Report: Cost of Post-9/11 Wars To Taxpayers $23K Apiece A new estimate of the costs of the post-9/11 wars puts the total at $5.6 trillion, or $23,386 for each taxpayer. Read more.
With Victory Declared in Raqqa, Marine Artillery Unit in Syria to Return Home After three months of combat in Syria supporting the assault on Raqqa, a Marine Corps 155mm artillery battery is declaring...
Troop Surge in Afghanistan Completed; 14,000 Now on Ground The U.S. has boosted the number of troops in Afghanistan from 11,000 to 14,000.
Op-Ed: The War Against ISIS -- The End of the Beginning ISIS will find it easy to melt back into the population and to return to the insurgency tactics they used prior to June 2014.
Special Ops Dog Handler Awarded Bronze Star for Heroism in ISIS Fight A decorated Marine Raider who was critically wounded in Iraq received one of the nation's most prestigious awards for valor.
US Rejects Russian Charges of Aiding ISIS in Syria The U.S. has charged the Russians with concocting a tale that the U.S. flew air cover for ISIS.
The Continued Unravelling of the Middle East: A Deep Dive into History Sykes-Picot was the first, but not the only treaty that would subsequently define the political topography of the Middle East...
Keeping Iraq Off Travel Ban List Helps Anti-ISIS Fight: General The top U.S. commander for Iraq and Syria said that keeping Iraq off the U.S. travel ban list would make his job easier.
DoD Announces France Travel Ban U.S. military personnel, dependents and all Defense civilian contractors and employees may not travel to France, the DoD said...
Mosul Reclaimed: ISIS Routed From Iraqi City, US-Led Coalition Says Iraqi forces have retaken Mosul from ISIS, more than three years after the terror group overran the city in June 2014.
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...