Tankers Ramp Up US Role in Mali U.S. tanker planes have begun flying missions to refuel French attack aircraft supporting French ground troops advancing into...
US Military Aid to Egypt in Question Pentagon officials said that military aid and the decades-long close relationship with the Egyptian military had been...
US Spy Plane Searches for Missing Nigerian Girls An Air Force MC-12 has taken the lead in the hunt for the kidnapped girls in Nigeria.
101st Airborne Troops Headed to Liberia in Ebola Fight More than 700 101st Airborne troops and 700 combat engineers are headed to Liberia to take the lead in the military’s fight...
Quarantines Not Required for DoD Civilians Returning From Ebola Areas Defense Department civilians deploying to West Africa to combat Ebola will not be subject to the mandatory 21-day quarantines...
Al-Qaida-Linked Groups Claim Terror Attack on Mali Hotel Al Qaida-inspired gunmen attacked a hotel in the West African nation of Mali Friday, killing at least 21 people.
Search Continues for EgyptAir Wreckage as Officials Probe Terror Links Wreckage from the EgyptAir flight that went down Thursday with 66 people on board has been located by a flotilla of ships.
Marine SuperCobra Helicopters Join ISIS Fight Over Libya A new weapon has been deployed in the fight against ISIS in Libya: the AH-1W SuperCobra, the Marines' attack helicopter.
No Decisions Yet on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan, Somalia The White House has yet to sign off on boosting U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan and Somalia.
Gold Star Widow 'Upset and Hurt' by Trump's Phone Call President Donald Trump appeared not to know her husband's name, the Gold Star widow of a slain soldier said Monday.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
