President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected the idea of renaming U.S. military bases named after Confederate leaders, declaring: “Our history as the Greatest Nation in the World will not be tampered with.”
Retired U.S. Army General and former CIA Director David Petraeus on Tuesday called for the removal of the names of Confederate figures from military bases nationwide.
As the world marks the 31st anniversary of China’s massacre of thousands of students in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, Democrats – including leadership in the House and Senate – and the left-wing media are comparing that deadly day to President Donald Trump’s visit on Monday to St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Trump has halted a plan to invest federal employees’ retirement savings in an index that includes Chinese firms.
The Department of Defense enacted a new policy medically disqualifying potential recruits who have been hospitalized for COVID-19.
Cotton on Wednesday announced a bill to surge investment for military infrastructure, weapons, and other assets in the Indo-Pacific region.
A Navy captain commanding the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is reportedly asking his commanders to allow his sailors off the ship to self-quarantine while docked in Guam.
President Donald Trump has authorized Defense Secretary Mark Esper to order units and individual members in the National Guard and Reserves, as well as “certain Individual Ready Reserve members,” to active duty to augment forces in the coronavirus response, according to the chief Pentagon spokesperson.
The Pentagon announced Wednesday its first case of coronavirus found in the building, involving a U.S. Marine.
The Army is reaching out to its retired community for volunteers in the fight against coronavirus, according to an email sent to retirees.
The United States military conducted “defensive” airstrikes against five Kata’ib Hizbollah (KH) weapons storage facilities across Iraq, significantly degrading the Iran-backed Shia militia’s ability to conduct future attacks against coalition forces, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Trump nominated Gen. Charles Brown Jr.as Air Force chief of staff. If confirmed he would be the military’s first black military service chief.
After 18 years, the end of the Afghan War and bringing all American troops home from Afghanistan is finally in sight.
The USS America leads the next generation of amphibious warfare, equipped with as many as 13 F-35s.
The United States Space Force (USSF) has been a huge “magnet” for young people who are interested in joining the military, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said Friday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Members of the Afghan Special Security Forces (ASSF) — the country’s primary fighting unit against the Taliban — are partnering more with American and coalition forces instead of becoming independent, a U.S. government watchdog testified recently.
The deal is far from done, but it appears that the U.S. is on the edge of reaching an honorable deal to get out of Afghanistan.
The Navy has punished sailors who were seen wearing patches that said “Make Aircrew Great Again” with an image of President Trump during a visit by the president to the USS Wasp last May, according to a report.
Family members of troops who deployed to the Middle East amid tensions in Iran have been told by leadership their loved ones are redeploying home.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Townsend Williams and his wife, Amy Williams, said they were honored and humbled to represent paratroopers’ families and their sacrifices after the Williams family was reunited during the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.
The United States deployed additional military support to Kenya this week to strengthen security against the Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab. Nairobi, on Tuesday, reiterated its commitment to expanding its trade links with Iran.
Retired Green Beret general and New Hampshire Senate candidate Don Bolduc called for Americans to unite against Iran.
The Catholic Archbishop for the U.S. Military Services, Timothy P. Broglio, issued a nuanced statement Monday on the situation in the Middle East, signalling support for the recent drone strike on Irani General Qasem Soleimani.
The U.S.-led military coalition against ISIS said it will withdraw from Iraq and reposit its troops in the near future, according to a letter examined by Reuters on Monday.
Iraqi MPs passed a resolution Sunday calling for all foreign troops to leave the country after the U.S. eliminated top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport last week.
Former NFL quarterback and original anthem protester Colin Kaepernick, accused the United States military of terrorist attacks” against “Black and Brown bodies,” and referred to our nation’s service members as plunderers of the “non white world.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast as reinforcements in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump, defense officials said Friday.
The remains of an American soldier who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this week were transported home to the U.S. on Christmas morning.
U.S. forces on overseas active service might be out of sight, but they are never out of mind, especially at Christmas. To that end hundreds of American troops based in Syria have received Christmas gifts thanks to Operation Holiday Express, launched by U.S.-led coalition forces from across the border in neighboring Iraq.
A young boy in Annville, Pennsylvania, gave a very special tribute Sunday to members of the United States military who are away from their families this holiday season.
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling members of the military stationed across the world to share greetings ahead of the Christmas holiday. Trump is speaking by video conference with service members from all five branches from his private club in Florida, where is he is on a more than two-week vacation.
A Tuskegee Airman celebrated his 100th birthday by flying a plane out of Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Maryland, as a copilot.
A businessman in Cary, North Carolina, recently made it his mission to ensure service members spent the holidays with their families this year.
Americans are taking the time on Saturday to mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on American soil at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which killed more than 2,400 people.
The Naval Air Station Pensacola attack reminded us once more that gun-free policies on military installations make U.S. troops sitting ducks.
President Donald Trump has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to address U.S. troops on Thanksgiving Thursday.
A little girl in Gretna, Virginia, got a very special surprise at her elementary school Wednesday afternoon.
The Pentagon said on Thursday that there is “absolutely no truth” to a report in a South Korean newspaper suggesting it is considering withdrawing troops there.
U.S. negotiators reportedly walked out of talks with South Korea on Tuesday over the cost of American troops on its soil, accusing Seoul of rejecting a “fair and equitable agreement.”
In an exclusive report on Wednesday, Kurdistan24 News described visiting two bases in eastern Syria to talk with the roughly 500 U.S. troops left behind to defend strategically vital oil fields. The soldiers said they are still working with the Kurdish-led Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) militia and conducting operations against Islamic State remnants.
