Air Force Operator to Receive Silver, Bronze Star for Same Deployment The U.S. Air Force will award a special tactics airman two medals for valor for separate missions in Afghanistan.
Pentagon IDs Green Beret, EOD Specialist Killed in Afghanistan The soldiers were killed Friday in Kunduz province, Afghanistan.
Mullah Omar Lived His Last Years in the Shadows of US Bases, Book Claims The former one-eyed Taliban leader secretly lived near American military bases in the war-torn country for years.
CENTCOM Chief: Conditions Not Right to Pull Out of Afghanistan The top U.S. general in the Middle East is warning against removing troops from Afghanistan too soon.
Lawmakers: End Afghanistan War, Give Every GWOT Vet a $2,500 Bonus Two U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation to pay veterans bonuses for serving in America's longest war.
Soldier Gets Back Battered Helmet That Saved His Life During Insider Attack The bullet tore a large hole in the ballistic material, but the Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) stopped the round.
Taliban Carry Out Dozens of Attacks Daily Despite Peace Talks, IG Finds The Taliban have been carrying out more than 27 attacks daily, according to the Pentagon's Inspector General.
Investigator in Green Beret Murder Case Charged with Stolen Valor A decorated former Green Beret who has been charged in the death of a suspected Taliban bomber wants the charges dropped.
DoD Identifies Army Green Beret Killed in Afghanistan Sgt. 1st Class Joshua "Zach" Beale, 32, died in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, while conducting combat operations.
US Service Member Killed in Action in Afghanistan A U.S. service member has been killed in action in Afghanistan, the second American to die in the country this month.
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...
