For a year, Army wife Susan Jones of Hampton cared for four children, cried when she was alone, and just kept going while her husband was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq.

At Sewells Point Elementary in Norfolk, 90 percent of the students hail from military families. Operation Hero helps them cope with their parents' deployments.

Hundreds of doctors, nurses and corpsmen from Portsmouth Naval Medical Center have served overseas. For some, their time in Iraq redefined their careers - and changed their lives.

If Iraq is the face of wars to come, what kind of forces do we need to handle such conflicts? One study commissioned by the Pentagon urges "soft power."

A wired world has created a wired war. Whether you are in combat or waiting at home, protesting or staying the course, the Internet offers more ways to live and share that experience.

Honoring Hampton Roads residents who have died serving in Iraq. Learn more about each of them in this interactive gallery, and post your own tributes. Enter the gallery.