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Christmas truce: More troops allowed to display holiday decorations early

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 19, 2025

Image: Jeep: US soldiers of the 3rd Division having Christmas dinner on the hood of a jeep on the front lines, World War Two, France, December 25th 1943. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

How US troops in World War II celebrated Christmas dinner on the front

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 25, 2025

guess who's back? Santa Claus agreed not to cancel Christmas for the entire US Air Force after officials at two bases gave the go-ahead for residents to decorate their homes.

Air Force families given the go-ahead for early Christmas decorations after outcry

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

The Grinch poses with a Tyndall F-35A Lightning II during Operation Jolly Jingle, a children’s holiday event hosted at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Dec. 14, 2024. The event featured activities for the children such as face painting, a bounce house and photo opportunities with the Grinch and Santa Claus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Jensen)

Air Force families at Florida base told to take down Christmas decorations in privatized housing

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

Black and white photo showing several American soldiers in the snow, a church behind them.

When Americans spent Christmas and New Year’s freezing in Russia

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 30, 2024

OSS crossbows were built for commandos and spies in World War II.

This tiny crossbow is the perfect Christmas gift for your favorite World War II Spy

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Dec 25, 2024

US Troops Deployed To Iraq

More than 4,500 US troops are spending Christmas in Iraq and Syria, according to Pentagon figures

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 23, 2024

Six military Christmas movies to watch this holiday season

Six military Christmas movies to watch this holiday season

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 24, 2023

Santa decoration surrounded by concertina wire.

How to celebrate Christmas while deployed, according to combat veterans

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Dec 25, 2023

Air Force’s Operation Christmas Drop delivers holiday bundles, spirit to Pacific islands

Air Force’s Operation Christmas Drop delivers holiday bundles, spirit to Pacific islands

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 13, 2023

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)

US targets ISIS in Somalia with multiple airstrikes over four days

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Dec 28, 2025

Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service operators exit a rigid-hull inflatable boat to conduct a ground raid during exercise Flintlock 26 in Côte d'Ivoire, April 29, 2026. Integrating multidomain capabilities served as a cornerstone of Flintlock 26, leveraging ground, maritime and air capabilities during planning and tactical operations to improve collective readiness. Since 2005, Flintlock has served as U.S. Africa Command’s premier annual special operations exercise. This year’s exercise brought together more than 30 countries across Côte d’Ivoire and Libya to build lethality and readiness, strengthen counterterrorism skills and increase collaboration across borders. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kristina Randall)

US, Nigerian troops kill ISIS second in command

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 16, 2026

A Nigerian soldier from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) loads his machine gun during training at the MNJTF military base, Sector 3 Headquarters, in Monguno, Borno state, Nigeria, on July 5, 2025. Twelve checkpoints manned by the Nigerian army control the various entrances to Monguno. Monguno's huge fortifications have kept the garrison town mostly secure even as northeastern Nigeria has seen a recent surge in attacks on military bases by jihadists fighting a grinding 16 year war. Fighting in Borno may have eased since the conflict's highpoint in 2015 as jihadists have been forced back. But militants from Islamic State West Africa Province or rival Boko Haram have attacked or temporarily overrun a dozen military bases since the start of the year. (Photo by Joris Bolomey / AFP) (Photo by JORIS BOLOMEY/AFP via Getty Images)

US troops deploy to Nigeria to train its military

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 16, 2026

christmas military deployment

Christmas in, Christmas out: A holiday deployment story

Posted on Dec 24, 2022

Santa deployed to helmand afghanistan

Happy holidays from Task & Purpose

Posted on Dec 24, 2025

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 28: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following their meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump invited Zelensky to his private club to work on the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine as the conflict approaches four years since the sudden full-scale invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump says US took out a ‘big facility’ in Venezuela

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 29, 2025

There's now a mystery box at the Pentagon. Don't know what that means? Join the club.

What is a loot box and why is there one at the Pentagon?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 14, 2026

Nigerian soldiers from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) stand guard in Monguno, Borno state, Nigeria, on July 5, 2025. Twelve checkpoints manned by the Nigerian army control the various entrances to Monguno. Monguno's huge fortifications have kept the garrison town mostly secure even as northeastern Nigeria has seen a recent surge in attacks on military bases by jihadists fighting a grinding 16 year war. Fighting in Borno may have eased since the conflict's highpoint in 2015 as jihadists have been forced back. But militants from Islamic State West Africa Province or rival Boko Haram have attacked or temporarily overrun a dozen military bases since the start of the year. (Photo by Joris Bolomey / AFP) (Photo by JORIS BOLOMEY/AFP via Getty Images)

US withdraws combat troops from Nigeria after counterterrorism mission

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 3, 2026

FILED - 31 January 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Several packs of nicotine pouches from different manufacturers (Zyn/Philip Morris and Velo/British American Tobacco, BAT) are lying on a table (staged scene). Warnings in Swedish can be read on the pack, warning of the danger of nicotine addiction. Nicotine pouches are pushed behind the upper lip and taste of different flavors. They cannot be legally purchased in German stores. Photo: Wolf von Dewitz/dpa (Photo by Wolf von Dewitz/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Army warns soldiers: No Zyn in France, please

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 6, 2026

Garrett Illerbrunn, center, and Lorna Illerbrun, kneeling, surrounded by friends and pilots from their former units at Garrett's retirement ceremony in early October. Garrett was severly wounded in a 2023 drone attack in Iraq.

An 82nd Airborne pilot took his final flight two years after Iraq drone attack

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

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