Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy’s America-class amphibious assault ship LHA-9 will receive the name “Fallujah” to remember the first and second Battles ...

Over Two decades later, the battles of Fallujah remain etched in the collective memory of those who served, a grim testament to the brutality of urban warfare and the enduring cost of freedom.

The U.S. Navy is naming a future America-class landing helicopter assault (LHA) ship the USS Fallujah, a nod to two of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq War. "It is an honor to memorialize the Marines ...

The Navy's civilian leader has announced that one of the future America-class amphibious assault ships will be named USS Fallujah -- an honor that has been quietly discussed in Navy circles for years.

Ingalls Shipbuilding laid the keel for the future USS Fallujah (LHA-9) Thursday, the shipbuilder announced. Ship sponsor, Donna Berger, wife of Gen. David Berger, the 38th commandant of the Marine ...

NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ - U.S. forces have launched a new phase of their assault on Fallujah, attacking insurgents still holding out in the south of the city. U.S. officials say the assault by soldiers ...

In the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, the joy of pregnancy is overshadowed by dread. For many families, the anticipation of new life is replaced by the fear of what might be born into their arms.

The US Navy has announced they will be naming a new American-class landing helicopter assault ship (LHA), the USS Fallujah, as a homage to the two bloodiest battles of the War in Iraq. “It is an honor ...

NAJAF, Iraq -- Insurgents and rebellious Shiites mounted a string of attacks across Iraq's Shiite south and U.S. Marines launched a major assault on the turbulent Sunni city of Fallujah on Tuesday. Up ...