US Says It Will Return to Chad for Talks to Keep Troops in the Country The U.S. said last month it was withdrawing most of its contingent of about 100 troops from Chad after the government...
US to Pull Troops from Chad and Niger as the African Nations Question Its Counterterrorism Role U.S. and Nigerien officials were expected to meet in Niger's capital, Niamey, “to initiate discussions on an orderly and...
Paris Will Become a No-Fly Zone to Safeguard Its Wildly Ambitious Olympic Opening Ceremony The unprecedented waterborne ceremony on the River Seine running through the French capital is the stiffest single security...
Pentagon Vows to Press On with Counterterror Mission as Negotiations to Depart Niger Begin The potential military withdrawal from Niger comes more than a month after the military junta ruling the country made the...
The Navy SEAL Mission Is Shifting from Raids to Supporting the Service, Leader Says Many of the exercises that the operators have conducted lately have focused on concepts such as maritime interdiction or...
The US Declares the Ousting of Niger's President a Coup and Suspends Military Aid and Training Senior administration officials told reporters that the U.S. was taking action after exhausting all avenues to preserve...
How the Coup in Niger Could Expand the Reach of Islamic Extremism, and Wagner, in West Africa More than 1,000 U.S. service personnel are in Niger to combat the growing threat from various groups of Islamic extremists.
Army Combat Veteran to Take Over Key Election Security Role Working with State, Local Officials Cait Conley will coordinate with federal, state and local officials responsible for ensuring elections are secure ahead of...
US Airstrike Kills Around 30 al-Shabaab Militants in Somalia, Military Says The Jan. 20 strike occurred approximately 260 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu near Galcad, Somalia.
The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Won't Be Handed Out to Everyone Anymore Starting Sept. 11, 2022, a service member must have worked directly for a counterterrorism operation for at least 30 days to...
Russian Flotilla Off Florida Coast Sparks Deployment of US Navy Destroyers, Planes The Russian Ministry of Defense said in an online post that the ships conducted exercises in the use of "high-precision...
The Army's Recruiting Problem Is Male A decade of declining recruitment numbers for the Army is almost entirely attributable to a significant drop in male...
Coast Guard Relieves Commander of Biggest Station for Failing to Act on Harassment Claims The service announced Friday that it relieved Cmdr. David Ruhlig on June 3 "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to...
Culture War Political Fights Resurface as House Approves 19.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise and Senate Eyes 5.5% For the second year in a row, the House approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, mostly along...
Pentagon Stands by Secret Anti-Vaccination Disinformation Campaign in Philippines After Reuters Report The U.S. military launched the disinformation campaign following a decision by then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper to loosen...