Iran-Backed Attacks Against Troops Could Escalate as US Aids Israel, Pentagon Warns The Pentagon's top spokesman, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, told reporters at a briefing that there have been a growing number of...
'Someone Else Will Raise Your Children': During Beirut Bombing Anniversary, Marine Commandant Warns Against Attacks on US Forces Top military officials who gathered in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to mark the anniversary of the 1983 bombing noted the...
5 Harrowing Facts About the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing A massive suicide bomber attack on the Marine Corps Barracks in October 1983 led to the eventual withdrawal of American...
Navy Shoots Down Missiles, Troops in Iraq and Syria Face Drone Attacks as Israel War Inflames Tensions The Pentagon wasn't certain what the missiles and drones were targeting, but they were launched north along the Red Sea...
Navy Presence Off Israel Grows as USS Mount Whitney Deploys to Region with Senior Admiral Aboard The Navy's fleet commander in Europe and the command-and-control ship USS Mount Whitney are deploying to the Eastern...
2,000 US Troops Ordered to Prepare for Deployment in Growing Response to Israel War with Hamas Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered around 2,000 troops to be on heightened alert to potentially deploy in response to...
Marine Corps Expeditionary Unit En Route to Waters Off Israel, Defense Official Says The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU, is capable of conducting amphibious operations and crisis response, among other...
Strategic Lessons from the Hamas Attack that Surprised the Israeli Military "Successful strategic attacks do not just happen. They generally involve three key elements. All require months or years of...
Israel Doesn't Want US Troops on the Ground as It Wages War, White House Says The statement by the White House seemed to scuttle -- at least for now -- the idea of using U.S. special operations forces to...
Lawmakers Mull Deeper Military Role in Israel as 'Dozens' of Americans Are Held Hostage by Hamas At least 22 American citizens have been confirmed to be among the dead from Saturday's attack, the State Department said...
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...
