Small Special Forces Unit Will Deploy to Nigeria A small group of U.S. Special Forces troops will arrive in Nigeria later this month to advise on combating Boko Haram.
TDY Reimbursement Cuts Worry Military Families The Pentagon made recent cuts to the reimbursement rate for long term temporary duty (TDY) assignment expenses.
Green Beret Paralyzed Trying to Save Drowning Girl Wants to Walk Again A Special Forces soldier left paralyzed from the neck down after diving into stormy waves off Florida to save a young girl...
Obama Apologizes to Doctors Without Borders for Hospital Airstrike President Obama phoned the head of Doctors Without Borders to apologize for the Kunduz hospital bombing that killed 22.
Carter Opens All Military Jobs to Women in Historic Move Defense Secretary Carter went against the opposition of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford to open up all military...
US Special Ops Teams in Libya Helped Direct Airstrikes Against ISIS Contacts and intelligence developed by U.S. Special Ops teams in Libya aided in the planning of the U.S. airstrike on ISIS...
Pentagon Officials Defend Plan to Send More Special Forces to Syria U.S. Defense Department officials on Thursday defended their plan to send 250 additional Special Forces soldiers into Syria.
First US Service Member Wounded in ISIS Fight in Syria: Pentagon A U.S. service member was wounded by ISIS in Syria, and a second was wounded in Iraq over the weekend, the Pentagon said.
More Than 100 US Troops Move Forward With Mosul Attack Force More than 100 U.S. advisers and forward air controllers are moving forward with the attacking forces against Mosul.
MARSOC Poised to Grow Despite Personnel Caps If the Marines gets its requested 12K-troop boost, its special operations command will be growing too, the MARSOC commander...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...