Trump Gives Mattis Authority to Set Troop Levels in Iraq, Syria Defense Secretary Jim Mattis now has authority to send more troops to Iraq and Syria on his own.
Marine Task Force Quietly Sent Recon, Exploitation Units Into Iraq During the most recent deployment of the Marine Corps' Middle East crisis response task force, elements were deployed to Iraq...
Scholarship Fund to Honor Soldier Killed by IED in Iraq Friends have started a scholarship fund to honor Army 1st Lt. Weston Lee.
Navy Pilot's Gutsy Last-Second Call Saves Civilian Lives Near Mosul A planned strike aborted with only seconds to spare is proof for Capt. James McCall that his aviators are doing what they...
ISIS Attack Leaves 2 Dead at Iraqi Base Two of the ISIS militants died when they detonated suicide vests. Three more were killed by Kurdish forces.
'Noose Around the Neck of ISIS' as Carrier Airstrikes Move South The hiss and scream of F/A-18 Super Hornets launching from the flight deck is business as usual at sea on the USS George H.W...
Air Force Bombed ISIS at Record Level in March, Numbers Show The U.S. Air Force bombed ISIS at a record level in March and the most since the air campaign began in 2014, figures show.
ISIS Tricked US Into Bombing Building Where 100 Innocents Held Captive The group rigged a house with 1,000 pounds of explosives, put civilians in the basement, and used snipers to bait the...
Mattis: 'Annihilation Tactics' Being Used Against ISIS Secretary of Defense James Mattis said the goal is to take out ISIS militants before they can flee to neighboring countries.
Canadian Sniper Reportedly Shot ISIS Fighter From Over 2 Miles Away The unnamed sniper who apparently carried out the feat was a member of Joint Task Force 2, an elite unit in the Canadian army...
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...
