CAPITOL HILL (AP) - The Senate has passed a revised defense
policy bill authorizing a 3.5 percent pay raise for troops.

It's one of the military's most controversial prisons, Guantanamo Bay.
It allegedly holds the perpetrators of 9-11 and the USS Cole bombing, men the US Government feels are capable of heinous crimes. But some human rights organizations say many of the men are being held there unjustly. 
Tonight News Three's Military Reporter Alice Massimi was there as the Commander of Guantanamo Bay spoke with the Savannah Navy League.

Richard Burress, based out of Fort Stewart, was killed Saturday when an IED struck his vehicle. This casualty was the first to happen inside of an MRAP, or mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle.

Thousands of pounds of bombs once again rained down in southern Arab Jabour Jan. 20 as Coalition Forces continued their relentless pursuit of al-Qaeda.

The Third Infantry Division is mourning the loss of one of their own.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Operation Marne Thunderbolt continued relentless pursuit of the enemy by attacking extremists operating south of Baghdad. On Jan. 16, 10,000 pounds of munitions were dropped on bunkers in Arab Jabour used by al-Qaeda in Iraq as training sites for new recruits.

Families, friends and fellow soldiers gathered this morning to remember and honor their fallen heroes.

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) - Fort Stewart unveiled a granite marker today to honor a soldier who died of an illness two years ago in Iraq.

Also headed to Iraq but not as soon as the Marines, are members of Georgia's National Guard.

PENTAGON (AP) - Military officials say about 3,200 Marines are
being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan in an effort to boost
combat troop levels and get ready for an expected Taliban offensive this spring.

PENTAGON (AP) - The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000
Marines to Afghanistan in April. The plans, announced by military
officials, would be to hold off another expected spring offensive
by the Taliban.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2008 - Business is booming for a butcher in Arab Jabour, Iraq, thanks to the micro-grants program being implemented by the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

HONOLULU (AP) - The Army says it will court-martial a Hawaii-based soldier for premeditated murder in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi last summer.

BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military has begun a joint, nationwide
operation with Iraqi forces aimed at wiping out extremist
strongholds.

The U.S. Department of Defense released video Tuesday that purportedly shows a confrontation January 6th between Iranian gunboats and U.S. Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz.

A soldier with the Third Infantry Division has died supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Pfc. Joshua R. Anderson, 24, of Jordan, Minn., died Jan. 2 in Kamasia, Iraq. He was a combat medic who joined the Army in March 2006.

Today the Department of Defense announced the death of 24-year-old Pfc. Joshua R. Anderson of Jordan, Minnesota. He was assigned to a unit based out of Fort Stewart.

The Third Infantry Division has lost one of its own.