US Airstrike Kills Around 30 al-Shabaab Militants in Somalia, Military Says The Jan. 20 strike occurred approximately 260 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu near Galcad, Somalia.
Lawmakers Demand Answers on US Involvement in Deadly 2017 Nigerian Airstrike A group of House Democrats wants answers following reports that the U.S. military may have helped Nigerian forces with a 2017...
Military Gets New Office to Help Limit Civilian Deaths and Injury Civilian deaths were thrust into the spotlight again after U.S. Central Command launched an airstrike on a compound in Kabul...
US Military Strikes Fell 54% in Biden's First Year Compared to Trump's Last The vast majority of military strikes under Biden happened in Afghanistan before U.S. forces left in August.
Biden Orders Airstrikes on Iranian-Backed Militias in Syria After Rocket Attacks A statement described the airstrikes as "defensive."
A Missile Full of Swords Was Likely Behind the Death of Two Al-Qaida Commanders in Syria The R9X variant of the AGM-114 Hellfire is a non-explosive weapon best be described as a 100-pound flying switchblade.
Navy Vessels, B-1s Obliterate 3 Syrian Targets in Strike The strikes employed twice as many weapons used as in the response to a Syrian chemical attack last year.
US Airstrikes in Afghanistan Hit Heaviest Levels Since 2010 The Afghanistan conflict just recorded the most U.S. airstrikes in a single month in nearly a decade.
Pentagon Denies Causing Civilian Casualties in Air Strikes Over Somalia U.S. Africa Command says that there have been no civilian casualties as a result of U.S. air strikes targeting al-Shabaab.
No Changes for DoD After Trump Eases Civilian Casualty Reporting Requirements President Trump moved to rescind part of an Obama-era order requiring the publication of a report on civilian casualties.
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...
Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.