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U.S. soldier pledged allegiance to Islamic State group, FBI says
An active duty soldier based in Hawaii pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group, helped purchase a drone for it to use against American forces and said he wanted...
Pentagon approves 6-month delay in transgender enlistments
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is giving the military chiefs another six months to conduct a review to determine if allowing transgender individuals to enlist in the armed services will affect...
Mattis says Syria’s government taking U.S. threat seriously
Syria's government has taken seriously the U.S. warning against launching another chemical weapons attack, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday.
The Pentagon will send about 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan
The Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan, a Trump administration official said Thursday, hoping to break a stalemate in a war that has now passed to...
Needing troops, U.S. Army offers up to $90K bonuses to re-enlist
Struggling to expand its ranks, the Army will triple the amount of bonuses it's paying this year to more than $380 million, including new incentives to woo reluctant soldiers to...
U.S. missiles blast Syria; Trump demands “end the slaughter”
The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles Thursday night in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. President Donald...
Pentagon quietly seizing control over warfighting decisions–with little public debate
Week by week, country by country, the Pentagon is quietly seizing more control over warfighting decisions, sending hundreds more troops to war with little public debate and seeking greater authority...
Military seeks new ways to punish bad online behavior
Skeptical Congress members on Tuesday pressed senior military leaders to take more aggressive action to prevent and punish inappropriate online activity by service members, including posts of "intimate" images on...
U.S. says 45,000 fighters taken off battlefields
he military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of Islamic State fighters to as few as 15,000, the...