Gabriel Conde Was 5 When the War That Took His Life Began. It Shows No Signs of Ending Recent terror attacks called into question the Trump administration's strategy for Afghanistan.
Afghan A-29 Drops First Laser-Guided Bomb on Taliban The Afghan air force has deployed a GBU-58 Paveway II bomb from an A-29 Super Tucano in combat.
MQ-9 Reaper Getting New Multirole Missions as MQ-1 Retirement Nears Officials are sending out the MQ-9 for a new, tailored multi-role mission to strike Taliban targets in Afghanistan.
General: US Moving More Airpower to Afghanistan in Strategy Shift The U.S. military has begun shifting resources to Afghanistan as the war against ISIS winds down.
'Guadalcanal Moment' As Marines Re-Establish Presence in Helmand The momentum changed in Helmand as local forces, bolstered by American air support, began to mount an offensive campaign.
Former Marine Sniper Punished in Scandal Wins Again in Court A military appeals court is standing by its decision to void the conviction of a Marine filmed urinating on Taliban corpses.
Pakistan Likely to Keep Open Supply Routes to Afghanistan Defense Secretary Mattis said that aid to Pakistan would be restored "if we see decisive movements against the terrorists."
Top Marine: 'No Delusions' About Difficulty of Afghanistan Mission The commandant remains clear-eyed about what a 300-Marine team of advisers deploying to Helmand province can accomplish.
Pence: 'We Are Staying in That Fight' in Afghanistan The "gloves are off" under President Donald Trump's strategy for Afghanistan, a commander said.
Marines Take Out Taliban Kingpin Responsible for Killing, Maiming Troops A Taliban shadow governor who had planned attacks on Marines and Afghan soldiers for years was killed in an airstrike.
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...
