Tag Archives: troops

• News

  Commander wants more troops to stay in Afghanistan, after 2014

  (CNN) — The top U.S. commander for the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has recommended to President Obama that 13,600 American troops stay…
• News

  U.S. troop toll in Afghanistan falls with strategy shift

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — For the past month, the U.S. military has experienced something not seen for five years in Afghanistan:…
• Politics

  President Obama to announce 34,000 troops to come home

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — In his State of the Union speech Tuesday, President Obama will announce that by this time next…
• News

  Greenfield High School students pack up care packages for troops

  GREENFIELD (WITI) — It’s a way of saying ‘thank you’ to those serving overseas.  Students from Greenfield High School are…
• News

  Franklin volunteers sending cookies to troops overseas

  FRANKLIN — From snickerdoodles to spritz, and chocolate chip and monster cookies, 40,000 cookies baked in Wisconsin will soon be…
• News

  Alleged fraud puts U.S. troops at risk from roadside bombs

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A safety alert was issued on Thursday, October 11th to U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan after investigators…
• News

  Wisconsin missed deadline for some overseas absentee ballots

  MADISON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Wisconsin had not given its deployed military members enough time to vote…
• Heroes Come Home

  Heroes Come Home: Soldiers return from peacekeeping mission in Kosovo

  MILWAUKEE (AP) — About 125 Wisconsin soldiers serving a year-long deployment in support of NATO peacekeeping missions in Kosovo returned…
• News

  UK deploying 1,200 extra troops for Olympics security

  LONDON (CNN) — The British government will deploy an extra 1,200 troops for Olympics security, Sports Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced…
• News

  Army Reserve troops welcomed home in Green Bay

  ASHWAUBENON — Soldiers with the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion out of Ashwaubenon received an official welcome home this weekend. The…
• Interviews

  Valentine’s for soldiers

  Valentine’s Day is less than a month away, so get your care packages and Valentine’s ready for the the troops. …
• News

  Soldier returns home, just in time for the holidays

  MILWAUKEE — As combat operations come to an end in Iraq, many of our soldiers still won’t be home for…