Pentagon: US Drones Targeted al-Shabab Leader The U.S. mounted airstrikes aimed at killing the leader of the Al Shabab terrorist group in Somalia.
Pentagon: No Plans to Scale Back Military’s Ebola Response The Pentagon has no immediate plans to scale back the military's efforts at combating Ebola in West Africa despite recent...
Benghazi Committee Gives Hillary Clinton More Time to Turn Over Emails The House select committee investigating the Benghazi attack has given former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton an...
After Benghazi, Corps Marks New Approach to Embassy Security in Africa Close to the third anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a small...
US Paratroopers Join Multinational Airborne Operations in Africa About 200 U.S. paratroopers recently got the chance to train with French and Gabonese paratroopers in Central Accord 2016.
US General Seeks Flexible Rules of Engagement for Somalia AfriCom commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser is pressing for relaxed rules of engagement in Somalia.
Fourth US Soldier Was Killed in Niger Ambush Nigerien forces discovered the body of a fourth U.S. soldier killed in an ambush earlier this week, U.S. officials told Fox...
Marines Put On Standby to Respond to Egypt Unrest Marines are poised to protect or evacuate U.S. citizens and the U.S. Embassy amid the political unrest in Egypt.
US Sends Troops to Help Find Nigerian Girls A team from U.S. Africa Command was joining an international effort in the hunt for the kidnapped girls in Nigeria.
4 Soldiers Charged in Alleged Sexual Assault in Barracks at Washington State Base Four soldiers have been charged in an alleged sexual assault that took place in the barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in...
Fire Extinguished After 12-Hour Fight on USS New Orleans Off Okinawa Two sailors received minor injuries in the response, U.S. 7th Fleet officials said.
A Look at Those Trump Has Targeted in Tactic of Revoking Security Clearances The Trump administration's announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former...
Major Russian Attack on Western Ukraine Hits an American Factory During US-Led Push for Peace The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia's biggest this year...
14 with Ties to Washington Deported to ‘Third Countries’ and Guantánamo Bay As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday...
