The country and military are dealing with an attack from within after a soldier went on a shooting rampage wounding and killing his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. North Carolina and Fort Bragg have several connections to the tragic Fort Hood shooting including some of the wounded victims.

The tragic Fort Hood shooting has hit close to home for the families and soldiers at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The military base of the 82nd Airborne Division is a long way from Texas, but the Fort Bragg soldiers and families know what those at Fort Hood are going through.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates used the strongest terms in trying to persuade the Associated Press to refrain from running a graphic picture of a Marine taken shortly after the servicemember was wounded in southern Afghanistan, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said here today.

According to Winston Salem Journal Fort Bragg barracks will be torn down in North Carolina after Asbestos and other harmful material removal.

USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier returns to home museum today after two-year refurbishment project.

A group of American doctors that promotes human rights says it has examined 11 former detainees who were held by the U.S. military, and determined they were systematically tortured with the complicity of medical personnel. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said sending a second aircraft carrier to thePersian Gulf could serve as a "reminder' to Iran, but he said it is not an escalation of force.

The day after President Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, some of his top defense officials met to work on planning for the war's next phase. Defense Secretary Robert Gates brought together some of his top civilian and military advisers at the Pentagon, with the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq participating from Baghdad.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will hold talks with Turkish leaders on Thursday to press for withdrawal of troops from Iraq despite the Turks refusal to withdraw its troops.

For more a year, the U.S. military in Iraq, with its reinforcements, has been on the offensive in an effort to wipe out insurgents from their strongholds.

Two top U.S. Defense Department officials have testified before a Congressional committee in charge of military spending. The committee grilled the officials about progress in Iraq and the status of America's military jets. VOA's Carolyn Presutti reports.