Holding down the fort
A series about Ft. Stewart, Ga., and the families the soldiers left behind.
For military kids, war is fraught with torment
As his father carried out clandestine operations in Iraq, 6-year-old Alex Murphy performed a secret mission of his own in the living room of the family's Ft. Stewart apartment. More...
Notifying kin of casualties is tough duty
As thousands of soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division fight in Iraq, the comrades they left behind at Ft. Stewart are training for a mission no one wants--notifying relatives when a soldier is killed or seriously injured. More...
AMERICA AT WAR
With grief and resolve, Ft. Stewart salutes 4 dead
Yellow ribbons hung from light posts and American flags waved on cars and lawns--symbols of a town proud of its soldiers fighting in Iraq. But residents here are also grieving that some of them won't be coming back. More...
HOLDING DOWN THE FORT
Kids left behind battle loneliness
The anguish of war resides in Brittany Green's eyes. The price of being a military child, the fear, disappointment and pain of family deployments, has found a permanence on her 16-year-old face. More...
HOLDING DOWN THE FORT
Letter home is just in time for Army wife
As America went to war Wednesday night, Sabrina Murphy sat on her living room floor with her eyes glued to the television set and her hands clutching a letter she had just received from her husband, an Army soldier waiting to fight. More...
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