Pentagon Keeps Troops in Niger Despite Putsch, Maintains Contact with Some Military Leaders The Pentagon said Tuesday it has suspended security cooperation with Niger due to the political unrest in the West African...
How New Jersey Guardsmen Thwarted One of the Largest Somali Terror Attacks in Decades It was fall 2019, and there was a near certainty that the American-run Baledogle Military Airfield in the middle of Somalia...
Lawmakers Demand Answers on US Involvement in Deadly 2017 Nigerian Airstrike A group of House Democrats wants answers following reports that the U.S. military may have helped Nigerian forces with a 2017...
An American Nun Held Hostage in West Africa Since April Has Been Rescued Suellen Tennyson, an 83-year-old nun from Louisiana, was captured by "armed gunmen" on April 4 in Yalgo, Burkina Faso...
Troops Reprimanded After Deadly Al-Shabaab Attack on Kenya Base The U.S. base and an adjacent airfield were more vulnerable due to a culture of complacency among forces deployed there, the...
US Airman Dies During Deployment to Niger Staff Sgt. Dennis F. Melton was stationed at Nigerien Air Base 101 in Niamey, Niger, with the 768th Expeditionary Air Base...
1,000 National Guard Soldiers to Deploy to Africa as Mid East Wars Wind Down It is unclear if the 1,000 Guardsmen is an increase in the Pentagon’s force in Africa, or if those troops are replacing...
Oil Tanker Explodes in Sierra Leone, Killing at Least 92 Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency is working tirelessly in the wake of the emergency.
Mali's Timbuktu Fears Jihadis as France Reduces Troops Timbuktu Mayor Aboubacrine Cissé does not hide his unease with France's decision to end its Operation Barkhane.
Soldiers Detain Guinea's President, Dissolve Government The country’s constitution was declared invalid in an announcement read aloud on state television by a military leader.
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...
Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college...
Tricare Changes are Coming in 2025. Here’s What Beneficiaries Need to Know Right Now Tricare beneficiaries need to be aware of changes taking place in both the East and West regions and may need to take action...
Naval Academy Graduate Charged with Hate Crime After Pride Flag Ripped from Annapolis Shop A Naval Academy graduate was charged with a hate crime after a tattoo shop in Annapolis reported its LGBTQ Pride flag had...
Who Is Doug Collins? A Look at Trump's Pick to Head the VA The former Georgia congressman is a Southern Baptist minister and Air Force colonel.