• President to Fort Bragg troops: 'You stood up for America'

    Chris Keane / Reuters

    U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina Dec. 14, 2011.

    NewsChannel 36 reports:

    FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — President Barack Obama welcomed home some of the last U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday, marking a symbolic end to the nearly nine-year war that strained America's armed forces and damaged its standing worldwide.

    Addressing soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, home of the 82nd Airborne Division, Obama stopped short of declaring victory in Iraq but called the winding down of the conflict "an extraordinary achievement."

    "It is harder to end a war than to begin one," he told about 3,000 soldiers gathered in an airplane hangar as they punctuated his speech with cheers and hollers.

    Gerry Broome / AP

    President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet troops during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011.

    Chris Keane / Reuters

    U.S. President Barack Obama greets troops at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina Dec. 14, 2011.

    President Obama delivers remarks to troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on the official end of U.S. involvement in the Iraq war.

     

     

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  • 82nd Airborne's Combat Aviation Brigade deploys to Afghanistan

    By Rich Shulman

    These deployments are always emotional. Getting down to the child's level really makes this picture. The photos were moved today by AP.

    Jim R. Bounds / AP

    Tristen Williams 2, holds two American flags as he stands next to the father, Army Sgt. Aaron Williams, during the 82nd Airborne's Combat Aviation Brigade deployment to Afghanistan from Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Sept. 12.

    Jim R. Bounds / AP

    Patricia McGlone, right, holds her niece Christine Robert, both of Stedman, N.C., as her son Sgt. Daniel McGlone leaves for his deployment to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Sept. 12.