The U.S. military successfully tested the interception of an inter-continental ballistic missile on Monday, in a first-of-its-kind test of the nation’s missile defense program.
Two American service members were killed while on a NATO mission in Afghanistan as the U.S. continues to negotiate a peace treaty with the Taliban.
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland was at an event in Washington this week to discuss his experience training Iraqi and Syrian militaries. But he ended up delivering a warning for the U.S. military: “Identity politics is a cancer.”
The Islamic State (ISIS) has mocked claims by U.S. military officials that the organization is on the brink of total collapse, while also calling on its followers to act in retaliation for the massacre at a mosque in New Zealand that took place last weekend.
The ongoing deteriorating security conditions on the ground in Afghanistan do not warrant the proposed withdrawal of American troops, the top commander charged with overseeing U.S. military activity in South Asia declared on Thursday.
Peter Zhu’s mother and father succeeded in a last-minute effort to preserve what they said is “some piece of our child that might live on.”
A Pentagon official championed President Donald Trump’s requirement that the sex of transgender soldiers be decided by their biology, not by their claimed “gender identity.”
Kremlin officials confirmed reports on Wednesday that cyberattacks against Russian entities were being launched from U.S. territory, but refused to comment on whether the U.S. military was behind the attacks.
Trump said he was “thrilled” by the idea, pointing to Space as the battleground of the future.
U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces said Saturday they have launched a final push to defeat the Islamic State group in the last tiny pocket the extremists hold in eastern Syria.
Zhao Qianli, 21, was sentenced on Tuesday to a year in federal prison for taking photographs of sensitive parts of the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida. He was an exchange student from the North University of China studying in the U.S. at the time of his arrest.
Between 300 and 550 Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadis remain active in the Philippines, a testament to the lingering threat posed by the jihadi group despite efforts by U.S.-backed local forces.
President Donald Trump said during a Sunday morning interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS News’ Face the Nation that sending U.S. troops to Venezuela remains an “option.” He also revealed he has refused a request for a meeting from dictator Nicolas Maduro, who is no longer recognized as the legitimate president of Venezuela by the United States and many other nations.
President Trump can build a border wall using the United States military to stop mass illegal immigration and drug trafficking without funding approval from Congress and without having to declare a national emergency.
The Washington Post has walked back claims about the military record of Nathan Phillips, the Native American activist at the center of a national controversy captured on video at Friday’s Woman’s March in Washington, D.C.
The government of the central African nation of Gabon claimed the situation is “under control” after a military coup early on Monday left two of the plotters dead.
Trump on Sunday confirmed that the U.S. military killed Jamal al-Badawi, an al-Qaeda operative involved in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.
A poll of United States service members and veterans finds that only 39 percent approve of transgender individuals serving in the military.
The vast majority of U.S. service members and veterans believe the American “occupation” of Iraq and Afghanistan has lasted long enough, but they still support the ongoing war on terror raging since October 2001, according to the results of a survey published this month.
A new poll shows that a majority of veterans — both current and former service members — said they approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing and approve of his handling of border security and terrorism.
Actor Milo Ventimiglia spent the holidays overseas with the troops this year, flying along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford as part of the 15th annual USO holiday tour.
An illegal alien has been accused by Arizona police of starting a fire on top of the roof of a hangar at a United States military base.
The Trump administration is “actively considering plans” for a significant drawdown of American troops in Afghanistan that could begin as soon as several weeks from now, according to a report.
A Rasmussen Reports nationwide poll shows that one in three Republicans would be willing to pitch in to pay for a wall on the U.S. southern border with Mexico if Congress fails to give President Donald Trump the $5 billion he has asked Congress to approve for it.
The United States is at risk of losing its technological edge in the key war-fighting domain of artificial intelligence (AI) to adversary China, top Pentagon officials cautioned lawmakers on Tuesday.
Contents: New head of US Central Command says Afghanistan war is unsustainable; Political opposition to Afghan strategy grows; DJIA plunges 800 points on Tuesday
The Naval Research Laboratory wants to use common sea life as a biological tripwire to detect the movement of submarines.
A top U.S. Department of State (DOS) official, while testifying before a House panel on Thursday, cautioned Turkey that military action against the American-allied Kurds in northern Syria is “unacceptable.”
The U.S. military announced Tuesday that three U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan and three more wounded when they hit a roadside bomb.
Army Ranger Sgt. Leandro A.S. Jasso, 25, was killed in Afghanistan early Saturday, bringing the number of American troops killed in action in the Afghanistan War up to nine this year.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is expected to pull out more than 700 American troops from Africa despite the growing threat posed by jihadist groups in the region, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in the Tucson Sector teamed up with Department of Defense (DOD) personnel to conduct training exercises and harden ports of entry in advance of the anticipated arrival of Central American caravan migrants. Officials estimate the region could become saturated with thousands seeking asylum or crossing the border illegally.
There are 172 military veterans running for office in this midterm election from both parties — a total of 109 Republicans, 62 Democrats, and one independent, with 67 of them incumbents, according to the Military Times.
U.S. military forces placed barriers and concertina wire and carried out drills on the international bridge that divides Hidalgo, Texas, from Reynosa, Mexico. The efforts appear to be preparations for thousands of Central American caravan migrants who are expected to arrive at one of the various ports of entry.
About 1,000 U.S. Marines were activated on Friday to assist in border operations ahead of a migrant caravan making its way towards the U.S.
Mark Harris, the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, told Breitbart News he broadly supports President Donald Trump’s immigration and border security proposals.
Mattis and Pompeo signaled Tuesday that U.S. patience has run out on supporting a Saudi-led coalition in a war in Yemen.
Scott Horton, author of a new book Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, argued that the ongoing war in Afghanistan is a “betrayal of American soldiers and Marines” at an event Tuesday in Washington, DC.
A Pentagon program for immigrants who can bring critical skills into the U.S. military in exchange for citizenship accepts over 80 percent of recruits, according to Army Secretary Mark Esper, contrary to reports that suggest the Pentagon has been increasingly rejecting applicants.
The United States armed forces are only “marginally able” to defend America against the current high levels of risk primarily fueled by “formidable” U.S. rivals China and Russia, revealed the 2019 Index of U.S. Military Strength released Thursday by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank.
