Obama Says Poor Iraqi Recruiting Limiting US Training in ISIS Fight President Obama said Monday that the U.S. had yet to draw up a "complete strategy" for training the Iraqi Security Forces...
US Army Gen. Odierno Retires amid Controversy over Iraq Remarks Gen. Ray Odierno stepped down Friday as Army chief of staff amid controversy over his remarks on the campaign against ISIS.
Delta Force Death in Iraq Doesn't Reflect 'Combat Role,' Carter Says Defense Secretary Ashton Carter struggled to define combat in describing the death of Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler in Iraq.
Special Operations Teams to Iraq, Syria Puts More Boots on the Ground The deployment of Special Operations teams to Iraq will put more U.S. troops in combat despite President Obama's ban on...
US to Deploy More Trainers to Iraq Ahead of Mosul Push The U.S. will deploy "certainly hundreds" more troops to Iraq to train additional brigades which Prime Minister Haider al...
Report: Navy Aircraft Involved in Iraq Search-and-Rescue Mission A mission to recover a U.S. Army reconnaissance plane that went down March 5 in northern Iraq included Navy helicopters and...
Cyber Command Gets 'First Wartime Assignment' in Fight against ISIS The DoD's relatively new Cyber Command has received its "first wartime assignment" in the fight against the Islamic State.
Allies Pledge to Contribute More to ISIS Fight But Offer Few Specifics Carter secured pledges from allies in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS to do more but the allies were short on specifics.
In Iraq, Apache Gunships Deploy to Mosul, But Not Fallujah: Pentagon Apache attack helicopters have gone into action in the advance on Mosul but were being kept out of the ongoing siege of...
At Least 14 Civilians Killed in US Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria: Centcom At least 14 civilians were killed in U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in six separate attacks, U.S. Central Command said .
Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar but No Early Reports of Casualties, Damage One of the largest U.S. bases in the Middle East was attacked Monday by an Iranian missile strike just days after the U.S...
ICE Detains Marine Corps Veteran's Wife Who Was Still Breastfeeding Their Baby U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine...
VA Changes Discrimination Policy for Health Care Staff, Denies Doctors Could Withhold Treatment The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact...
Oregon Dems Vote to Prevent Trump from Deploying Oregon National Guard, as He Did in California Oregon Democrats and one Republican in the House voted Friday to draw a “line in the sand” to try to prevent President Donald...
Germany Weighs Compulsory Military Service After Suspension 'Mistake' Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is preparing a draft bill aimed at making military service more attractive - while also...