Marine Corps Command in Charge of Middle East Cancels Annual Ball Due to 'Unforeseen Operational Commitments' A spokesperson for MARCENT told Military.com that the cancellation of the ball was a "prudent measure," given the situation...
Army Air Defense Units from 3 Bases Are Deploying to Middle East After 13 Drone Attacks The Army air defense units deploying to the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war come from Fort Bliss in Texas, Fort Liberty...
Iran-Backed Attacks Against Troops Could Escalate as US Aids Israel, Pentagon Warns The Pentagon's top spokesman, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, told reporters at a briefing that there have been a growing number of...
US Redirects Navy Carrier Strike Group, Deploys High Altitude Defense Missile System and Patriot Battalions to the Middle East Officials said the moves were made in response to new escalations by Iran.
Navy Presence Off Israel Grows as USS Mount Whitney Deploys to Region with Senior Admiral Aboard The Navy's fleet commander in Europe and the command-and-control ship USS Mount Whitney are deploying to the Eastern...
Do Lessons from the Battles for Fallujah Apply to Gaza? "While Fallujah and Gaza are dissimilar in terms of military operations and policy resolve, they are similar in their mutual...
2,000 US Troops Ordered to Prepare for Deployment in Growing Response to Israel War with Hamas Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered around 2,000 troops to be on heightened alert to potentially deploy in response to...
Marine Corps Expeditionary Unit En Route to Waters Off Israel, Defense Official Says The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU, is capable of conducting amphibious operations and crisis response, among other...
Strategic Lessons from the Hamas Attack that Surprised the Israeli Military "Successful strategic attacks do not just happen. They generally involve three key elements. All require months or years of...
Israel Doesn't Want US Troops on the Ground as It Wages War, White House Says The statement by the White House seemed to scuttle -- at least for now -- the idea of using U.S. special operations forces to...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
