Feb 29th, 2008 · Prince Harry is being pulled out of Afghanistan because of security concerns after media outlets revealed he had been deployed there since December with his British army regiment. Britain's Ministry of Defense said Friday that Harry presents a high-value target for the Taliban.
Nov 11th, 2007 · Between deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the 24 bagpipers and drummers of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards found the time to record an album. Producer Jon Cohen, best known for his work with the Backstreet Boys and the Operababes, talks about the regiment's new Spirit of the Glen.
Nov 4th, 2007 · A new play follows the lives of several men of Scotland's fabled "Black Watch" regiment as they struggle to survive in Iraq. Playwright Gregory Burke and actor Jack Fortune discuss the work, which is based on stories from soldiers overheard in the pubs of Fife, Scotland.
Sep 28th, 2007 · Soprano JiYoung Lee stars as an "army brat" who was adopted by the entire army. The opera is Donizetti's Gallic romp, The Daughter of the Regiment, from the Washington National Opera.
Aug 4th, 2007 · The 65th Infantry Regiment was the Army's only all-Hispanic unit. Their story is explained in the PBS documentary The Borinqueneers. The film's producer, Noemi Figueroa Soulet, and Raoul Reyes Cantaneira, a member of the regiment who fought in Korea, spoke with Scott Simon.
Aug 29th, 2006 · Scots have long formed a disproportionate percentage of the British military. Now a play is depicting the soldiers' recent work in Iraq, where the famed Black Watch regiment has been deployed for three years. Black Watch, based on interviews with returning soldiers, suggests a crisis in the British military.
Mar 5th, 2005 · In the weeks following the U.S. invasion of Iraq, soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field artillery Regiment set up quarters in a war-damaged palace in Baghdad. A former lair of Uday Hussein, the crumbling palace barracks serve as a backdrop to the new documentary, "Gunner Palace."
Jan 17th, 2005 · A group of Civil War reeenactors from Georgia men will portray the 21st Ohio Regiment in this week's Inauguration parade, after discovering that Vice President Dick Cheney's great grandfather was a captain of the regiment.