Centcom's Latest ISIS Assessment Comes Amid Questions Over Intel The U.S. military has become increasingly upfront in claiming success against ISIS and its offshoots from Afghanistan to...
US Sends 100 Troops to Key Afghan City Under Taliban Siege The U.S. sent 100 troops to the embattled capital of Afghanistan's Helmand province to prevent the city's fall to the Taliban...
US Service Member Killed by Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan A U.S. service member was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, the military said in a statement.
US Identifies Green Beret Killed in Action in Afghanistan The DoD has identified the soldier killed in action on Tuesday in Afghanistan as Army Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson.
Green Beret Killed by IED Was on Patrol with Afghan Special Forces The Green Beret killed in Afghanistan was with Afghan special forces on a NATO advisory mission, a military spokesman said.
Report Details Poor Record-Keeping in Arms Sent to Iraq, Afghanistan The Pentagon has awarded up to $40 billion worth of small arms and ammunition contracts to arm Iraqi and Afghan security...
US Training of Afghan Pilots Hitting Stride, Contractor Says The training covers fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft instruction, taught by U.S. instructors on commercial training...
Army to Deploy 101st Airborne Soldiers to Afghanistan The U.S. Army announced it will deploy about 1,400 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division to Afghanistan.
Obama Honors Laotian Refugees' Son Killed in Afghanistan Battle Obama paid tribute to the son of Laotian refugees, a Navy petty officer killed in the worst single-day incident of the Afghan...
Sources: US Mounted Unsuccessful Hostage Rescue Mission in Afghanistan Sources said the operation killed seven enemy fighters, but when the firefight ended, there was no sign of the hostages.
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...