Can the US military preserve decades of wartime experience?
Thousands of post-9/11 veterans are reaching retirement. Whether the lessons they learned during two decades of combat will be retained remains to be seen.
By Natalie Oliverio
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Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are retiring. How will new leaders inherit their lessons learned?
The retirement of the post-9/11 generation raises a question: What, exactly, is worth carrying forward into a new age of warfare?
By Natalie Oliverio
Remembering the battles of Najaf and Fallujah in ‘The Last 600 Meters’
Airing on PBS, a new documentary tells the stories of Marines and soldiers in combat during 2004 operations to clear two Iraqi cities of insurgents.
By Dave Kindy
20 years later, the Marine Corps can still learn from Fallujah
History provides lessons for the next urban fight, but it may be much worse.
By Todd South
How soon is too soon? ‘Six Days in Fallujah’ out 18 years after battle
A controversial first-person shooter based on an actual battle and featuring real-life Marines in the game is now available to play on PC.
By Matt Sampson
Navy SEAL, Silver Star recipient Mike Day dies
Day suffered 27 gunshots while leading a Naval Special Warfare task unit on a 2007 mission to take down a high-ranking al-Qaida leader in Fallujah, Iraq.
By Diana Stancy