Pentagon Names Airstrikes Against ISIS 'Operation Inherent Resolve' The name will be retroactive to actions against ISIS extremists in the region going back to Aug. 8, when airstrikes began.
Top US Military Officer Predicts ISIS War Will Last up to 4 Years Dempsey first mentioned the timeline in regards to the challenge the military faces funding the many conflicts across the...
Upwards Of 1,000 US Troops Could Deploy for Syrian Rebel Training The U.S. effort to train Syrian opposition fighters could involve more than 1,000 U.S. troops deploying to the Mideast.
Dempsey Worried about Iran’s Assault on ISIS to Retake Tikrit Lawmakers and military leaders are expressing concern that Iranian-trained Shia militias have joined the fight against ISIS.
Defense Analysts Call for up to 20K US Ground Troops Back in Iraq A panel of defense analysts called for as many as 20,000 U.S. ground troops to be deployed to Iraq to combat Islamic...
US Central Command Plays Down ISIS Counter-Attacks U.S. Central Command maintained that ISIS counter-attacks in northeastern Syria which inflicted heavy casualties were...
CentCom: No Evidence of ISIS Using Mustard Gas Against Kurds The U.S. has yet to find solid evidence that ISIS used mustard gas against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, CentCom said...
Senators Blast Commander's Claims of Progress against ISIS CentCom Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin was subjected to tough questioning from senators who mocked his claims of progress in the...
Retired General Replaced by Lawyer as Special Envoy to Iraq, Syria President Obama replaced a retired four-star general with a lawyer as his Special Envoy for Iraq and Syria.
DHS Mulls Security Measures amid Suspicions Bomb Downed Russian Jet The Department of Homeland Security is considering bolstering security at U.S. airports amid growing suspicion that a Russian...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
