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.
Delta Force Sniper Memorialized for Heroism in Somalia An Army special forces soldier who died while performing a rescue of a downed helicopter crew in Somalia was immortalized.
US Airstrike in Somalia Is 2nd This Week Against Al-Shabaab U.S. forces have conducted an airstrike in Somalia against an al-Qaida affiliate — the second such U.S. attack against al...
US Bombs Extremist Group al-Shabaab in Somalia In a statement, a Defense Department spokeswoman said U.S. Africa Command forces conducted one airstrike against al-Shabaab...
Army Upgrades 60 Awards for 'Black Hawk Down' Battle These upgrades stemmed from former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy's order to reevaluate previously approved awards for valor.
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 15 at Somalia Military Site Police in Somalia say at least 15 people were killed and more than 20 others wounded when a suicide bomber attacked a...
After Most US Troops Pull Out of Somalia, Some Reenter for Training Event The U.S. military on Sunday held its first training engagement in Somalia after the recent drawdown of most troops there.
US Conducts 2 New Year's Day Airstrikes on Somalia as Troop Withdrawal Continues The two New Year's Day airstrikes hit al-Shabaab compounds, destroying two according to the initial assessment. No civilians...
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...