WASHINGTON — U.S. troops are needed in Syria to help defeat Islamic State militants who maintain control of three pockets of territory and to help ensure the terrorist group does not return to prominence, top American officials said Tuesday. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, the U.S. Central Co...
The Imghad and Allies Self Defense Movement (GATIA) and the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (MSA), two allied pro-Mali Tuareg groups, announced yesterday its fighters have again clashed with militants loyal to the Islamic State led by Abu Walid al Sahrawi in Mali. In a joint stat...
Indian security forces launched a decisive counter-terror operation yesterday in the Kashmiri districts of Shopian and Anantnag resulting in the deaths of at least 13 terrorists, three Indian security forces soldiers, and four civilians. The operation, which took out members of Jaish-...
The pilot is in stable condition after ejecting during a takeoff from Djibouti Ambouli International Airport on Tuesday. A Marine Harrier pilot is in stable condition after ejecting during a takeoff from Djibouti Ambouli International Airport on Tuesday, according to military official...
A Marine Corps pilot is being treated for injuries after a takeoff gone wrong from Djibouti Ambouli International Airport on Tuesday, officials said. The pilot, flying an AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, ejected shortly after takeoff around 4 p.m. local ...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s directing the U.S. military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border in lieu of, for now, a border wall. “We’re going to be doing things militarily until we can have a wall and proper security.” Trump said. Trump’s comments came as he sat next to ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed ahead Tuesday with the $2.5 billion sale of S-400 anti-air missiles to Turkey in a deal reached over the objections of the U.S. and other NATO allies. "A priority task in the sphere of military technical cooperation is the implementation of the...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US military will be used to guard the US-Mexico border. “We are going to be guarding our border with our military. That’s a big step,” Trump told reporters gathered at the White House. “We cannot have people flowing into our country illegal...
Administration officials, military leaders, senior Iraqi representatives and regional experts discussed views on Iraq and Syria at the U.S. Institute of Peace here today. Marine Corps Col. Seth W. Folsom, assigned to Task Force Lion, and key Iraqi security forces leaders discuss regio...
Janet Martineau, left, the Family Child Care director at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, and an unidentified in-home child care provider show members of an inspection team how Peterson certifies home child care providers in this April 2008 photo. The Air Force this month is drama...
Norfolk, Va. (April 2, 2017) The Navy's cool looking M80 Stiletto test-bed ship speeds through the Chesapeake Bay towards Hampton Roads on April 3 . Capable of speeds of up to 60 knots, the craft was designed to take Navy SEALs to battle, but has ended up testing the coolest new toys ...
Military members moving off Guam will be able to ship their pets on United Airlines over April thanks to an exception to policy announced late today. United had suspended its PetSafe pet shipping service after a series of transport disasters, including the death of a dog in an aircraf...
Russia’s Tecmash Research and Production Group has teamed up with China to continue carrying out experimental design to develop a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is launched from inside a munition launched by the 9K58 Smerch multiple rocket system (MRS), Alexander Ko...
Marine Corps Pfc. Lyle E. Charpilloz is returning home. Charpilloz, 19, died Nov. 20, 1943, the first day of battle on the small island of Betio on the Tarawa Atoll, during World War II, KPTV in Oregon reports . He had been assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2n...
YOKOSUKA NAVAL Base, Japan — The Navy expects to deploy its version of America’s most advanced joint strike fighter to Japan sometime after 2021. The plan — confirmed this week by Naval Forces Japan spokeswoman Cmdr. Reann Mommsen — involves sending an unspecified number of F-35C Ligh...
Army Veteran Finds Inspiration through Sports Army Veteran Deanna Callender joins nearly 400 Veterans at the 2018 National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colorado. By Mike Molina Public Affairs Specialist Tuesday, April 3, 2018 Deanna Callender has learned...
The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will visit Canada on Tuesday, 3 April and Wednesday, 4 April 2018. On 4 April, he will participate in a Town Hall event at the University of Ottawa, delivering remarks and taking questions from students. He will also attend a reception...
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that heavy weaponry was being used by the Indian forces at the Line of Control (LoC) and continuing ceasefire violations by them could pave way for a major war between the two neighbouring countries. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Monda...
Boeing has been contracted to deliver its final C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlifter to India. A USD262 million award for the delivery of the last C-17 to the Indian Air Force (IAF) to roll off the now-closed production line at Long Beach, California, was announced on 30 March. Th...
WASHINGTON — A large, national veterans organization is calling on President Donald Trump to remove new acting Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie amid confusion over who should be running the agency legally. The group American Veterans, better known as AMVETS, sent...
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Air Force has accelerated a plan to base CV-22 Ospreys in western Tokyo by announcing that the tiltrotor aircraft would arrive this week at the home of U.S. Forces Japan. A Special Operations squadron of 10 Ospreys was due at Yokota in 2020; however, that ...
President Trump announced Tuesday his plans to deploy the American military to the United States’ southern border with Mexico; telling reporters “we’re going to be guarding our border with the military” until the US has a proper border wall. The President was speaking with reporters a...
TAPA, Estonia -- The U.S. Army prides itself on being able to respond with no notice to potential global threats. For the Soldiers of the 82nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, that kind of decisive action was recently put to the test ...
AUBURN, Maine — A World War II soldier who became a spy in Europe for the forerunner of the CIA has died in Maine. Irving Isaacson was 102. Isaacson was a retired lawyer in Lewiston. The Albert & Burpee Funeral Home in Lewiston confirms he died at Hospice House in his native Auburn la...
