U.S. Soldier Drops Suit Over Service Extension
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An Army National Guard sergeant  who sued the U.S. military over the forced extension of his  service dropped the lawsuit after learning he would not have to  return to Iraq, officials said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. military asserted that an American soldier was justified in erasing journalists' footage of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan last week, saying publication could have compromised a military investigation and led to false public conclusions.
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NEW YORK An Army captain is going to court in an attempt to keep from being sent to Iraq. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, Jay Ferriola contends he resigned after completing eight years of service in the Army and Army Reserve.
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the military can ship an Arkansas soldier back to the front lines in Iraq this weekend, despite the serviceman's objections that the military forced him to extend his tour after tricking him into believing he was enlisting for just one year.
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Eight US soldiers are challenging the Army&#39;s enlistment policy. The policy requires them to serve longer than the terms of their contracts.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#151; An Iraq war veteran who was recommended for a general discharge because he wore his uniform to a protest lost his appeal Wednesday for a new hearing.
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A veteran of the first Persian Gulf War is suing the Army after it ordered him to report for duty 13 years after he was honorably discharged from active duty and eight years after he left the reserves.
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MANNHEIM, Germany  - A U.S. soldier at the center  of the Iraqi prisoner asked at a hearing on Monday that his  pending court martial be moved away from Baghdad, saying he had  no chance of a fair trial there.
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An Army specialist, saying that it was &quot;a question of fairness,&quot; filed a lawsuit yesterday with seven other soldiers challenging a policy forcing them to serve in Iraq beyond their terms of enlistment.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Eight American soldiers have filed a lawsuit to win their release from the United States military, saying they are being kept on duty longer than their terms of enlistment specified.
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US soldiers bid farewell to loved ones at Naval Station San Diego Dec 6. Eight US soldiers are suing the Pentagon over extended Iraq tours.
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WASHINGTON -- The US Army may shorten yearlong combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan amid concerns the long and perilous duty is making it difficult to recruit soldiers and keep current ones, officials said yesterday.
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The lawyer of one of the U.S. Army reservists accused of abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison said Tuesday that military prosecutors have agreed to drop some of their charges after the soldier agreed to plead guilty to the rest.
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Officer Andrew Barnett of the Anne Arundel County police allegedly told his superiors last year that his nation needed him -- that his Army reserves unit had been activated and that he was headed to Iraq. With that, police say, Barnett was granted a leave from his job while continuing to collect his salary.
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The U.S. Army on Tuesday appeared to  reverse a decision to stop paying a portion of Halliburton  Co.'s HAL.N bills in Iraq and gave the company more time to  resolve a billing dispute.
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The company commander of a U.S. Army Reserve unit whose soldiers refused to deliver fuel along a dangerous route has been relieved of duty, the U.S. military said Thursday.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 11 -- A soldier who said she was sexually harassed by noncommissioned officers, prompting her to leave her post and refuse to return to Iraq, has agreed to plead guilty to going AWOL in exchange for a reduced punishment, the Army said Monday.