Middle East

We salute the 4 soldiers who shoveled 1.6 million pounds of sand to build this HESCO tower

That’s the equivalent of 12 M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks.

The first members of Space Force just deployed to the Middle East

The U.S. Space Force has marked another milestone for the history books: the first official deployment of its troops — and it's not to the moon

US-led troops withdraw from Iraq’s Taji base

Remaining coalition troops are expected to leave in the coming days.

The US is looking away from the Middle East, but it’s keeping a wary eye on what China is doing there

After decades of fighting insurgencies in the Middle East, the U.S. is shifting toward "long-term, strategic competition" with "revisionist powers" — Russian and China — even as U.S. troops remain...

2,000 Camp Pendleton Marines deploy to the Middle East as crisis response force

Four elements of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are now in Kuwait and will operate under U.S. Central Command as a Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response-Central...

82nd Airborne paratroopers who rapidly deployed to the Middle East in January are finally coming home

Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division said they would begin coming home "in the next several weeks."

Special tactics airmen receive valor awards for daring Middle East raids, one of which took out top Al Qaeda leader

A group of special tactics airmen were honored with valor awards for their "selfless actions" during a series of raids carried out during a three-month deployment to Afghanistan, one of...

The US is rocking 2 aircraft carriers in the Middle East for the first time in years as a warning to Iran

The U.S. military has two aircraft carriers operating in the Middle East, marking the first extended dual use of carriers in the region since 2012, a U.S. combatant commander said...

US Military in peace talks with Afghanistan

The U.S military and the Taliban have been in peace talks recently. The two sides signed a withdrawal agreement on … Continued

Nat’l Security Challenges & U.S. Military Activities in the Greater Middle East & Africa