Us Soldiers

Soldiers won't face criminal charges for Quran burning, urination video

Six US Army soldiers and three Marines escaped criminal charges for mistakenly burning Qurans and urinating on the corpses of Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, but they received administrative punishments, US military officials said.

Excerpts from US soldier's letters home revealed

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Vietnam Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh exchanged long-held artifacts Monday collected during the Vietnam war — including letters written by a US soldier who was killed.