Pentagon Identifies Special Forces Soldier Killed in Afghanistan The Pentagon has identified the U.S. Army Special Forces soldier killed this week in Afghanistan.
Pentagon Rejects Charge of Delayed Response to Gunfight in Afghanistan The Pentagon disputed a congressman’s charges that a quick reaction force was delayed for hours in the firefight in which a...
Deployed Loadmasters Fix Problems ‘On the Fly’ A weasel is characterized by its tenacity, persistence and keen senses. An airlift squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan...
Gitmo Prisoners Moved for Bergdahl Swap under Reporters' Noses: Kelly The director of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility on Friday described getting the call to prepare five Taliban prisoners...
US Army Announces 1,800 Soldiers to Deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan The U.S. Army is deploying 1,800 soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan over the next several months.
Mobility Airmen Assist First Responders after Kabul Airport Attack Four Airmen deployed with the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at Bagram Airfield sprang into action...
A-29s Finally Begin to Arrive in Afghanistan After years of delays, the A-29 ground attack aircraft and the pilots trained to fly them have finally begun arriving in...
'Corrupt' Afghan Army Leaders Hinder Fight in Helmand Province The Afghan army was struggling against its own "corrupt" leadership in the fight to take back control of districts in Helmand...
Pentagon Loosens Rules of Engagement Against ISIS in Afghanistan The Obama administration has loosened the rules of engagement for U.S. forces striking the Islamic State and affiliated...
Silver Star Recipient Recalls Fending Off Insurgents Despite Leg Wound A Marine who fought off an Afghan insurgent assault despite painful shrapnel wounds to the leg said his bravery under fire...
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...
