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US allies alarmed by leaked group chat about Houthi attack plans
For some U.S. allies, the leaked group chat about a planned Yemen attack casts doubt on intelligence-sharing with Washington.
African terrorist groups ‘aren’t necessarily a threat to the homeland,’ AFRICOM leader says
U.S. Africa Command’s counter-terrorism mission is facing some troop cuts, which has lawmakers wondering how that will impact the safety of the American homeland from terror groups like al Qaida and the Islamic State’s regional loyalists.
By Kyle Rempfer
Where’s the final report? Lawmaker grills Pentagon officials on who’s being held accountable for Niger ambush
If the reports don’t come out soon, one lawmaker said that Congress will have to take some “extraordinary measures to actually get that to happen.”
By Kyle Rempfer
This is why the Corps is partnering with elite Air Force pararescue jumpers in Africa and Europe
The PJs provide the Corps with dedicated technical rescue personnel, as well as field and in-flight paramedic capabilities.
By Shawn Snow
Understaffed AFRICOM cutting hundreds more troops
600 troops total will be cut; AFRICOM hopes to spare ISR, medevac.
By Tara Copp, AP
Should AFRICOM be holding an exercise in this country with a spotty security and human rights record?
More than 2,000 troops from 34 African and Western partner nations will participate in Flintlock 2019 at multiple locations in Burkina Faso, with an outstation in Mauritania, between Feb. 18 and Mar. 1.
By Kyle Rempfer
Marines have been personally downloading this software that helps coordinate air support. How that error and big cyber flaws are putting lives at risk.
Some Marines downloaded the software onto personal devices, potentially putting themselves and their unit at risk.
By Shawn Snow
Pentagon review calls for changes to how US investigates, reports civilian war casualties
The study calls for greater collaboration between the U.S. military and humanitarian groups, the declassification of investigations when appropriate, the investment in tools to assist ground force commanders in developing greater situational awareness, and the standardization of how U.S. combatant commands should address wrongdoing.
By Kyle Rempfer
Cameroon is a good counterterrorism partner, but US cannot ignore alleged atrocities, says AFRICOM head
The United States has cut some military aid to Cameroon over human rights concerns but the countries' relations remain excellent, the U.S. ambassador asserted Thursday, while the central African nation's government remained silent.
This week in Congress: State of the Union and the start of military budget planning
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Feb. 4.
Pentagon watchdog to investigate Yemen refueling
The Pentagon’s internal watchdog will investigate military refueling missions in the Mideast and Africa after the U.S. undercharged allies by $331 million for its support in the Yemen civil war.
By Joe Gould