US SpecOps Reportedly in Covert Combat for Months Against ISIS U.S. special operations forces reportedly have carried out several covert combat missions against ISIS over the past year...
Delta Force Death Signals Watershed for US Combat Role in Iraq The different versions of Master Sgt. Joshua wheeler's death have broad implications for the U.S. combat role in Iraq and...
Iraqi Army Learning to Fight on Its Own, US Commander Says Iraqi army units have realized since the U.S. withdrawal that they have to fight their own battles, an American commander...
Army to Deploy 101st Airborne Soldiers to Oversee Iraqi Army Training The service is sending 500 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division to Iraq and Kuwait in early 2016 to advise Iraqi forces.
Six F-15Es Arrive at Incirlik to Bolster Growing US Fleet in Turkey The growing US. air fleet based in Turkey was bolstered Thursday by the arrival of six F-15E fighters from England.
US Troops Guide Airstrikes for Kurds in Major Iraq Offensive U.S. troops were moving with a mostly Kurdish force and guiding airstrikes in an offensive to retake the Sinjar region of...
Veterans Group Donates $100,000 to Desert Storm Memorial The Veterans of Foreign Wars donated $100,000 towards a National Desert Storm War Memorial on the National Mall.
French, American Weapons Take Toll on ISIS in Ground Combat The Kurds have been using French-made anti-tank weapons to stop ISIS counterattacks with car and truck bombs.
US to Deploy 'Targeting Force' to Bolster Fight against ISIS The U.S. will deploy Special Forces troops to Iraq as part of a "targeting force" against the Islamic State, Defense...
Ramadi Represents 'Tough Nut to Crack' for Iraqi Forces: US Military The city of Ramadi will be a "tough nut to crack" for Iraqi Security Forces seeking to retake the capital of Anbar province...
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...
