Why the USS Cole's Commander Pushed to Keep His Crew Together After Deadly Bombing On Oct. 12, 2000, two suicide bombers in a small boat laden with explosives targeted the guided-missile destroyer Cole.
The Taliban Are Celebrating 3 Years in Power, but They’re Not Talking About Afghans The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of its return to power at a former U.S. air base in Afghanistan on Wednesday...
Defense Chief Defends Decision to Throw Out Plea Deal for 9/11 Defendants Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke for the first time on his decision to throw out a plea deal for the accused mastermind...
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Accused as the Main Plotter of 9/11 Attacks, Agrees to Plead Guilty The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense...
Russia's Wagner Has Deadliest Loss in Africa's Sahel, Highlighting the Region's Instability Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst...
Russian Pilot Shot Down over Syria Blew Himself Up to Avoid Capture The Russian pilot who was shot down over Syria on blew himself up with a grenade according to Russian media.
On the Hunt for al-Qaida in East Africa with the US Military's Most Secretive Unit An excerpt from "The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives" by Adam Gamal...
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.
What Special Operations Command's 'Biggest Lesson' from Afghanistan Means for Future Fights The hectic last days of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan spelled an end of an era for the U.S. special-operations community.
'I'm Living in Guantanamo 2.0': Former Prisoner Says His Life Is Still Hell After Release Mansoor Adayfi was released in 2016 after 14 years in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, where he says he was tortured...
Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay. Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
