America's Largest Combatant Command Is Getting a New Name U.S. Pacific Command will be called U.S. Indo-Pacific Command moving forward, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.
Cyber Command Elevated to Combatant Command Nakasone assumed command of Cyber Command and the NSA from Navy Adm. Michael Rogers during a change-of-command ceremony .
Trump Argues for Pulling Out of Syria as CENTCOM Chief Pushes to Stay Gen. Joseph Votel wants to keep U.S. troops in Syria; President Donald Trump wants them out.
Army Screening 30 US Cities for Home of New Futures Command Service officials say they need access to academics and business leaders for a new modernization reform effort.
SOCOM Grappling With New Counter-WMD Mission U.S. Strategic Command recently passed the leadership role in counter-proliferation to SOCOM.
Planned Drawdown of US Forces in Afghanistan May be Premature: Centcom The outgoing Centcom commander told lawmakers it may be time to reconsider the plan to reduce US military forces in...
Report: Navy Aircraft Involved in Iraq Search-and-Rescue Mission A mission to recover a U.S. Army reconnaissance plane that went down March 5 in northern Iraq included Navy helicopters and...
Army General Tapped for Central Command Opposes No-Fly Zone in Syria Army Gen. Joseph Votel told lawmakers that he did not support establishing a no-fly zone to protect Syrian refugees.
More Civilian Deaths from US Airstrikes against ISIS U.S. Central Command estimated that 20 civilians were killed in airstrikes against ISIS between September and February.
At Least 14 Civilians Killed in US Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria: Centcom At least 14 civilians were killed in U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in six separate attacks, U.S. Central Command said .
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...