US Rethinking Plan to Withdraw More Troops from Afghanistan The U.S. plan to draw down troop levels to 5,500 in Afghanistan is being reevaluated, Defense Secretary Carter said Wednesday...
Green Beret Awarded Silver Star for Defending Fallen Comrade Richard Harris' heroic actions were formally recognized on June 3 when he received the the nation's third-highest award for...
MoH Recipient Recalls Unit Taking Back Outpost in Afghanistan Clint Romesha joined the Army at age 18 and ended up serving in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Special Forces Soldier Denied Medal of Honor: System May Be 'Broken' A Green Beret credited with fighting off Taliban attackers in Afghanistan spoke out Monday in his first interview since the...
About 8,400 US Troops to Remain in Afghanistan Next Year: Obama Either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will have the job of ending the Afghan war, beginning with 8.400 U.S. troops on the...
Deploying Incomplete Units to Afghanistan Hurts Readiness: General Members of Congress expressed concern that U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan can only be maintained by deploying incomplete...
US, NATO Agree to $5 Billion in Annual Funding for Afghan Forces The U.S. and NATO committed to backing the Afghan military and police with up to $5 billion a year in funding through 2020.
Army Announces 800-Soldier Aviation Unit to Deploy to Afghanistan The U.S. Army has announced an 800-soldier aviation unit will deploy later this summer to Afghanistan.
Five US Troops Wounded Fighting ISIS in Afghanistan Five U.S. troops were wounded this week in fighting to expel ISIS from Afghan strongholds, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan...
101st Soldiers Deploying to Bolster Fight Against ISIS in Iraq In the latest boost to U.S. force strength in Iraq, about 400 troops from the 101st Airborne Division will deploy there this...
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...
