Report: Cost of Post-9/11 Wars To Taxpayers $23K Apiece A new estimate of the costs of the post-9/11 wars puts the total at $5.6 trillion, or $23,386 for each taxpayer. Read more.
With Victory Declared in Raqqa, Marine Artillery Unit in Syria to Return Home After three months of combat in Syria supporting the assault on Raqqa, a Marine Corps 155mm artillery battery is declaring...
Troop Surge in Afghanistan Completed; 14,000 Now on Ground The U.S. has boosted the number of troops in Afghanistan from 11,000 to 14,000.
Op-Ed: The War Against ISIS -- The End of the Beginning ISIS will find it easy to melt back into the population and to return to the insurgency tactics they used prior to June 2014.
Special Ops Dog Handler Awarded Bronze Star for Heroism in ISIS Fight A decorated Marine Raider who was critically wounded in Iraq received one of the nation's most prestigious awards for valor.
US Rejects Russian Charges of Aiding ISIS in Syria The U.S. has charged the Russians with concocting a tale that the U.S. flew air cover for ISIS.
The Continued Unravelling of the Middle East: A Deep Dive into History Sykes-Picot was the first, but not the only treaty that would subsequently define the political topography of the Middle East...
Keeping Iraq Off Travel Ban List Helps Anti-ISIS Fight: General The top U.S. commander for Iraq and Syria said that keeping Iraq off the U.S. travel ban list would make his job easier.
DoD Announces France Travel Ban U.S. military personnel, dependents and all Defense civilian contractors and employees may not travel to France, the DoD said...
Mosul Reclaimed: ISIS Routed From Iraqi City, US-Led Coalition Says Iraqi forces have retaken Mosul from ISIS, more than three years after the terror group overran the city in June 2014.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...