Retaliatory US Airstrikes Are Starting to Raise Tensions and Draw Ire in Middle East The U.S. presence in the region has grown dramatically since Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, launched a brutal and bloody...
Iran-Linked Fighters Killed by US AC-130 Gunship After Attack on Base with Ballistic Missiles The attack on an installation used by the U.S. military in the Middle East is at least the 66th since Oct. 17, and U.S...
US Sanctions Iran-Backed Militia Members in Iraq Conducting Strikes Against American Forces Included in the sanctions are the militia's foreign affairs chief, a member of its governing council, its military commander...
Iraq Campaign Medal Returns Amid Surge in Drone, Rocket Attacks on US Forces There he medal was introduced in 2016 and also covered service in Syria, even as the nature of those campaigns changed and...
Surge of Middle East Attacks Left 21 Troops Injured, Most with Traumatic Brain Injuries More than 20 U.S. troops stationed across the Middle East were injured in drone and rocket attacks last week, with most...
Troops Hurt After Three Drones Attack US Bases in Iraq as Tensions Flare After Gaza Hospital Blast Coalition forces were slightly injured in Iraq in a spate of drone attacks over the last 24 hours at U.S. bases in Iraq as...
Do Lessons from the Battles for Fallujah Apply to Gaza? "While Fallujah and Gaza are dissimilar in terms of military operations and policy resolve, they are similar in their mutual...
Why Military Education Isn't to Blame for Afghanistan and Iraq Purported failures in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan -- even the microcosm of Kabul -- are arguably symptoms of greater...
Turkey Strikes Suspected Kurdish Militant Targets in Northern Iraq After Suicide Attack in Ankara Some 20 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were “destroyed” in the latest aerial operation.
A New Graphic Novel Depicts Alwyn Cashe's Medal of Honor Action The Association of the United States Army regularly publishes free comic books depicting Medal of Honor actions.
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...