Representative Will Hurd (R-TX) declared, “as we celebrate this Independence Day, let’s recommit ourselves to supporting our troops, supporting our intelligence professionals” and criticized Democrats for blocking the GOP’s national defense bill during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows:
American troops in Afghanistan raided the home of a local anti-Taliban commander and proceeded to blow up a munition cache inside his home, an action that shows U.S. forces are carrying out combat missions beyond their stated train, advise, and assist role, reports The New York Times (NYT).
The Pentagon is not “specifically” considering lifting the policy barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, said a Department of Defense (DoD) spokesman.
Several U.S. Army recruits who also happen to be fans of the rap group Insane Clown Posse are suing the Federal Bureau of Investigations over the classification of the “Juggalo” fan base as a “hybrid gang.”
The United States, within the last two years, has sold nearly $1.5 billion in military equipment to Mexico, including millions of bullets, fleets of Black Hawk helicopters, and thousands of Humvees, reports Stars and Stripes.
The US will take a decision soon to store heavy weapons including tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in Poland, the Polish defence minister says.
Chaplain Wes Modder spends his days basically alone in the base chapel. He is no longer allowed into his office. By order of his commanding officer, he is not allowed even to speak to the sailors in his unit. If anyone from his unit comes into the chapel, he may not speak with them.
The family of fallen Iraq war hero Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta accepted the nation’s second-highest award for valor, the Navy Cross, on his behalf nearly a decade after the Pentagon denied him the Medal of Honor.
The movement of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier accompanied by the USS Normandy, a guided missile cruiser from the Persian Gulf region, to a position off the coast of Yemen could change the dynamics of the Yemen sectarian civil war.
Americans are becoming steadily more favorable to employing military force in the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, according to a study just released by the Pew Research Center.
U.S. troops in Afghanistan will remain vigilante on Christmas Day against an insurgent threat that “persists” even after the United States ended its 13-year combat mission there, an American soldier told Breitbart News.
