Around the World (Page 3)

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

DAABDAMALE, PUNTLAND, SOMALIA - JANUARY 25: Soldiers with the Puntland Defense Forces walk back from a cave where Islamic State fighters lived until recently being flushed out on the frontline near Daabdamale, Puntland, Somalia on January 25, 2025. Islamic State in Somalia recruits foreign fighters and brings them into Somalia to try to gain ground in what is becoming a key nerve center for the Islamic State. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Africa

US forces capture ISIS finance chief in Somalia

Posted on Jul 26, 2025

Mexico

Pentagon shifts $200 million from barracks, schools, facilities to border wall

Posted on Jul 25, 2025

China

War with China ‘would result in large-scale casualties,’ Army general says

By Jeff Schogol, Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 24, 2025

Soldiers assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Downed Aircraft Recovery Team (DART) conduct recovery operations on a simulated downed UH-60 Blackhawk on April 2, 2025. DART teams are responsible for recovering aircraft after they crash or become disabled and can no longer fly. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Vincent Levelev)

An Army pilot and mechanic switched units for a week. Here’s how that went.

Posted on Jul 23, 2025

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Task Force 51, guard a federal area in Los Angeles, July 4, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jaye Townsend)

The Marines are ending their Los Angeles mission

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

Afghanistan

Marine who criticized leaders for Afghanistan withdrawal to head promotions review

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

Kyle Christopher Benton, in camouflage, holds a rifle while wearing a skull mask.

Army veteran who gave tactical training to Neo Nazis gets two years in prison

Posted on Jul 19, 2025

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY - DECEMBER 02: Afghan refugees walk outside a temporary housing facility in Liberty Village on December 2, 2021 in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. (Photo by Barbara Davidson-Pool/Getty Images)

Two military bases set to house detained migrants

Posted on Jul 18, 2025

U.S. Army Special Forces, from 7th Special Forces Group, perform an amphibious assault demonstration during the Hyundai Air and Sea Show and U.S. Army SaluteFest, Miami Beach, Fla., May 25, 2024. The events, held throughout Memorial Day Weekend, provided engagement opportunities for visitors from around the world to learn about the people, technology and equipment of the U.S. military. (U.S. Army Photo by Master Sgt. Justin P. Morelli) (Components of image have been blurred to protect identity of the Soldier)

Iraq

Army warns special ops veterans in Florida of potential terrorist threat

Posted on Jul 18, 2025

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team under Title 10 authority and U.S. Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines,1st Marine Division, provide protection to federal functions, property, and law enforcement personnel in Los Angeles, June 14, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Chase Murray)

Pentagon releases 2,000 National Guard troops from federal mission in LA

Posted on Jul 16, 2025

A man fishes in front of the Russian Navy Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier moored off the coast of the town of Limassol, in the Meditteranean island of Cyprus on February 27, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU (Photo credit should read Yiannis Kourtoglou/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe

Russia might finally be done with its perpetually broken aircraft carrier

Updated on Jul 13, 2025

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem awards Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, aviation survival technician, with the Coast Guard Distinguished Flying Cross Medal, July 11, 2025, in Kerrville Texas. Ruskan earned the award for his extraordinary heroism and rescue of over 165 people in the wake of the devastating flash flooding near Kerrville. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)

Coast Guard rescue crew awarded Distinguish Flying Crosses, Air Medals for actions in Texas

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 13, 2025

Air Force officers inspect the Modernized Enterprise Terminal at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar in January 2016.

Iran

More damage sustained than previously revealed in Iran missile attack on Qatar base

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

Retired lieutenant colonel pleads guilty in Ukrainian ‘honeypot’ spy case

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

The painting, “Operation Phantom Fury — Fallujah 2004,” is intended to capture the uncertainty of urban combat.

Iraq

A Marine veteran recreated a hell house from the Battle of Fallujah on canvas

Posted on Jul 8, 2025

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One and Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 discuss fueling during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-25 at Auxiliary Airfield Six, near Gila Bend Airfield, Arizona, Oct. 18, 2024. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)

Nearly 200 Marines deploy to Florida to support ICE operations

Posted on Jul 4, 2025

Afghanistan

Afghanistan review could lead to change in promotions for NCOs, officers

Posted on Jul 3, 2025

“An Air Traffic Controller from the 190th Air Refueling Wing stands in position as they wait for to marshal a B-2 Spirit Bomber to a designated parking spot at the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Forbes Field Air National Guard Base, Topeka, Kansas on March 2, 2024. Airmen from the 190th Air Refueling Wing teamed up with the 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, to conduct a training mission involving B-2 Spirit Bombers and a hot pit refueling.” (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Brook Sumonja)

Iran

Pentagon now says Iran strikes set nuke program back 1-2 years

Posted on Jul 2, 2025

Iran

How Iran’s air defense systems were defeated so quickly

By Kyle Gunn

Posted on Jul 2, 2025

California National Guard firefighters work on a burned part of Palisades, California on Jan. 20, 2025.

California National Guard firefighting crews understaffed due to LA deployment

Posted on Jun 29, 2025

Iran

Leaked intel on Iran’s nuclear facilities came from report on whether to strike targets again

Posted on Jun 26, 2025

US, Iran move out of ‘shadow war’ but threat from proxy militias may remain

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 25, 2025

Soldiers from the 143rd Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California National Guard, serving under Title 10 status, establish a security perimeter in Mecca, Calif., June 18, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Chase Murray)

Guardsmen sent to LA are 130 miles east of the city doing drug busts

Posted on Jun 24, 2025

U.S. Air Force Capt. Trevor Williams, 912th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, reviews maintenance records with Airman 1st Class Zander Rafter, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) crew chief, and Elijah Wade, 379th EAMXS aircraft electrical and environmental systems specialist, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 19, 2023. The KC-135 Stratotanker provides an aerial refueling capability in support of joint and coalition aircraft throughout the USCENTCOM area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Cabanero)

Iran

Iran launches missile attack at US military base in Qatar

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 23, 2025

Iran

Operation Midnight Hammer damaged, but may not have destroyed Iran’s nuclear sites

Posted on Jun 22, 2025

A B-2 Spirit from the 509th Bomb Wing, 13th Bomb Squadron Whiteman Air Force Base, Miss., prepares to be refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. during a nighttime aerial refueling mission over Southern Kansas, Oct. 21, 2015. The KC-135 has a system of exterior lights located on the belly of the aircraft, just behind the nose gear, and flood lights on the boom pod used to pass fuel to the receiver aircraft during low-light conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Mota)

Iran

Pentagon releases details of ‘Midnight Hammer’ strikes against Iran

Updated on Jun 22, 2025

Five U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 29, 2025. U.S. and Coalition forces are postured to rapidly establish credible, combat-ready forces within the AOR to deter adversary threats of aggression and, if necessary, respond with effective and overwhelming force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Dunkleberger)

Iran

2 aircraft carriers, 9 destroyers, and multiple fighter wings gather in the Middle East

Posted on Jun 20, 2025

A sailor hammers away at floor planks in a trench in Latvia.

Europe

Marines and sailors are building trenches for the drone age

Posted on Jun 17, 2025

Iran

With USS Nimitz deployment, the US surges air and sea assets to the Middle East

Posted on Jun 16, 2025

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer the USS Thomas Hudner taking part in the Formidable Shield exercise in May 2025.

Iran

Navy destroyer, air defense systems help intercept Iranian missiles

Posted on Jun 15, 2025

Army veteran Marcos Leao kneels while being detained by Marines at the Wilshire federal building on June 13, 2025.

Marines detain civilian in Los Angeles, in first such case

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Task Force 51, rehearse non-lethal tactics in Los Angeles, June 11, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jaye Townsend)

Marines to begin guarding federal property in LA

Posted on Jun 13, 2025

250610-N-FS061-2001 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain – (Jun. 10, 2025) Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 3rd Class Tylar Keenan, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile-destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), mans the rail during sea and anchor detail as the ship returns to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain after patrol, Jun. 10, 2025. Oscar Austin completed its first patrol in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and partner interests in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jasmin L. Aquino)

Crew of USS Oscar Austin awarded Combat Action Ribbons for Red Sea deployment

Posted on Jun 10, 2025

National Guard troops carry riot shields with "California National Guard" on them.

Trump federalizes 2,000 more National Guard troops for Los Angeles mission

Posted on Jun 10, 2025

An orange sticker with a warning about explosives.

Japan

Munitions depot explosion at Kadena Air Base leaves four injured

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

National Guard troops carry riot shields next to police firing less than lethal weapons.

US Northern Command sets up task force for Los Angeles mission

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

Sgt. Aaron Cox with the 101st Airborne stands in full dress uniform.

Europe

101st Airborne soldier dies in training accident in Hungary

Posted on Jun 7, 2025

Former Army Special Forces Captain Derrick Anderson was nominate to be the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict.

Afghanistan

Former Green Beret nominated to top Pentagon position to oversee special ops

Posted on Jun 4, 2025

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 10th Mountain Division, complete a training and validation exercise on the AN/TPQ-53 radar system in Sierra Vista, Ariz., March 12, 2025. The AN/TPQ-53 radar system is a unique military capability provided by Joint Task Force - Southern Border to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Chase Murray)

Americas

Soldiers on US-Mexico border hunt drones with air defense radars typically used in combat

Posted on Jun 4, 2025

Russia

No ‘silver bullet’ against a drone attack like Operation Spider’s Web

Posted on Jun 3, 2025

A F/A-18F flies above a desert environment.

Africa

US airstrikes surge in Somalia, surpassing 2024 numbers

Posted on May 31, 2025

Indo-Pacific

Guam barracks conditions are ‘baffling,’ Navy admiral says in email

Posted on May 29, 2025

U.S. Army E3 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense soldiers and deployed Bomber Task Force U.S. Airmen, pose for a photo in front of a THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense system during a U.S. Army led tour on North West Field at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 12, 2021. The THAAD mission is to protect the homeland, deployed military forces, friends, and allies from short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles. The BTF was deployed to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility to meet Pacific Air Forces training objectives. PACAF in coordination with other components, allies, and partners, provides USINDOPACOM with continuous unrivaled air, space, and cyberspace capabilities to ensure regional stability and security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)

Indo-Pacific

Report: No clear strategy for maintaining Guam missile defense

Posted on May 25, 2025

19 Purple hearts lay on velvet ready to be awarded to Soldiers of the 39th Brigade Combat Team for wounds received while fighting in Iraq. The Purple Heart is the oldest and most expensive medal in the militarys arsenal of awards. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rebekah-mae Bruns, 39th Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)

10 New York soldiers receive Purple Heart for injuries in Tower 22 attack

Posted on May 19, 2025

Iraq

Army Apache crews who fired ‘first shots of Desert Storm’ receive Distinguished Flying Crosses

Posted on May 16, 2025

A sign for the Child Development Center is displayed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 13, 2024. Tyndall’s child and youth programs mission are to assist Department of Defense military and civilian personnel in balancing the competing demands of accomplishing the mission and family life by managing and delivering a system of quality, available and affordable programs and services for eligible children and youth. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Nordheim)

Around the World

Military daycares must change how they inform parents about reports of abuse, watchdog says

Posted on May 7, 2025

101st Airborne paratrooper pleads guilty in fentanyl death of fellow soldier

Posted on May 5, 2025

A helicopter carries a bucket over a desert terrain.

Americas

US Army soldier found dead in Honduras

Posted on May 5, 2025

A F/A-18 Super Hornet flies in the night sky, with several stars visible behind it.

US forces have hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since March

Posted on Apr 27, 2025

A sailor with binoculars looks out at the sea from the deck of the USS Nimitz, a large machine gun next to him.

Indo-Pacific

Navy identifies sailor who went missing in Guam

Posted on Apr 26, 2025

Spc. Tyler Biberston, a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) operator assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, pilots his RQ-11B Raven Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) from a roof top April 26, 2018, in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jacob Banuelos / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Army looks at vibrating seats and ‘3D sound’ to keep drone operators on target

Posted on Apr 23, 2025

Spc. Miguel-Angel Gonzalez, assigned to 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, works with Zach Albin, a strength conditioning coach with Holistic Health and Fitness for 4-31 IN, to discuss goodmorning form and strength skills during the Polar Bear Team Leader Academy on Fort Drum, New York, Aug. 27, 2024. H2F enhances Soldier performance and resilience by providing the tools and resources needed to maintain optimal health and readiness. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Alyssa Norton)

Army cuts athletic trainers from fitness teams, with medics to take up slack

Posted on Apr 22, 2025

A soldier looks on as troops march into a CH-47 Chinook in a desert plain.

US military to pull more than 1,000 troops out of Syria

Posted on Apr 19, 2025

A soldier in heavy camouflage holding a rifle crouches in a wooded and grassy area.

Europe

Army announces latest unit rotations, including soldiers from Lithuania heading home

Posted on Apr 19, 2025

China

How much of a threat are Chinese hypersonic missiles to US Navy ships and sailors?

Posted on Apr 18, 2025

The Navy may revive this forgotten Alaskan base that sits halfway to Russia

Posted on Apr 17, 2025

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, scans the horizon during a simulated assault as part of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Exportable (JPMRC-X) exercise at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, June 9, 2024. This iteration of JPMRC-X marks the first deployment to the Philippines, which will enable and assist the Philippine Army and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in building combat training center locations within the Philippines. The JPMRC-X is a Department of the Army initiative consisting of a deployable package of personnel and equipment designed to support training exercises across the Pacific. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Carleeann Smiddy)

What does the trade war mean for troops’ military retirement savings?

Posted on Apr 10, 2025

GNC Live Well store entrance within indoor mall showing products on shelves, Idaho. (Photo by: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

A retired Green Beret in Congress wants to ban GNC stores from military bases

Posted on Apr 7, 2025

The Army is removing resiliency training and leaving courses on occupational safety, law of war, combat lifesaving, and more up to commanders.

Here is the training that the Army says is no longer mandatory

Posted on Apr 1, 2025

The Talarico family has joined a lawsuit against private military housing contractor Balfour Beatty over moldy and neglected housing at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida.

Mold in privatized housing cost this Navy family their health and reenlistment bonus

Posted on Apr 1, 2025

An A-10 Thunderbolt II sits on a runway, mountains in the background.

More A-10 Warthogs deploy to the Middle East

Posted on Mar 30, 2025

2nd Lt. Leif Whalen, an engineer officer, fireman carry’s Sgt. 1st Class Lucas Bradfield, a platoon sergeant assigned to 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division during the most lethal teams competition, June 17, 2024, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Whalen and Bradfield conducted the stress fire, with the fireman's carry as the final event. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jonathan Reyes)

Army wants junior officers to fix quality-of-life issues that drive soldiers out