The 'Beast of Hit,' Abrams Tank Plays Role in Iraqi Fight against ISIS The U.S. military played up the role of an M1A1 Abrams tank used by the Iraqis against ISIS in Anbar province.
Beyond More US Commandos, Mosul Push Includes $415 Million for Kurds Kurdish Peshmerga fighters will get $415 million while 217 more U.S. Special Ops troops deploy to Iraq for the Mosul...
B-52 Bombers Carry Out First Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq The U.S. Air Force's B-52 Stratofortresses have conducted their initial airstrikes against ISIS, military officials said.
More Civilian Deaths from US Airstrikes against ISIS U.S. Central Command estimated that 20 civilians were killed in airstrikes against ISIS between September and February.
DoD to Send HIMARS Rocket Artillery to Turkey, Northern Iraq The U.S. will deploy the HIMARS rocket artillery system in Turkey and northern Iraq, U.S. military and Turkish officials said...
US Warplanes Adopt Israeli 'Knock on The Roof' Tactic U.S. aircraft have adopted the Israeli "roof knock" tactic of setting off an airburst as a warning to limit civilian...
Dunford Acknowledges US Troops in Iraq Conduct Combat Operations The chairman of the Joint Chiefs acknowledged troops are fighting in combat operations in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle...
11 Years After the Battles, Some Say It’s Time for a USS Fallujah More than 120 Americans died in the two battles of Fallujah that took place in the spring and fall of 2004.
Calls Resurface to Name Ship after Marines' Historic Fallujah Assault More than 120 Americans were killed in the two battles of Fallujah during the spring and fall of 2004.
Navy SEAL Killed by ISIS North of Mosul, Pentagon Says A Navy SEAL was killed Tuesday morning in Iraq by an ISIS attack while assisting Kurdish Peshmerga forces north of Mosul.
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...
