U.S. tests 'ink spot' strategy in Afghanistan

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Challenges dog U.S. in Afghan war

Supply lines stretched at Bagram air base

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

As the Obama administration debates the need for additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan, commanders at Bagram Air Base say their facilities already are overwhelmed by existing demand.

Piracy decline 'a fact'

NATO cites better protection, faster sailing

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009

A year after Somali pirates grabbed headlines with a series of high-profile hijackings in East African waters, piracy appears to be waning.

Navy brings aid, training to Gabon

'Smart power' strategy taps prevention, alliances

Thursday, May 21, 2009

When uniformed medical teams from the U.S. Navy warship Nashville arrived recently at the ramshackle single-story children's shelter in Libreville, Gabon, the roughly two-dozen children at the facility panicked and hid.

Pirates not just the stuff of legend

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

For the crew of the small coastal freighter Semlow, the latest security crisis of the new century winnows down to something simple and personal:

EU deploying vessel against pirates

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008

MOMBASA, Kenya | The European Union will launch its first naval combat mission Sunday, deploying a British frigate to escort vital U.N. food aid to starving Somalis.

Water shortage threatens EU peace mission

More troops tap already small supply

Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008

Polish army Lt. Col. Marc Gryga has water on his mind.

Gunbattle erupts in Chad

Fray may be sign of lax security

Thursday, June 26, 2008

When the gunfire started around 9 on Friday evening, some people in this hot, remote outpost town near Chad´s border with Sudan assumed it was celebratory shooting from a wedding taking place downtown. But long bursts of machine-gun fire and at least one exploding rocket quickly dispelled that notion.