Shawn Snow
Early Bird Editor
Shawn Snow is the senior reporter for Marine Corps Times and a Marine Corps veteran.
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Tensions with Iran and its proxies led to accelerated transfer of bases housing coalition troops to Iraqi forces
"This base transfer occurred amid force protection concerns sparked by escalating tensions between the United States and Iran and its proxy militias, which CJTF-OIR said led to an acceleration of the long-term transfer plan."
No more curfew for US troops in South Korea
“After assessing the curfew data and consulting with USFK leaders including component commanders, I decided to end the curfew effective December 17,” Gen. Robert B. Abrams, United States Forces Korea commander."
Esper asks Iraq to help stop attacks on bases housing American troops
“Iran should not mistake the United States’ restraint for an unwillingness to respond with decisive military force should our forces or interests be attacked."
Pentagon eyes big expansion of foreign military training program
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper called America's foreign military training program a "critical long-term investment" that he wants to increase by "50 percent over the coming five years.”
Pompeo warns of ‘decisive US response’ if Iran harms US troops or allies
“We must also use this opportunity to remind Iran’s leaders that any attacks by them, or their proxies of any identity, that harm Americans, our allies, or our interests will be answered with a decisive U.S. response.”
Mattis says Iran downing a US aircraft should be met with ‘retaliation’
Mattis said when he was the commander of CENTCOM an Iranian fighter made three attempts to shoot down a U.S. drone and missed each time. “Says something about their accuracy that they missed all three times.”
US military releases photos showing Bagram Air Base damage following brazen Taliban assault
A source on the ground detailed to Military Times that a firefight between the Taliban and Afghan and U.S. forces lasted nine to 10 hours.
Are Afghan forces beating the Taliban in 2019? The Pentagon won’t say.
Rosy metrics provided by the U.S. military regarding progress of the Afghan war have been questionable in the past.
Rockets land near Baghdad airport, Iran-backed militias approaching a red line US official says
“Iran should not mistake the United States’ restraint for an unwillingness to respond with decisive military force should our forces or interests be attacked."
Airstrikes called in as Taliban attempt to breach Bagram Air Base
U.S. and Afghan forces were pulled into a nearly nine to 10 hour firefight after a suicide bombing targeted a medical facility that was under construction near the base, a source on the ground detailed to Military Times.
