Here's Why the Pentagon Will Stop Issuing the National Defense Service Medal The move, announced by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, ends the longest run for the award in its history.
Pentagon Vows to Strike Back If Troops Are Attacked by Iran-Supported Militias, Regardless of Nuclear Talks About 900 U.S. troops are in Syria on a mission of training allied local forces fighting ISIS.
ISIS Fighter Behind Brutal Beheading of Journalist and Murder of Veteran Sentenced to Life in Prison On the eighth anniversary of the brutal beheading of journalist James Foley, a federal judge in Virginia sentenced one of the...
Survivors, Family Members of USS Cole Bombing Find Justice in Killing of Al-Qaida Terrorist For victims of the 2000 attack in Aden, Yemen, the drone strike that killed al-Zawahiri meant his crime was never forgotten.
The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Won't Be Handed Out to Everyone Anymore Starting Sept. 11, 2022, a service member must have worked directly for a counterterrorism operation for at least 30 days to...
Billions Spent on Overseas Counterterrorism Would Be Better Spent by Involving Ex-Terrorists My research shows that international aid does not stop terrorists from carrying out violent acts.
How the Flying Fireman's Son Keeps His Memory Alive After 9/11 This Special Forces vet gave all on 9/11. Now his son serves, too.
'I Helped Destroy People' Movie to Explore Mistakes in the War on Terror The movie is based on the true story of FBI agent Terry Albury.
Push to Send US Troops Back to Somalia Coming from Senate Several senators want to send U.S. troops back to fight al-Shabaab, about 16 months after former President Trump pulled them...
Troops Reprimanded After Deadly Al-Shabaab Attack on Kenya Base The U.S. base and an adjacent airfield were more vulnerable due to a culture of complacency among forces deployed there, the...
One Detainee Killed and 2 Others Critically Injured in Dallas ICE Facility, Homeland Security Says A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on...
Pentagon Adds Exemptions to Requirement for All Troops to Get the Flu Shot The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the flu shot every year by introducing...
Travis Decker, Man Accused of Killing His Daughters, Is Dead, US Marshals Service Reportedly Says The hunt for Travis Decker, an Army veteran accused of killing his three young daughters near Leavenworth, Washington, could...
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Trying to Board Camp Pendleton Helicopter with Lit Flare A civilian holding a lit flare tried to board a Marine Corps helicopter while the aircraft was sitting on a Camp Pendleton...
Hegseth Abruptly Summons Top Military Commanders to a Meeting in Virginia Next Week The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their...
![Former leader of Al Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiah Imron Baihaqi prays at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-05/AP%20Indonesia%20Radicals%20Reformed%201800x1200.jpg?itok=BMSiz7mo "In this June 2, 2016 photo, former leader of Al Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiah Imron Baihaqi, center, who is also known by his militant name "Abu Tholut," prays at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia has been struggling in its efforts to de-radicalize militants in prison, partly because the Islamic State group inspires them to hold to extremism. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)")
![Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Michael B Jordan](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-03/AbdulMateenJordan.jpg?itok=IyZTpA1e "Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in "Watchmen" (HBO) and Michael B. Jordan in "Tom Clancy's Without Remorse" (Prime Video).")
