Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A US Army infantryman instructs another US soldier during an exercise to prepare the French Desert Commando Course, in Djibouti, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commando unit that waded ashore on D-Day, has died. He celebrated his ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia A raid to free a French intelligence agent held captive in Somalia for three years went horribly wrong, leaving 17 Islamists and at least one French commando dead in a mud-caked ...

WASHINGTON – A fatal French commando rescue of hostages seized by Somali pirates Friday shows the risks of trying the same thing to free the U.S. skipper held by outlaws on the high seas, experts said ...