US Conducts 2 New Year's Day Airstrikes on Somalia as Troop Withdrawal Continues The two New Year's Day airstrikes hit al-Shabaab compounds, destroying two according to the initial assessment. No civilians...
Fighters Launched from Carrier Give Cover to US Troops Withdrawing from Somalia F/A-18 Super Hornets aboard the Nimitz have been providing air support as U.S. troops withdraw from Somalia.
A US Naval Armada and 2,500 Marines Are Off Somalia to Cover Troop Withdrawal The carrier Nimitz and its strike group, as well as the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, are standing by.
AFRICOM Sends Warning to Al-Shabaab as US Troops Begin Withdrawing from Somalia "They should not test us," said Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, head of U.S. Africa Command.
US Warplanes Hit Somali Rebels Days After US Troop Withdrawal Announced The airstrikes targeted al-Shabaab explosives experts near the town of Jilib, about 207 miles southwest of Mogadishu.
Trump Orders Pentagon to Move Most US Troops Out of Somalia President Trump ordered defense officials to reposition most of the personnel and equipment out of Somalia by early 2021.
US Military Killed 2 Civilians in Africa Last Year, New Report Confirms For the second time since it was activated in 2008, U.S. Africa Command is admitting it killed civilians in an airstrike.
Some US Soldiers Now Authorized to Wear Combat Patch for Somalia Deployments The shoulder insignia is authorized for soldiers who have been "deployed, temporarily stationed or permanently assigned."
US Service Member Injured in Terror Attack on Somali Military Base A U.S. service member was injured in a pair of targeted attacks by a terror group in Somalia this week.
Author Mark Bowden Revisits the True Story of ‘Black Hawk Down’ Mark Bowden wrote the newspaper articles and book that inspired Ridley Scott's masterpiece war movie. He talked with us about...
Veterans Can Start Filing New Claims Now for 23 Illnesses Covered Under New Law The bill expands health care and disability compensation for veterans affected by burn pits and other toxic exposures.
Air Force Allows Facebook Comments Criticizing the Service Online After Veteran's Lawsuit An Air Force veteran who was tired of having his pointed Facebook comments deleted on the service's senior enlisted leader's...
Twice Accused of Sexual Assault, He Was Let Go by Army Commanders. He Attacked Again. Christian Alvarado began to type as he sat alone in an interrogation room at Fort Bliss, a sprawling Army post in El Paso...
Truck Driver Acquitted in Deaths of 7 Veterans in Head-On Collision with Motorcycles A jury has acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in a collision in northern...
Navy Will Offer Chiefs Promotions to Go to Sea -- or the George Washington -- in New Program The Navy rolled out a new program Friday that offers promotions to senior and master chief petty officers in exchange for...