General: 9,000 Afghans Killed Not 'Sustainable' in Taliban Fight Afghan troops have been suffering an unsustainable death toll in the last two years, the No. 2 U.S. commander said.
Report: US Turned to Iran for Help in Afghanistan Struggling to jump start Afghanistan’s fledgling economy, the United States reportedly turned to an unlikely country for help...
Pentagon Downplays Expanded US Combat Role in Afghanistan The U.S. Defense Department downplayed reports that the White House approved a change in policy to expand the American combat...
Taliban Making High-Profile Attacks Ahead of US Drawdown The Taliban are flexing their muscle with high-profile attacks as the U.S. prepares to withdraw most of its forces.
US Military Hands Over Last 3 Prisoners in Afghanistan The U.S. military released or transferred its last prisoners in Afghanistan and closed the Bagram detention center.
U.S. Troop Numbers in Afghanistan and Iraq Still In Flux The U.S. was still adjusting the number of troops that will be committed to the war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq where their...
Afghanistan’s Future in Doubt as U.S. Ends Combat Role After 13 years of war in Afghanistan the American public, U.S. service members and the Afghans themselves wonder what comes...
The Top 16 Military Stories of 2014 It was an eventful year for the U.S. military -- the Military.com staff has selected what it believes are the top stories of...
Family of Murdered Marine Suing Military Over Alleged Cover-Up The 21-year-old was working out with fellow Marines at the base gym when an Afghan teenager walked in and killed Buckley and...
Amid Confusion, DoD Names New Mission 'Operation Freedom's Sentinel' The Pentagon's new mission in Afghanistan is called Operation Freedom’s Sentinel -- not Operation Freedom Sentinel.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...