America's Largest Combatant Command Is Getting a New Name U.S. Pacific Command will be called U.S. Indo-Pacific Command moving forward, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.
Cyber Command Elevated to Combatant Command Nakasone assumed command of Cyber Command and the NSA from Navy Adm. Michael Rogers during a change-of-command ceremony .
Trump Argues for Pulling Out of Syria as CENTCOM Chief Pushes to Stay Gen. Joseph Votel wants to keep U.S. troops in Syria; President Donald Trump wants them out.
Army Screening 30 US Cities for Home of New Futures Command Service officials say they need access to academics and business leaders for a new modernization reform effort.
SOCOM Grappling With New Counter-WMD Mission U.S. Strategic Command recently passed the leadership role in counter-proliferation to SOCOM.
Austin Says Time Not Right for US Combat Troops in Iraq U.S. Central Command's top officer said he is not ready to recommend ground combat troops in the fight against Islamic State...
CentCom Commander Visits USS Carl Vinson Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander, U.S. Central Command, spoke to the crew of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
Central Command's Twitter, You Tube Hacked To Post Threats to Troops CENTCOM's social media accounts have been hacked to post threatening messages to U.S. troops, purportedly from ISIS...
Planned Drawdown of US Forces in Afghanistan May be Premature: Centcom The outgoing Centcom commander told lawmakers it may be time to reconsider the plan to reduce US military forces in...
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...
