While the geography skills of young Americans are unimpressive, however, they may be improving. A similar study carried out in 2002 found only 13 per cent could point to Iraq on a map.

If and when U.S. troops invade Iraq, they'll be storming into one of the most geographically diverse regions of the Middle East, a land that evokes images of the Arabian ...

In Afghanistan, the Human Terrain teams feed information to military intelligence centers called Stability Operations Information Centers, according to a 2010 Pentagon intelligence plan.

Information from the CIA about Iraq's military, government, population, terrain and more. - Key Facts about Iraq - Map of Iraq - Timeline of Iraqi history, 1932-2003 Skip to content For Your Service ...

The Human Terrain Team, a specially trained group of Soldiers and civilians with expertise in cultural awareness, plays a pivotal role in helping both the U.S. and Iraqi governments realize their ...

The Iraqi terrain where two elite U.S. Marine Raiders took their final breaths was some of the worst in the world, U.S. military officials say.

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Dr. James Forsythe, a social scientist with an Army Human Terrain Team, interviews an Iraqi civilian role player in the simulated village of Abar Layla, May 28.

In addition to the map, Agence France-Presse has an update on the status of seven key cities in Iraq as of Friday morning:. Mosul: Iraq's second-biggest city was the first to fall in the swift ...

Details of the effort to recover the remains of two elite Marine Raiders killed in Iraq came into better focus Tuesday, with a top U.S. general saying that unforgiving mountain terrain and concern ...