Trump Mourns Loss of Service Member in First Raid He Authorized President Donald Trump on Sunday mourned the loss of a U.S. service member in a raid on Al-Qaida forces in Yemen.
Austin Says Time Not Right for US Combat Troops in Iraq U.S. Central Command's top officer said he is not ready to recommend ground combat troops in the fight against Islamic State...
CentCom Commander Visits USS Carl Vinson Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander, U.S. Central Command, spoke to the crew of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
Central Command's Twitter, You Tube Hacked To Post Threats to Troops CENTCOM's social media accounts have been hacked to post threatening messages to U.S. troops, purportedly from ISIS...
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.
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...
