US and coalition forces were battling through the 4th year of Operation Enduring Freedom. While few envisioned an end to the overall mission in Afghanistan any time soon, there was some hope in the ...

2 SEALs Receive Navy Cross. Pair Died Fighting Taliban in Afghanistan. September 13, 2006. By Ann Scott Tyson.

Next month marks 20 years since Navy SEAL Dan Healy of Exeter boarded a MH-47 Chinook helicopter headed for the mountains of eastern Afghanistan and never came home.