Dunford: All Options on Table to Ramp Up ISIS Fight Top military brass want to isolate groups in Iraq and Syria until they're weak enough that local authorities can keep them at...
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...
The F-22 in Syria: Deconflicting, Not Dog-Fighting The U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor stealth fighter is playing a crucial yet evolving role in air operations over Syria and Iraq...
US Pulls Surveillance of ISIS Convoy After Russian Request The ISIS convoy was given safe passage over 10 days ago to travel across the Syrian desert to the Iraqi border.
US Troops in Jordan Will Train Iraqi Soldiers The 1,500 U.S. troops in Jordan have increasingly become a major factor in White House efforts to contain the regional...
90 US Special Forces Troops Arrive in Baghdad Ninety Special Operations troops have arrived in Baghdad to begin their advisory mission to the Iraqi military.
Kurdish Relief Chopper Flips Over In Crash A Kurdish helicopter rescuing stranded Yazidi refugees flipped over and crashed Tuesday, killing the pilot.
Pentagon Doesn't Rule out Airstrikes in Syria The Pentagon on Friday left open the possibility that the air campaign in Iraq could be expanded to hit bases of the ISIL in...
Arab Countries Promise to Halt Flow of Fighters to ISIL Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, the UAE, Lebanon, Egypt. Jordan and Iraq agreed to stop the flow of foreign...
Walks on the Mall, Shake Shack Burgers and a Car Crash: Scenes from the Guard's Deployment in DC What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican...
Former Space Force Sergeant Fatally Shot Teen in 'Vigilante Violence,' Colorado Officials Say Orest Schur received a 54-year prison sentence after a jury in June found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted...
Airman Killed in Off-Base AK-47 Shooting Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base Identified An airman stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, who died after being shot by an AK-47 fired through the wall of an off...
VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...
![Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a U.S. coalition spokesman, said at a Sept. 7 press conference from Baghdad that the coalition was "able to exploit and take advantage" of an ISIS convoy traveling across Syria. (DoD photo)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/people/2017/09/ryandillon090917.jpg?itok=-nuEI7JI "Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a U.S. coalition spokesman, said at a Sept. 7 press conference from Baghdad that the coalition was "able to exploit and take advantage" of an ISIS convoy traveling across Syria. (DoD photo)")
![Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before a meeting Sept. 11, 2014, at the Royal Palace in Jiddah. Key Arab allies promised to "do their share" to fight Islamic State militants. Brendan Smialowski/AP](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/news/people/2014/09/kerry-saudi-600.jpg?itok=qrwDNNVh "Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before a meeting Sept. 11, 2014, at the Royal Palace in Jiddah. Key Arab allies promised to "do their share" to fight Islamic State militants. Brendan Smialowski/AP")
