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Lloyd Austin is a Silver Star recipient.

Officials said the move would ensure troops can "continue their Defeat-ISIS mission without interference."

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

A major in the Turkish military on assignment in Tampa appeared in court Thursday to face charges he tied up his wife and stuck a sock in her mouth before...

Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet, according to Iranian media, but...

U.S. officials say the United States acquired intelligence suggesting that Russia may have paid bounties to Taliban-affiliated militants to kill U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, but stress that intelligence was...

U.S. service members deployed to Middle East are unprepared to deal with the rising proliferation of small unmanned aerial platforms among adversaries in the region, the head of U.S. Central...

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...

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 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...

The U.S. military launched airstrikes on Kata’ib Hezbollah to prevent future attacks such as the rocket strike on Camp Taji, Iraq, which killed two US troops and one British service...

Drones are dropping explosives on US soldiers in Syria, and it's not clear who's behind the attacks, the head of U.S. Central Command told lawmakers on Tuesday

It is not clear how long this suspension will last.

U.S. Northern Command says it is "implementing additional force protection condition measures" amid threats of Iranian retaliation for the death of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani

President Donald Trump asserted that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was "trembling" and "crying" before his death. But defense officials say they don't know where that claim came from

​Recent Iranian success at striking military and civilian infrastructure targets in the Persian Gulf region have led the American military to practice switching operational control of military operations from bases...

"Assembling reporters to hear someone read a statement without the ability to ask questions risks further damage to the Department's credibility and the military's reputation for candor and trustworthiness. Questions...

Minutes before the Acting Secretary of Defense withdrew Tuesday from his confirmation process, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke at MacDill Air Force Base about the need to coordinate...

"It is our clear judgment that as long as we maintain pressure on them it will be hard for them to do that"

Yutaka Katada, the owner of one of the two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman, said the crew of the Kokuka Courageous saw "flying objects" just before the...

The U.S. military has released a video it says implicates Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, the latest...

American B-52 Stratofortress bombers sent to the Middle East over what Washington describes as threats from Iran have arrived at a U.S. base in Qatar, U.S. Central Command said

Everyone just needs to calm down.

The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling "indications and warnings" from Iran and to show the United States...

The Air Force's variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to fly combat operations if needed, a defense official said...