US Military Will Be in Mideast for 'a Long Time,' Carter Tells Troops Defense Secretary Ash Carter touched on ISIS, budgets, benefits and suicide rates in a video conversation with troops...
ISIS Leaders Believed to Be on the Run from Mosul The top ISIS leaders may be gone from Mosul, but enough tactical leaders remain to conduct a bloody defense, U.S. officials...
US Halts Airstrikes in Support of Turkish Military Inside Syria The U.S. has cut off air and ground support for Turkey’s actions inside Syria.
Trump Voices Hope that Russia Can Help in Fight Against ISIS In an interview set to air this week, Bill O'Reilly asks Trump why he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin.
US Troops Patrol Syrian Town in Peacekeeping Effort Additional U.S. troops sent into Syria were patrolling Manbij in Stryker combat vehicles to prevent a battle for the city.
Top Baghdadi Aide Killed in SpecOps Raid in Syria: CentCom A top terror planner for ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed earlier this month in a special operations raid in Syria...
The Most Talked About Stories This Week on Military.com Here are the most talked about stories this week on Military.com, along with a sampling of reader responses edited for...
Grieving Iraqis Call On US to Probe Massacre of 1,600 Military Cadets A spokesman for Inherent Resolve said in an email that the Speicher massacre was "an internal matter for the government of...
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.
Air Force Special Operations Establish Role in ISIL Fight Air Force Special Operations Command is already engaged in the war against ISIL, but it’s commander is not talking mission...
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...
![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)")
