Operation Enduring Freedom

Afghanistan 2001-2011

The Tillman Story: Football Hero Falls to Friendly Fire

Army Charges Three More Fort Lewis Soldiers With War-time Murders of Afghan Civilians

​Update: The Army claims its accused soldiers, who could face the death penalty, killed civilians with grenades. More below. Five Stryker troops have now been charged in the deaths of three civilians in Afghanistan between January and May. The Army announced Wednesday that Pfc. Andrew Holmes, ... More >>

SIFF Week 3: 30 New Picks & Pans

​Update: The Army claims its accused soldiers, who could face the death penalty, killed civilians with grenades. More below. Five Stryker troops have now been charged in the deaths of three civilians in Afghanistan between January and May. The Army announced Wednesday that Pfc. Andrew Holmes, ... More >>

Brothers: Jake Gyllenhaal Stars in a Needless Remake

​Update: The Army claims its accused soldiers, who could face the death penalty, killed civilians with grenades. More below. Five Stryker troops have now been charged in the deaths of three civilians in Afghanistan between January and May. The Army announced Wednesday that Pfc. Andrew Holmes, ... More >>

King County's Taliban: Sloth and Disinterest

​Just a note to the approximately 750,000 King County registered voters who couldn't be bothered to make their ways to the polls - stroll through the sunshine to the corner mailbox - by Tuesday night: Millions went to the polls in Afghanistan Thursday even while the Taliban upped its efforts ... More >>

The War Milestone No One Noticed

The 5,000th death of a U.S. service member in Iraq and Afghanistan was barely noticed two weeks ago. Military Families Speak Out dispatched a press release on the June 2 milestone but it got little play. Today, the U.S. body count is up to 5,024 for Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan and relate ... More >>

The War Vet Generation Gap

Camaraderie is in short supply between Iraq returnees and older veterans.

Inslee's Hot for Change; Local Soldiers Lost in the Other War

Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

Philippines: A Re-return

Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

Oh - And About That Other War

Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

Slam Dunk's Toll

Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

Stonewalled

What happens when a war memorial runs out of space for the newly deceased?

Our Toll Reaches 100

That's the total of soldiers with Washington state connections killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Home Affront

They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

Facing Our Losses - Afghanistan

Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

Facing Our Losses

Here's one measure of the cost of fighting terrorism and liberating Iraq and Afghanistan: 395 with Washington state connections are dead.