Military Removes Live Animals from Combat Medical Training The military will substitute lifelike dummies for live animals in combat trauma training exercises for doctors and other...
Iran-Iraq Deal Challenges US Fight Against ISIS Militants Iran and Iraq have reached a cooperation agreement that complicates the U.S.-Iraq arrangement to combat Islamic State...
Female Soldiers Approved to Enter Ranger School in April About 60 female soldiers in April will take part in a pilot program and fitness assessment at Ranger School.
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.
Pentagon: Sequestration Would Again Reduce Annual Military Training Pentagon leaders would have to again slash funding for training across the military unless Capitol Hill blocks budget cuts...
Six More Female Soldiers Qualify for Army Ranger School Six more female soldiers have met the same physical fitness standards as men in qualifying to attend the Army's Ranger School...
Sixteen Women Pass Day One of Army Ranger School Sixteen female soldiers made it through their first day of Ranger School, a punishing infantry course previously closed to...
US Begins Training of 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS The U.S. has begun the effort to train and equip Syrian opposition rebels to fight ISIS, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter...
Three Female Soldiers Begin Second Attempt at Army Ranger School Three of the original female soldiers to volunteer for Army Ranger School got another shot at completing the infantry course.
$500M US Program Has Only Trained 60 Syrians to Fight ISIS Only 60 Syrian rebels are currently being trained by the U.S. to fight ISIS, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday.
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...
