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Fighter jets fly past the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on the open water.
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Pentagon orders second Navy carrier group to the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 22, 2025

The USS Gettysburg, a a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser and part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, fires Tomahawk cruise missiles at Yemen on March 15, 2025.
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Air Force shoots down Houthi drones launched at Navy carrier strike group

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 16, 2025

A F/A-18 takes off from a aircraft carrier at night.
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US carries out first airstrikes on Yemen in months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 15, 2025

Black and white aerial image of a burning car.
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US forces kill ISIS’s second in command in Iraq strike

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 15, 2025

Black and white aerial footage showing a car driving down a road, explosions behind it.
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US strike kills military leader of Hurras al-Din in Syria

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 1, 2025

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US strike kills a senior official of an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 17, 2025

Guantanamo Bay could hold 30,000 migrants in Trump deportation plans
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Guantanamo Bay could hold 30,000 migrants in Trump deportation plans

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

The USS Indianapolis at sea with two smaller boats in front of it.
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The Navy is upgrading littoral combat ships to fight drones

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 18, 2025

A F/A-18 fighter jet takes off from the deck of an aircraft carrier, smoke and steam trailing behind it.
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US Navy carries out strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 31, 2024

US Troops Deployed To Iraq
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National Guard soldier dies in Iraq in ‘non-combat’ incident

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 30, 2024

A F/A-18F moves down the runway of an aircraft carrier.
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Navy shoots down its own F/A-18 in Red Sea fight

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 22, 2024

An F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off at night, with a bright exhaust.
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Carrier Air Wing 9 flew hundreds of combat sorties while fighting Houthis

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 16, 2024

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, fires an M3 Carl Gustaf 8.4mm recoilless rifle while participating in a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 7, 2024. The CALFEX tests each Soldier’s ability to adapt to different conditions while simulating real world conditions. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zoe Y. Tourne)
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In Iraq and Afghanistan ‘our future was always written,’ but the next war is uncertain, says 101st commander

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 13, 2024

On Dec. 8, Air Force warplanes, including B-52s, A-10s, and F-15s struck 75 ISIS targets across Syria.
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US warplanes strike 75 ISIS targets in Syria: ‘We saw the opportunity and we took it’

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Dec 9, 2024

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US to ‘remain vigilant,’ support stability after fall of Assad in Syria

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 8, 2024

Sgt. Aneska S. Holness was presented the Purple Heart award during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas for helping pull soldiers out of rubble after the Tower 22 attack while injured.
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Soldier who pulled others from rubble after Tower 22 attack awarded Purple Heart

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 5, 2024