5 Things to Start Your Week Here are five news stories and events to start your week, from the editors at Military.com.
State Department Enters Propaganda War With ISIL The State Department is launching a tough and graphic propaganda counteroffensive against the Islamic State.
US Army to Deploy Hundreds of Fort Riley Soldiers to Iraq About 500 1st Infantry Division troops will head to Iraq next month to help coordinate the fight against the Islamic State.
Report: US Policy Shifts From Killing ISIS Fighters to Saving Kobani U.S. and Kurdish commanders are collaborating closely to ensure that the Syrian border town of Kobani does not fall to...
CentCom Commander Visits USS Carl Vinson Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander, U.S. Central Command, spoke to the crew of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
Pentagon: Murder of Jordanian Pilot Will 'Sharpen Focus' on ISIS Fight The U.S. military offered its condolences to the family of the Jordanian pilot who was murdered when ISIS militants burned...
Cost Of Anti-ISIS Campaign Passes $2.4 Billion The total costs of the airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, plus the training and advisory mission, have risen past $2.4 billion...
Petraeus Disagrees with Carter, Says Iraqis Have ‘Will To Fight’ Retired Gen. David Petraeus disagreed Monday with SecDef Ashton Carter's charge that the Iraqis lacked the will to fight.
First F-16s Arrive in Iraq Under US Contract The first batch of U.S.-provided F-16s has arrived in Iraq, following a string of delays over security and other concerns.
Pentagon IG Investigating Possibly Skewed Intelligence on ISIS Strikes The DoD's Inspector General is looking into charges that upbeat analysis has skewed progress reports on the campaign against...
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.
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...
'It's a Lottery': Why Foreign Volunteer Fought in Russia-Ukraine War Jack de Santis is a Croatian-born volunteer of the Ukrainian army who used his engineering, drone expertise to help fight...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...
Bravo Company Vietnam Veterans Honored with Long-Overdue Bronze Stars While it took more than five decades, 14 veterans of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, were...
