Carter Signals US Plans to Deploy More Troops to Iraq Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has again addressed the controversial issue of U.S. "boots on the ground" in Iraq and Syria.
Russia Trumpets Report That US May Have Sent Javelins to Syrian Rebels A video showing what may have been a Javelin anti-tank missile fired by U.S. backed Syrian Kurds prompted retorts from Moscow...
Clashes between US-Backed Groups in Syria Growing Concern: Coalition Fighting between U.S.-backed factions in Syria has complicated the drive against ISIS.
Russian Warplanes Use Iran Base to Bomb Syria for Second Day Russian warplanes using an Iranian airbase hit targets in Syria Wednesday for the second consecutive day.
US, Russia Trade Charges of Syria Cease-Fire Violations The Pentagon called on Russia to lean on its Syrian regime ally to allow delivery of humanitarian aid to rebel areas.
Fall of Raqqa Key to Disrupting Terror Plots: US General The U.S. needs to support an offensive to retake Raqqa to disrupt terror plots against the U.S. and Europe, a U.S. general...
US Warplanes Disable Four of Five Bridges in Mosul Four of the five bridges over the Tigris in Mosul have been taken out to isolate ISIS fighters in the eastern sector of the...
Dunford Meets with Russian, Turkish Generals on Syria Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford tried to sort out the next steps in Syria with his Russian and Turkish counterparts...
Top Baghdadi Aide Killed in SpecOps Raid in Syria: CentCom A top terror planner for ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed earlier this month in a special operations raid in Syria...
Vehicle Rollover Kills US Service Member in Syria A U.S. service member deployed to Syria in support of the fight against ISIS died Friday after a vehicle rollover incident.
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard...
Reports of Civilian Deaths in Yemen Are Mounting. The Pentagon Is Remaining Mostly Silent. After reports of two major strikes against targets inside Yemen, officials at U.S. Central Command are refusing to discuss...
Trump Locks In Future of Michigan Air Base with New Fighter Jet Announcement President Donald Trump landed in Michigan and shared a hug with a longtime antagonist, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, as...
48 Hours with Marines and Soldiers on the US Southern Border Amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, military assets and personnel are increasingly being relied upon for a...
![Marines at the border wall](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/staff-border-wall-marines-wire-1800.jpg?itok=a3dIOHTu "Marines were deployed here to reinforce barriers during President Donald Trump's first term, but they were not armed with the long guns their Guardian Angels carry now, NPR reported. An old policy from the very unit these Marines come from said Guardian Angels must watch over their units' security with an "ambush mentality." (Drew F. Lawrence/Military.com)")