The Islamic State group carried out more attacks in the first half of 2024 in Iraq and Syria than it did in all of 2023, officials at U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday as the terror group continues to reconstitute in the region. ISIS conducted 153 attacks in the first six months of 2024 — […]
BAGHDAD – More than five years after the Islamic State group lost its last enclave of territory, U.S. troops remain deployed to Iraq and Syria to prevent ISIS from rising from its ashes. And the conditions that helped ISIS originally form are still in place in Syria, according to the U.S. commander charged with keeping […]
BAGHDAD – The top U.S. general in Iraq and Syria said some of his most valuable leadership lessons came in his first weeks in command, fresh out of training as a young lieutenant. “I learned to be a little bit humble and ask questions that I didn’t know. I thought I was really good […]
Marine Pvt. William Smith‘s grandfather died in the 1983 Beirut bombing, Nearly 41 years later, Smith is graduating from Parris Island.
Bill Cahir left a civilian career to join the Marines at 34. When he died in Afghanistan, his wife was five months pregnant with twins.
The Navy is naming a future amphibious assault ship USS Helmand Province, site of some of the toughest battles during the Afghanistan war.
Mali forces say they killed Abu Huzeifa, who was known to brandish a rifle he said belonged to dead Green Berets in a 2017 ambush in Niger.
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After 16 years, the beloved ‘Doctrine Man’ cartoon is posting its last edition on June 6, the anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Soldiers from Somalia’s Danab special operations unit trained alongside US forces as part of this year’s Justified Accord military exercise.
The United States warned Russia of a potential attack ahead of Friday’s assault on Crocus City Hall in Moscow.
Robin Lawrence Williams, 60, died on March 14. His picture as the ‘AAFES Hot Dog Guy’ made him famous within the ranks.
The US government has asked for clarification after Niger’s military junta called America’s military presence in the country “illegal.”
The German frigate Hessen fired two missiles at a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper on Monday but failed to hit it. The incident is under investigation.
SO1 Christopher Chambers was a combat vet who had been a SEAL for 10 years. SO2 Nathan Ingram graduated from SEAL training in late 2021.
The Pentagon has provided more information about Thursday’s strikes, against more than 60 targets at 28 different locations in Yemen.
The US military struck Yemen on Thursday in retaliation for Iranian-backed Houthi rebel attacks on shipping.
A US airstrike in Baghdad killed an Iranian-backed militia leader on Thursday as America’s proxy war with Iran continues to rage.
One suspected al-Shabab fighter was killed by a US airstrike near Jilib, Somalia on Dec. 17, the first such strike since August.
Three soldiers and two Marines have received Purple Hearts since October, when Iranian proxies started attacking US troops in Iraq and Syria.
Air Force Chief Master Sgt Alan T. Yoshida served as a combat controller in Afghanistan during US troops’ first battles with the Taliban.
The US military carried out 40 missions against ISIS in November despite constant attacks from Iranian proxies.
Marine veteran Chance Brannon also admitted to planning additional terror attacks at Dodger Stadium and on the power grid.
The US has conducted more missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria than in all of 2022. Fewer suspected ISIS fighters have been killed.
Despite the social media uproar, a TikTok video about the Osama bin Laden “Letter to America” does not mean Zoomers love the 9/11 mastermind.
