Task & Purpose

Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser

Members of the 3rd Special Forces Group Airborne 2nd Battalion leave pins and salute the casket after the burial of Army Sgt. La David Johnson at the Hollywood Memorial Gardens in Hollywood, Fla., on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. Sgt. Johnson was killed with three other colleagues in an ambush by extremists in Niger on Oct. 4.

5 Months After A Deadly Mission, Troops In Niger Are Finally Getting Danger Pay

Jeff Schogol

Nigerien soldiers gather before small unit tactics training during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 3, 2017.

The Pentagon Says Everyone Who Watches Or Just Mentions A Disturbing Video Is Helping ISIS

Jeff Schogol

Somali security forces personnel move in to secure the area at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia on May 9,2016.
Islamic jihadists killed three police officers in a bomb and gun attack on a police station in the Somali capital.

US Forces Strike Al-Shabab Again As War In Somalia Heats Up

Adam Linehan