Russia Recruiting Africans to Make Drones for Use in Ukraine, AP Report Claims About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students...
How 3 Young Americans Ended Up in the Middle of a Coup Attempt in Congo and Facing the Death Penalty The U.S. State Department has not declared the Americans wrongfully detained, making it unlikely that U.S. officials would...
Air Force MQ-9 Crashed in Africa Last Year Due to Engine Failure, Report Details Nearly 10 hours into the MQ-9's flight, a "propulsion system anomaly" occurred, causing the pilot of the remotely controlled...
Pentagon Vows to Press On with Counterterror Mission as Negotiations to Depart Niger Begin The potential military withdrawal from Niger comes more than a month after the military junta ruling the country made the...
The US Is Losing Access to Its Bases in Niger − Here's Why That's a Big Deal The United States was forced to stop its military operations in March 2024 in Niger – a landlocked, western African country...
All the Military Vehicles in 'Black Hawk Down' Helicopters stole the show, but ground vehicles helped save the day.
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Shanahan Launches New Investigation into Deadly 2017 Niger Ambush The Oct. 4, 2017, incident left four U.S. soldiers dead.
2 COs Reportedly Eligible for Promotion Even Though 4 Soldiers Died on Their Watch U.S. Africa Command's investigation into the incident found serious problems with how their team was trained.
On the Hunt for al-Qaida in East Africa with the US Military's Most Secretive Unit An excerpt from "The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives" by Adam Gamal...
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...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...
