The Battle of Checkpoint Pasta: Italy's 'Black Hawk Down' Moment in Somalia A battle named “Checkpoint Pasta” might seem funny, considering it was fought by Italian troops, but there's nothing funny...
Silver Star Awarded to Army Ranger Who Came to Aid of Fellow Troops During Battle of Mogadishu More than three decades after his actions during the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has been...
An Alternative Way of Dealing with Human Shields Those of us who fought in Somalia in 1993 were the first Americans to experience firsthand the barbaric tactic of using...
VA Studying Whether 3 Types of Cancer Are Linked to Overseas Military Service The review will help the VA decide whether the three -- multiple myeloma, acute leukemia and chronic leukemia -- should...
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.
How New Jersey Guardsmen Thwarted One of the Largest Somali Terror Attacks in Decades It was fall 2019, and there was a near certainty that the American-run Baledogle Military Airfield in the middle of Somalia...
How a US Marine Went to Somalia and Became a Warlord Hussein Farrah Aidid is a Desert Storm veteran who landed in Somalia during Operation Restore Hope. His dad was leading the...
'Black Hawk Down' Pilot Durant Enters Alabama Senate Race Durant joins a crowded GOP field vying for the Republican nomination to the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard...
‘Escape From Mogadishu’ Offers a Korean Take on the Somali Civil War Korean diplomats must unite to escape the chaos caused by Mohamed Farrah Aidid's attack on the Somali capital.
Here's Kamala Harris' Record on Veterans and Military Issues As vice president, Harris has supported Biden's major initiatives on service members and veterans, including the massive...
Pentagon Reviewing 20 Medal of Honor Awards Given to Soldiers at the Wounded Knee Massacre Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed a five-person panel to review the 20 Medals of Honor that the Army awarded to...
$450 Million B-1B Lancer Crash Attributed to Crew Failures and 'Degradation of Airman Skills' A B-1B Lancer valued at more than $450 million that crashed in South Dakota at the start of this year missed the runway by...
Navy SEALs, Sailors Who Refused COVID Vaccine Will Have Records Expunged After Legal Settlement The Navy also must correct the records of those who left the service after they weren't granted religious accommodation.
The Army Is Reducing Job Choice for New Recruits in 2 Critical Fields Both the field artillery and air defense fields, as well as surveillance and communications systems, will no longer allow...