UN Experts: Africa Became Hardest Hit by Terrorism This Year The panel of experts said in a report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Friday that this is “especially true” in parts...
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...
Freed Guantánamo Inmate with Moroccan Family After 19 Years Abdullatif Nasser is the first detainee at the Guantánamo Bay center to be transferred into the custody of his home country...
Guantanamo Prosecutor Retires as 9/11 Trial Remains Elusive Brig. Gen. Mark Martins decided to leave now because 10 years is "about the longest any military officer can serve in a...
It's Imminent: After Nearly 20 Years US to Leave Bagram Bagram Airfield has been the heart of American military power in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years.
US Warns That Islamic State Extremists Still a World Threat Members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State are meeting to plot future steps against the extremist group.
Why the Next Islamic State 'Territorial Caliphate' Will Be in Africa "The expulsion of ISIS from its "territorial caliphate" in Iraq and Syria did not end its ambition of establishing a...
12 German Soldiers Wounded in Attack on UN Base in Mali German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said three of the soldiers were seriously wounded.
Car Bomb Explodes Inside Colombia Military Base; 36 Injured The U.S. Embassy in Bogota wrote on Twitter that a small group of U.S. military personnel were at the base when the bomb...
DoD Making Masks Mandatory Again, Even for the Vaccinated, in Some Places The DoD resumed requiring all people to wear masks indoors at facilities in places where the disease is spreading quickly.
Cavalry Not Horsing Around with Mismanufactured Patches. Can you Spot the Error? You probably need a jeweler's eye to notice what is wrong with the 1st Cavalry Division’s current patch.
Congress Rebuffs Air Force's Plan to Retire Older Aircraft, Putting A-10 Move on Hold Lawmakers would block the retirement of the A-10s again if the recent Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the bill...
Biden Orders Military to Move Toward Mandatory COVID Vaccine Biden said making the vaccines mandatory is important because troops often serve in places where vaccination rates are low.
US Navy Loses Two More Sailors to COVID-19 The total number of COVID deaths in the military is at 26 as of July 21, according to the DoD.
