Afghanistan

Sgt. 1st Class Joshua "Zach" Beale, 32, died in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, while conducting combat operations.

A U.S. service member has been killed in action in Afghanistan, the second American to die in the country this month.

Sgt. Cameron Meddock died after being shot during combat operations Jan. 13 in Afghanistan.

Milley said that the second of six SFABs is finishing up its training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, for the deployment.

Special operations strike units will remain in country to carry out raids on Taliban and ISIS fighters, a DoD official said.

At a Cabinet meeting, Trump said he "essentially" fired Mattis by ordering him out of the Pentagon by Jan. 1.

The Pentagon identified the two U.S. Army soldiers and one Air Force airman who were killed in a blast in Afghanistan.

Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal said he agreed that President Donald Trump is an "immoral" leader.

The family of a Utah Army National Guard major who was killed in Afghanistan received an early Christmas present.

The murder charge facing Maj. Matthew Golsteyn comes after years of on-and-off investigations by the Army.