubbed “The Merchant of Death.”