Afghan Units Slow to Break Dependence on NATO Afghan national army and police units have started the slow process of shedding reliance on NATO coalition trainers as NATO...
U.S. Scales Back Afghan Training Mission U.S. and coalition forces scaled back partnering and advising operations with the Afghan National Security Forces on Sunday...
ISAF: Insider Attacks Can't End Partnerships NATO's deputy commander in Afghanistan said the coalition can't afford to walk away from Afghan partnerships in seeking to...
Dempsey Presses For Post-2014 Afghan Troop Stance The U.S. could wait until summer to reach an agreement with Afghanistan, but NATO allies could not, Gen. Dempsey said.
US Sends Planes to Guard NATO Air Space The U.S. military took the first steps toward bolstering the defenses of NATO allies in response to the crisis in Ukraine.
US-UK: Expand Missile Defense in Eastern Europe Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pushed Wednesday for speeding up the placement of missile defense systems in Europe.
NATO Builds Plan as Violence Increases in Ukraine Ukrainian troops began moving against separatists in eastern Ukraine as NATO considered shoring up defenses in Europe.
Breedlove Shifts Forces East to Counter Russia NATO’s commander announced a modest shift of troops, planes and ships to eastern Europe during the Ukraine crisis.
US Paratroopers Deploy to Poland and Baltics The U.S. is sending a total of about 600 paratroopers to Poland and the Baltic states to bolster defenses against Russia.
US Troops Arrive in Poland amid Russian Threats Paratroopers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade arrived in Poland Wednesday in the effort to deter Russia in Eastern Europe.
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...
