WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials will start issuing new veterans ID cards next month, giving recipients an easy way to provide their military service for business discounts and other promotions. The move, first reported by Military.com, comes two years after Congress passed leg...
Russian troops and technicians are using those modest drones in inventive and dangerous ways. The Orlan-10 , used from the Ukraine to Syria, isn’t particularly imposing. One fit adult can pick it up, and it carries just 13 pounds of payload – but the Russians have kitted it out for mu...
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued a new warning Thursday to all military and Defense Department civilian personnel against information leaks, and directed personnel to report suspected leaks, guidance that government transparency advocates said would have a chilling eff...
Al Qaeda released yet another message from Ayman al Zawahiri yesterday. Since mid-2015, Zawahiri has released a steady stream of statements concerning events around the world. The al Qaeda leader’s latest message, titled “We Shall Fight You Until There is No More Persecution (Allah-Wi...
U.S. Army paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, load onto U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during exercise Ultimate Reach Nov. 3, 2015, on Green Ramp, Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Eighteenth Air Force units, partnered with the Army's 82nd Airbo...
Earlier today, a joint US-Nigerien patrol near the Malian border came under fire by suspected jihadists emanating from Mali. According to reports, at least three US Special Forces soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the ambush. French outlet RFI first reported that the...
I was gonna say. The CIA, Air Force Foreign Technology Division/National Air Intelligence Center (whatever they call it now), probably private companies like Raytheon and LM, will be all over that system learning its ins and outs (like I’m sure they did Greece’s S300 system). Now it w...
Rangers withdraw security of Parliament House ISLAMABAD: Rangers have withdrawn its personnel deployed on the security of the Parliament House two days after Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal raised objections on the deployment of the paramilitary force in the premises of Accountability C...
Qais Qazali (center), the leader of Asaib al Haq, and Akram al Kaabi (center-right), the commander of Harakat al Nujaba, meet outside of Hawija to discuss operations to retake the town. The Iraqi military and Iranian-supported Shia militias have retaken the town of Hawija from the Isl...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (NNS) -- The Mercy-class Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, received five critical patients around 8 p.m. Oct. 4, from Ryder Memorial Hospital in Humacao, Puerto Rico, after its generator failed. The possibilit...
“Right now it has about 64 patients,” he added, and has received an assignment based on an assessment completed yesterday by the PR Department of Health, DoD, HHS and FEMA “to make sure that we know what the needs are in each region in Puerto Rico so we can deploy the USNS Comfort app...
The intensive care unit of the hospital ship USNS Comfort began taking on critical patients Wednesday night in a series of air medevacs from overwhelmed hospitals in Puerto Rico, U.S. Northern Command said Thursday. The Defense Department also said the Mercy-class Military Sealift Com...
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- The Air Force trained and graduated the 500th F-35 Lightning II pilot across the joint and international enterprise Sept. 19, 2017, at Eglin Air Force Base. Maj. Chris Campbell, 461st Flight Test Squadron director of operations, is an F-16 Fighting...
In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 photo Russian military helicopter flies over a desert in Deir es-Zor province, Syria. A U.S.-backed force in Syria said a Russian airstrike wounded six of its fighters Saturday near the eastern city of Deir el-Zour while in southeast Syria, Syrian troops...
In a major warning to Pakistan, Indian Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa today said his forces are capable of hitting nuclear sites across the border if another decision on a surgical strike is taken by the government. When asked about the tactical nuclear arsenal of Pakistan, Dhanoa said, "T...
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — An exasperated Sen. Angus King recently grilled the Navy’s top uniformed officer for reasons why two high-tech destroyers had collided with commercial ships since June. “How in the world could a billion-dollar destroyer not know that there’s a freighter closing ...
BEIJING: A documentary being aired on Chinese media showcases the achievements of sweeping military reforms carried out by President Xi Jinping in the last five years to build a strong army in order to expand China 's global influence. The documentary comes ahead of the 19th Congress ...
WARSAW, Poland — Defense ministers from Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine have authorized their 2-year-old joint brigade to take part in international missions for the region’s security. The ministers marked two years since the brigade was founded in Lublin, eastern Poland, in response to...
Three Green Berets were killed in an ambush Wednesday in Niger, and two injured servicemembers were transported to a military hospital in Germany for treatment, U.S. Africa Command said Thursday. The names of the servicemembers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. T...
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The 25th Marine Regiment’s senior leadership has been fired following an investigation, a Corps official confirmed on Thursday. Col. Morgan Mann, regimental commanding officer; Sgt Maj. James Boutin, regimental inspector instructor; and CWO 3 Robert Hoy, personnel officer, all were re...
SINGAPORE (NNS) -- The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) departed Changi Naval Base, Oct. 5, to meet heavy lift transport vessel MV Treasure. Over the next few days, John S. McCain will be towed to deep water, where the heavy lift vessel will lower itself, secure th...
ARLINGTON, Va. – A ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by more than 100 spectators and senior military leaders was held Friday at the Pentagon, unveiling a new exhibit honoring the National Guard and its 380-year history. Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bur...
Yemeni rebels shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper on 1 October, despite their limited air defence capability. The incident has raised questions over why an armed US UAV was flying low over Sanaa. A US MQ-9 Reaper armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down over western Yemen on 1 October...
India should avoid bigger US strategic game: Karzai India should not be pulled into the US’s approach to Afghanistan — which he warned was part of a "bigger strategic game" that would not bring peace to the region — but should maintain an independent approach based on the shared inter...
PARIS — Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday that troops have retaken the northern town of Hawija from the Islamic State group, driving the extremists from one of their last strongholds in the country. Haider al-Abadi declared victory during a press conference in Paris with French Pres...
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued a new warning Thursday to all military and Defense Department civilian personnel against information leaks, and directed personnel to report suspected leaks, guidance that government transparency advocates said would have a chilling eff...
WASHINGTON — News bulletin in 1957: Sputnik stuns the world. CIA in 2017: Not really. The CIA released newly declassified documents on Wednesday revealing that while the American public was surprised when the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite 60 years ago, i...
‘Finland eager to participate in Pakistan’s development’ Container boxes are seen at a Port. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Finland is eager to cooperate with Pakistan in multiple socioeconomic development sectors, Ambassador of Finland Rauli Suikannen said on Tuesday. “To realise this obj...
