Mashelle Lembke stood on a runway at MacDill Air Force Base with family, friends and service members Thursday afternoon, waiting to accompany her husband's body to the city in which he was raised. Plant City soldier Eric Lembke was killed Oct. 23 in Afghanistan. ...more

November 6, 2009

Details are sketchy, but the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, appear to be a brazen attack on the largest U.S. Army base in the world. ...more

November 6, 2009

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will lead a full escort today for the procession carrying the casket of U.S. Army Spec. Eric Lembke, who died last month while serving in Afghanistan. ...more

November 5, 2009

A U.S. Army flag that was flying in Afghanistan at the hour of Tampa police Cpl. Mike Roberts' death will be presented to his widow, Cindy, this afternoon. ...more

October 6, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Pentagon says a 27-year-old soldier from Orlando has died after his unit was attacked in Afghanistan. ...more

September 7, 2009

Each month, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 139 sends 25 CARE boxes to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The American Legion, SAL and Auxiliary Post 139 pack and prepare the boxes and pay the postage. All supplies are donated by members of American Legion, Auxiliary, senior ladies groups and through private donations. ...more

September 2, 2009

I think if all the folks who are protesting the new health care plan had protested the war in Iraq and Afghanistan the same way, our kids would have been home two years ago. This plan is exposing the drug and insurance companies. ...more

August 19, 2009

Friends and family of an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan prayed for his safe return Sunday, shaken by the image of the frightened young private in a Taliban video posted online. ...more

July 20, 2009

While foreign diplomats hope upcoming elections willchangethingsin Afghanistan, many Afghans are voting with their feet. ...more

July 6, 2009

President Barack Obama is sticking to his carefully tailored response to Iran's internal crisis as he continued to speak up for protesters' rights without making specific demands on Iran's hard-line leaders. U.S. officials say he is seeking to avoid having the demonstrators accused of being American stooges and is trying to preserve the possibility of negotiating directly with the Iranian government over its nuclear program, links to terrorism, Afghanistan and other issues. ...more

June 22, 2009