AP - Firefighters are battling a growing brush fire at the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base in Southern California.

AFP - The US military announced on Thursday the withdrawal of another 4,000 "surge" troops from Iraq after reporting that violence across the country has hit a four-year low.

AFP - Newly diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder surged among US troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007, a peak year for US fighting and casualties, according to figures released Wednesday by the Pentagon.

AP - As of Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at least 436 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 24 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AFP - The court martial against a lieutenant with the US Marines on charges of lying following the deaths of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha in 2005 opened on Wednesday, a Marine spokesman told AFP.

AFP - The US military announced on Thursday the withdrawal of another 4,000 "surge" troops from Iraq after reporting that violence across the country has hit a four-year low.

AP - When the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division arrived in Iraq's once infamous "Triangle of Death," violence there and in neighboring Baghdad was so intense that hundreds were dying every day and the country was virtually in a state of civil war.

AFP - Two separate suicide bombs struck Afghanistan Wednesday, one of them against a US-led military base, leaving one person dead and several wounded, officials and a witness said.

AFP - Newly diagnosed cases of post traumatic stress disorders surged among US troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007, a peak year for US fighting and casualties, US military figures released Wednesday show.

Reuters - U.S. warships will soon leave waters near Myanmar if the junta does not allow the American military to deliver food, water and other aid to cyclone survivors, a U.S. commander said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Newly diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the five-year total to nearly 40,000, according to U.S. military data released on Tuesday.

AFP - The Pentagon's internal watchdog office has warned in a report to Congress made public Tuesday that its auditors are unable to keep pace with a ballooning US defense budget.

AP - As of Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at least 432 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 17 at 10 a.m. EDT.