Dempsey Softens Carter's Line on Iraqis Lacking 'Will to Fight' Gen.. Martin Dempsey has been trying to clarify what Defense Secretary Ashton Carter really meant by charging that the Iraqis...
Pentagon No. 2 Says ISIS Not a ‘Clear and Present Danger’ to US Obama's nomination to be the Pentagon's No. 2, echoed the testimony last week by Gen. Dunford in naming Russia as the main...
Turkey Will 'Very Soon' Begin Bombing ISIS in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon The airstrikes are expected to start after Turkey and the U.S. finalize targeting details, a Pentagon spokesman said.
Russia, Syria and Iran Set Up Military Coordination Cell in Baghdad Russian, Syrian and Iranian military commanders have set up a coordination cell in Baghdad in recent days to try to begin...
Wheeler's Delta Team and Kurdish Forces Rushed ISIS Prison in Iraq New details indicate Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler and his team were directly involved in the rescue mission.
US Military 'Reasonably Certain' Drone Strike Killed 'Jihadi John' The U.S. military was fairly sure that the ISIS executioner known as "Jihadi John" was killed by its Hellfire missile strike.
Ignoring Counsel From Ex-CIA Chiefs, Trump Vows to Back Waterboarding Donald Trump says he'd bring back waterboarding if elected president, even though former CIA directors are on record against...
Commentary: Turning Our Backs on Muslim Immigrants Makes Us Less Safe America needs to rethink its hysteria over immigrants soon or we risk putting our national security at risk.
Pentagon Officials Hail Iraqi Forces Retaking Ramadi from ISIS The recent success of Iraqi forces in retaking Ramadi showed that the U.S. strategy against ISIS is working, Defense...
Concerns about Fatigue Mount as Iraqi Troops Prepare to Retake Mosul The elite Iraqi troops with the most U.S training have been called on to take the lead again in the push to oust ISIS from...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
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...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...