US General Seeks Flexible Rules of Engagement for Somalia AfriCom commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser is pressing for relaxed rules of engagement in Somalia.
Fourth US Soldier Was Killed in Niger Ambush Nigerien forces discovered the body of a fourth U.S. soldier killed in an ambush earlier this week, U.S. officials told Fox...
Marines Put On Standby to Respond to Egypt Unrest Marines are poised to protect or evacuate U.S. citizens and the U.S. Embassy amid the political unrest in Egypt.
US Sends Troops to Help Find Nigerian Girls A team from U.S. Africa Command was joining an international effort in the hunt for the kidnapped girls in Nigeria.
Pentagon to Set Up Ebola Field Hospital in Liberia Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has approved spending $22 million to set up a 25-bed field hospital in Liberia to treat...
US Troops Number 2,100 in West Africa to Contain Ebola The number of U.S. troops in West Africa has risen to more than 2,100 and the first medical facility built by the military to...
Al-Shabab Leader's Death 'Most Likely' in US Strike Hassan Ali Dhoore had planned an attack that killed three Americans on Christmas Day 2014.
Marine Task Force Shares Tactics with Cameroonian Soldiers In the humid, lush jungle of Cameroon, 18 Marines shared tactics and skills with more than 80 soldiers part of the Forces...
Somalia Famine Complicates US Counter-Terror Campaign Starving people on the move in search of food and water would complicate a stepped-up air campaign in Somalia, an official...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
