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The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War
The Sgt. Maj. of the Army wants leaders to stop scheduling training just for the sake of it
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller sentenced to forfeit $5,000 in pay and gets letter of reprimand
Soldiers have to wait another year to get their hands on the Army’s futuristic new goggles
The active-duty Army is facing a record suicide rate. Leaders have no idea how to fix it
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Russia claims it chased off a US Navy destroyer after threatening to ram it
Russia said on Tuesday one of its warships caught and chased off a U.S. destroyer operating illegally in its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan, but the U.S. Navy...
French military kills senior Al Qaeda leader in Mali
French forces have killed Bah ag Moussa, a military leader of al Qaeda's North Africa wing, during an operation in northeastern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday
Russian soldier kills three fellow service members in gun and ax attack
A Russian conscript soldier killed three fellow servicemen on Monday at a military air base after attacking them with an ax and a gun, Russian news agencies reported
Afghan security forces claim they killed a senior Al Qaeda leader who is wanted by the FBI
Al-Masri, believed to be al Qaeda's second-in-command, was killed during a special operation in Ghazni province, the NDS said.
US military defends air strikes that Taliban claim violate peace deal
The U.S. military defended on Sunday its air strikes against Taliban fighters last week, as the insurgent group accused Washington of violating a signed agreement
The Polish Navy is defusing the biggest WWII bomb it has ever uncovered
The discovery of the "earthquake" bomb forced more than 750 people to evacuate their homes.
Iraqi militias agree ‘conditional ceasefire’ in return for timeline for withdrawal of US troops
'The factions have presented a conditional ceasefire,' said Mohammed Mohi, spokesman for the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah group.
Trump says US troops in Afghanistan should be ‘home by Christmas’
All U.S. troops in Afghanistan should be "home by Christmas," President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, just hours after his national security adviser said Washington would reduce its forces in...
Doctors say Trump is improving and could return to the White House on Monday
"The patient continues to improve."
Trump order seeks to ban US service members from participating in diversity training
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that he said would ban the military, government contractors and federal grantees from some diversity training
New York City policeman, an Army reservist, charged with acting as an illegal agent for China
Angwang is accused in court documents of reporting to Chinese consulate officials about the activities of Chinese citizens in the New York City area
New York City policeman, an Army reservist, charged with acting as an illegal agent for China
Angwang is accused in court documents of reporting to Chinese consulate officials about the activities of Chinese citizens in the New York City area
Dozens killed in bloodiest Afghanistan clashes since start of peace talks
At least 57 members of the Afghan security forces were killed and dozens injured in overnight clashes with Taliban fighters across Afghanistan, security officials said on Monday, in the bloodiest...
Dozens killed in bloodiest Afghanistan clashes since start of peace talks
At least 57 members of the Afghan security forces were killed and dozens injured in overnight clashes with Taliban fighters across Afghanistan, security officials said on Monday, in the bloodiest...
Chinese military video appears to show simulated attack on US base on Guam
China's air force has released a video showing nuclear-capable H-6 bombers carrying out a simulated attack on what appears to be Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island...
Chinese military video appears to show simulated attack on US base on Guam
China's air force has released a video showing nuclear-capable H-6 bombers carrying out a simulated attack on what appears to be Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island...
Philippines deports US Marine convicted of killing transgender woman
He was convicted of killing Jennifer Laude in 2014.
Afghan and Taliban forces continue to clash across Afghanistan as peace talks start
"With the start of intra-Afghan talks we were expecting the Taliban to reduce the number of their attacks."
Historic peace talks open between Taliban and Afghan government
Negotiations to broker a comprehensive peace deal were a component of a troop withdrawal pact signed between the United States and the Taliban in February.
US withdrawing nearly half of its troops from Iraq
Officials in the U.S.-led coalition say Iraqi forces are now mostly able to handle the remnants of Islamic State on their own.
Return of the JEDI: Pentagon says Microsoft cloud is still better than Amazon
The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) contract could reach as much as $10 billion.
US expected to reduce troops in Iraq by a third to about 3,500, official says
The United States is expected to reduce its troops presence in Iraq by about a third in the coming months, a U.S. official said on Friday, a move that had...
China claims the US sent a U-2 reconnaissance plane into a no-fly zone to spy on military drills
China has lodged "stern representations" with the United States, accusing it of sending a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane into a no-fly zone over Chinese live-fire military drills on Tuesday, further...
