The battle of Wanat serves as a critical learning tool for military leadership, tactics, and operational planning. Taking place on July 13th, 2008, in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nuristan provinces, this ...

The Army's official history of the battle of Wanat - one of the most intensely scrutinized engagements of the Afghan war - largely absolves top commanders of the deaths of nine U.S. soldiers and ...

Former Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts became the third living "Sky Soldier" from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team to receive the Medal of Honor in the past four years. Pitts joined Sgt. Kyle White and ...

Regarding the superb Oct. 4 front-page article on the Battle of Wanat in Afghanistan ["Almost a Lost Cause http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009 ...