KABUL, Afghanistan • The 30 American service members — most of them elite Navy SEALs — who died when their helicopter was shot down had rushed to help Army Rangers ...

In the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, four Navy SEALs found themselves in a brutal firefight against a large Taliban force. This video revisits Operation Red Wings—tracing the mission’s objectives, ...

The three Navy SEALs stomped on the bound Afghan detainees and dropped heavy stones on their chests, the witnesses recalled. They stood on the prisoners' heads and poured bottles of water on some ...

In June 2005, Lt. Michael Murphy and three fellow Navy SEALs were on a mission in the mountains of Afghanistan when they became pinned down by a swarm of enemy fighters. Trapped in a steep ravine, … ...

The U.S. Navy SEALs and other troops whose helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan had rushed to the mountainous area to help a U.S. Army Ranger unit that was under fire from insurgents, two U ...

The highly trained Navy Seals carried out the mission to kill Osama bin Laden early on Monday morning. Some reports suggested that there were at least forty of them and they left Ghazi air base in ...

HOUSTON A Navy Seal who lost his entire crew five years ago in Afghanistan was reunited Saturday with the men who rescued him. Five years ago next week, Marcus Luttrell was alone in Afghanistan ...

US Navy Seals carried out a raid last month to free two western hostages in Afghanistan but arrived hours too late, officials told US media on Thursday. The special forces aimed to rescue Kevin ...

Navy SEALs raided a village in Afghanistan in search of an American, Mark R. Frerichs, who was contractor captured there in January. Little is known about the abduction, but the operation reveals ...

A 28-year-old man from Angwin was one of the 30 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan on Saturday after their Chinook helicopter was shot down on a mission in Wardak province.

On Feb. 29, the Navy SEAL received the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions on Dec. 8-9 while serving as part of a team that rescued American aid worker, Dr. Dilip Joseph, a civilian being ...

The U.S. Defense Department on Monday identified the SEAL killed during a successful raid to free a captive doctor in Afghanistan. Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, 28, of Monroeville ...