DoD Reveals Operation Inherent Resolve Medal for Campaign against ISIS Thousands of U.S. troops who have deployed in support of the mission against ISIS are now eligible for a new medal, officials...
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...
Fallujah Offensive May Trap Civilians in ISIS-Held City: Aid Groups The Iraqi offensive to retake Fallujah imperiled thousands of trapped civilians in the ISIS stronghold, according to the UN.
CIA Director Blames Downing of Russian Airliner on ISIS Group in Sinai The downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt last year was blamed by the CIA on the ISIS affiliate in Sinai.
Criticizing Clinton, Trump Vows to 'Defeat the Barbarians of ISIS' Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump blasted Hillary Clinton and pledged to "defeat the barbarians of ISIS" if...
ISIS Hostage Kayla Mueller's 2013 Proof-of-Life Video Uncovered A dramatic 10-second video released this week by aid worker Kayla Mueller's family showed the woman pleading for help shortly...
Pentagon: No More US Troops Needed for Mosul Battle The U.S. won't need more troops for the battle of Mosul beyond the additional 600 just approved.
Turkey Rejects US Plan for Raqqa Offensive Involving Kurds Turkey said a U.S. plan for a Raqqa offensive was a non-starter if it involved Kurdish fighters branded as terrorists by...
US Airstrike Hits Mosul Hospital Used by ISIS At the request of Iraqi forces, U.S. warplanes carried out a deliberate bombing of a Mosul hospital used by the Islamic State...
Mattis Not Ready to Recommend Ground Combat Troops for Syria, Iraq Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that putting U.S. ground combat troops into Syria and Iraq is not under immediate...
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...