The US Attempts a New Military Deal with Niger in a Last Ditch Effort to Stay The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, said Washington was actively...
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.
Russian Military Trainers Arrive in Niger as Relations Deteriorate with the US State television in Niger on Thursday broadcast footage of Russian military trainers arriving in the country aboard a plane...
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Though Rwanda Has Come a Long Way Since the 1994 Genocide, Scars of the Past Still Haunt the Nation Delegations from around the world will gather in the capital of Kigali as Rwanda holds somber commemorations of the 1994...
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...
An Alternative Way of Dealing with Human Shields Those of us who fought in Somalia in 1993 were the first Americans to experience firsthand the barbaric tactic of using...
Naval Academy Staff Removed Display on Female Jewish Graduates for Hegseth Visit The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
My Black Roommate Opened My Eyes to an Air Force I Didn’t Know Existed I realized I had been sheltered from much of the world's ugliness and was more than a little naive. I thought the problems I...
4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified The recovery operation for the bodies and the M88 was an intricate and arduous weeklong process, enlisting the expertise of...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...