Video Shows Iranians Removing Limpet Mine from Tanker, CENTCOM Says Limpet mines have also been used in other recent attacks attributed to Iran.
Dunford Sheds Light on Threats That Prompted Deployment of Troops to Middle East Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said the U.S. faces a new and varied threat from Iran.
More US Troops Are Deploying to the Middle East to Counter Iran Shanahan announced the move Friday to "safeguard U.S. forces given the ongoing threat posed by Iranian forces."
Trump Administration Zeroes In on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps In targeting the IRGC, the administration is zeroing in on the organization most responsible for maintaining the regime.
Mattis Warns Against War with Iran in First Public Remarks Since Leaving Office Mattis emphasized diplomacy and cooperation as critical to beating back the tide of radical terrorism around the world.
Military's Big Middle East Response Made Iranians 'Recalculate,' Shanahan Says Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan defended the Pentagon's move to carry out a joint show of force in the Persian Gulf.
Lincoln, Kearsarge Carry Out Joint Ops in Show of Force to Iran The Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and Marines performed extensive training ops in the Arabian Sea this weekend.
US Allies Look to Stay Out of Possible War with Iran The U.S. would likely go it alone without allied support in a conflict with Iran.
CENTCOM Shoots Down General's Claim of 'No Increased Threat' from Iran U.S. Central Command has rejected a commander's assertion that Iran posed "no increased threat" to U.S. troops.
US Bombers, Fighters Begin Patrols over Persian Gulf amid Reported Iranian Threats B-52 bombers that deployed to the Middle East to counter unspecified threats from Iran have begun patrols in the Persian Gulf...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...