Pentagon: US Drones Targeted al-Shabab Leader The U.S. mounted airstrikes aimed at killing the leader of the Al Shabab terrorist group in Somalia.
Pentagon: No Plans to Scale Back Military’s Ebola Response The Pentagon has no immediate plans to scale back the military's efforts at combating Ebola in West Africa despite recent...
Benghazi Committee Gives Hillary Clinton More Time to Turn Over Emails The House select committee investigating the Benghazi attack has given former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton an...
After Benghazi, Corps Marks New Approach to Embassy Security in Africa Close to the third anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a small...
US Paratroopers Join Multinational Airborne Operations in Africa About 200 U.S. paratroopers recently got the chance to train with French and Gabonese paratroopers in Central Accord 2016.
US General Seeks Flexible Rules of Engagement for Somalia AfriCom commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser is pressing for relaxed rules of engagement in Somalia.
Fourth US Soldier Was Killed in Niger Ambush Nigerien forces discovered the body of a fourth U.S. soldier killed in an ambush earlier this week, U.S. officials told Fox...
Marines Put On Standby to Respond to Egypt Unrest Marines are poised to protect or evacuate U.S. citizens and the U.S. Embassy amid the political unrest in Egypt.
US Sends Troops to Help Find Nigerian Girls A team from U.S. Africa Command was joining an international effort in the hunt for the kidnapped girls in Nigeria.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...