The Battle of 73 Easting was named after a north-south coordinate line (an "Easting", measured in kilometers) on military maps. The US Army’s Eagle troop, consisting of M1 Abrams and Bradley Fighting ...

Iraqi Republican Guard divisions, arrayed against U.S. forces for a potentially climactic battle south of Baghdad, are a mere shadow of what they once were, according to U.S. military officials ...

CENTRAL IRAQ – U.S. forces edged closer to Baghdad on several routes Thursday, clashing with Iraqi troops and preparing for a possible confrontation with Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard ...

Republican Guard divisions have the best heavy equipment in the Iraqi military. These include most of Iraq’s Soviet-built T-72 tanks, which at about 30 years old are the newest in Hussein’s ...

Iraqi Republican Guard troops run during endurance training earlier this month southeast of Baghdad. April 2, 2003, 6:36 AM EST / Source: msnbc.com. By By Lalita Aloor.

Declaring Iraq's Republican Guard divisions are "no longer credible forces," Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal told a Pentagon briefing Wednesday that U.S.-led forces moved to within 30 miles of the ...

D uring their onslaught against the Republican Guard in the southern approaches to Baghdad, U.S. military commanders had grim words to describe what they were doing to the elite Iraqi forces. “I ...

In the arid expanse of the Iraqi desert, the nine M1A1 Abrams tanks and thirteen M3 Bradley fighting vehicles of Eagle Troop ...

U.S. troops are for the first time reporting the capture of several dozen Iraqi soldiers who have identified themselves as members of the Republican Guard. The report comes amidst street by street ...

CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar – U.S. Marines have reported that about 2,500 Iraqi Republican Guard surrendered between Kut and Baghdad, U.S. Central Command said Friday. The surrender apparently ...

The Republican Guard was dug in and ready for a fight. “At first, the sound of bullets flying and bombs hitting really unnerve a person,” Crosby later told an Air Force reporter .