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US special operations leaders are having to do more with less
Commanders are juggling how to add more high-tech experts to their teams while still cutting overall forces by about 5,000 troops over the next five years.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Iraq says joint operations with US-led coalition resume against Islamic State group
Joint military operations with the U.S.-led coalition to counter the Islamic State group have resumed after a nearly three-week pause, an Iraqi military statement said Thursday.
Afghanistan’s elite special operations unit to get CH-47 helicopters
The CH-47s will provide Afghan forces with a heavy lift helicopter and troop transport to ferry Afghan commandos and special operators on daring night time raids and counterterrorism missions.
By Shawn Snow
Special operations has an entitlement problem. Here’s how they intend to fix it.
Special operators are too obsessed with deploying, according to an internal review, and it's feeding misconduct.
Rockets land in Baghdad’s Green Zone, one inside US Embassy walls
It is the third such attack this month and the perpetrators were not immediately known.
From long-range fires to countering drones, the Army looks to link weapons systems across the force
The Joint All-Domain Command and Control project will connect systems.
By Todd South
West Coast Marines, Japanese troops focus on amphibious operations as China becomes more active in Pacific
This is the 15th iteration of the bi-lateral exercise.
By Todd South
US military resumes operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq
The U.S. military is resuming operations against Islamic State militants in Iraq and is working to soon restart training Iraqi forces, U.S. officials said Wednesday, despite deep divisions over the American drone strike that killed an senior Iranian commander in Baghdad and the resulting missile attacks by Iran on Iraqi bases.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Another Guardsman prevented from returning to work at the US Postal Service
“They have delayed and obfuscated to the furthest extent possible.”
By Dylan Gresik
Soldier dies during freefall training in Arizona
An Army special operations soldier died during military freefall training in Eloy, Arizona on Tuesday.
Former Green Beret pleads guilty to stealing government money while on Afghan deployment
Chamberlain was one of five in a $200,000 conspiracy.
By Todd South