Army Chief Weighs Assigning Active Units to National Guard The chief of staff of the Army is considering assigning active units to the National Guard to beef up readiness for short...
Army Announces 800-Soldier Aviation Unit to Deploy to Afghanistan The U.S. Army has announced an 800-soldier aviation unit will deploy later this summer to Afghanistan.
Army Reserve Chief to Build Rapidly Deployable 'Ready Force X' The Army Reserve chief wants to stand up forces capable of deploying into a contingency operation faster than traditional...
Votel: More US Troops Will Arrive in Afghanistan in Days or Weeks More U.S. troops will deploy to Afghanistan within days or weeks, Army Gen. Joseph Votel said Tuesday.
Defense Analysts Call for up to 20K US Ground Troops Back in Iraq A panel of defense analysts called for as many as 20,000 U.S. ground troops to be deployed to Iraq to combat Islamic...
Army Reserve Commander Mulls More Training Days for Some Units The Army Reserve commander wants his force to be able to deploy faster, but that may not mean more training days for everyone...
Army to Deploy Thousands of Soldiers to Afghanistan, Kuwait and Europe The U.S. Army recently announced that two brigades from the 3rd Infantry Division will deploy to Afghanistan this fall.
Bataan Amphib Heads to Persian Gulf The U.S. buildup of forces in and around Iraq continued Monday as the Bataan with 1,000 Marines aboard was enroute to the...
Obama Orders 1,500 More Troops to Train Iraq's Army to Fight ISIS An additional 1,500 troops will be sent to Iraq, and the White House is asking $5.6 billion to pay for it.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
