As a soldier in the British Army, Rogers Jean-Baptiste served proudly in Iraq. He volunteered for a second tour of duty and upon discharge he received an exemplary rating. Fast forward...His application for citizenship has been denied because he was not in the UK 5 years ago - he was fighting FOR the UK in Iraq! picked by bernardblack 1 month ago

A California mother who lost her son in the Iraq war gained a little piece of his heart. The Army shipped his puppy from Iraq to bring solace to the mourning mom.
note: different soldier and puppy in pic picked by bevissimo 7 months ago

A US soldier has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering three detainees during a raid on a suspected al-Qaeda compound in Iraq last year. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

A corporal in the Duke of Lancaster's regiment became the first British soldier ever to be convicted of a war crime yesterday as a court martial heard that he and his colleagues systematically abused ... picked by mrnelson 2 years ago

A soldier thought he was in for a night of sexual adventure when he let a woman handcuff him but instead she assaulted him because she thought he had wronged her. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A soldier trying to avoid redeployment to Iraq had a friend shoot him in the leg and then claimed he'd been wounded in a holdup, authorities said. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

Hall said he met some atheists who suggested he read the Bible again. After doing so, he said he had so many unanswered questions that he decided to become an atheist.

"I was told because I can't put my personal beliefs aside and pray with troops I wouldn't make a good leader," Hall said. picked by PulsisX 1 month ago

Register on this site, and they send you an email in 3-5 days with information on how to contact a US soldier that has been deployed. Some can't write back due to where they are located, but the support is appreciated. picked by xiatethebish 6 months ago

Your never too old for a good plastic soldier war! picked by trushafty38 5 months ago

Who's been teaching this guy the American way? picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

A 22-year-old female Fort Lewis soldier is under investigation in the killing of two other soldiers and the abduction of the couple's 7-month-old daughter. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

Rupert Brooke, like Wilfred Owen was an influential war poet who fought, wrote and died in WWI. The Soldier is his most well known poem, the words often used in Remembrance Day Services. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

A beaten and abused dog in Iraq tracked a soldier who had befriended him 70 miles across the Iraqi desert. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

The Army arraigned a 101st Airborne Division soldier Friday who was charged with raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing three others in her family. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

It eventually came out in Iraq in 2007, when he was in a firefight. Hall was a gunner on a Humvee, which took several bullets in its protective shield. Afterward, his commander asked whether he believed in God, Hall said. "I said, 'No, but I believe in Plexiglas,' " Hall said. "I've never believed I was going to a happy place. You get one life. When I die, I'm worm food." Upd... read full post picked by DerAlt 4 months ago

A soldiers perspective on the war in Iraq and the army in general.

Pretty damn interesting to read, a man who knows he has a duty to do because he signed a contract to follow the orders he's given but from first hand experience is disillusioned with his countries army. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

A soldier convicted of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teenager and her family was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in prison. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the court-martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Bronx soldier hatches elaborate plan to avoid "tour of trauma" picked by deepchill 1 year ago

Fayetteville detectives arrested Edgar Patino, a fellow soldier, at his home in Hope Mills, North Carolina, about 15 miles south of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. picked by punthe 3 weeks ago