Marine Recruiter Wounded In Chattanooga Shooting Receives Purple Heart A Marine Corps recruiter wounded on the job during the deadly mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee last July received the...
Carter Seeks 1.6% Pay Increase, Funds to Counter Russia and China The Pentagon's budget proposal included a 1.6 percent pay increase, new spending to counter Russia and China, and development...
Another Member of 'Jihadi John' Execution Squad Reportedly Identified Another member of the gang of ISIS executioners known by their captives as "The Beatles" reportedly has been identified.
Former ISIS Sex Slaves Now Army of 'Sun Ladies' Ready to Defeat Group They witnessed the slaughter of their families on Mount Sinjar, and then were forced by ISIS into sexual slavery. Now the...
US Won't Intervene in Syrian-Russian Assault on Aleppo: Pentagon The U.S. military was standing aside while Syrian regime forces backed by Russian airstrikes continue an assault on Aleppo...
US to Shift Troops to Helmand as More Airstrikes Target ISIS Hundreds of 10th Mountain Division troops were slated for a "force protection" mission in Helmand province to shore up Afghan...
No Letup for ISIS in Syria Ceasefire Agreement: US Military The U.S. will continue bombing ISIS in Syria but will not conduct humanitarian airdrops despite the announcement of a...
Obama's Plan to Close Gitmo Faces Uphill Fight in Congress President Obama and the Pentagon put forward a work-in-progress plan Tuesday to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
ISIS Feels Strain in Iraq as Forces Prep to Retake Mosul: US Commander The U.S. commander in Iraq said ISIS is feeling strain from shrinking resources as the Iraqi government gears up to retake...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Rejects Trump's Claims That 'Torture Works' Gen. Dunford said that the U.S. military embodies "American values" that are antithetical to Trump's "torture works" pledges.
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...