Air Force Sets Another B-52 Smart Bomb Record in Afghanistan The B-52 Stratofortress this week set another record for the number of smart bombs dropped from the iconic bomber.
'Guadalcanal Moment' As Marines Re-Establish Presence in Helmand The momentum changed in Helmand as local forces, bolstered by American air support, began to mount an offensive campaign.
Marine Corps Wants Reaper Drone to Provide Overwatch for Helmand The MQ-9 reaper can carry and deploy ordnance, meaning it could be used to conduct strikes as well as to conduct intelligence...
A-10s Return to Afghanistan as Air Campaign Heats Up The A-10s flew their first mission within 24 hours of landing at Kandahar Airfield.
Former Marine Sniper Punished in Scandal Wins Again in Court A military appeals court is standing by its decision to void the conviction of a Marine filmed urinating on Taliban corpses.
DoD Effort to Boost Afghan Business Sector Went Bust About half the funding for the program went for administrative costs rather than actual projects.
CentCom Reviewing Video of Shotgun Discharge on Afghan Civilian Truck The brief video clip is reportedly part of a three minute, nine second video of U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan firing...
Army to Deploy 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade to Afghanistan The 1st SFAB, based at Fort Benning, Georgia, is one of five SFABs the Army intends to stand up in the active force.
Top Marine: 'No Delusions' About Difficulty of Afghanistan Mission The commandant remains clear-eyed about what a 300-Marine team of advisers deploying to Helmand province can accomplish.
DoD Identifies Green Beret Killed in Violence-Plagued Afghan Province The DoD identified the Army Special Forces soldier killed in a Jan. 1 firefight in Afghanistan as Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin...
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...
