The exercise is designed to train troops for the next war — one the U.S. believes will be against a more capable, high-tech enemy like Russia, North Korea or China, instead of the deserts of the Middle East.
The suicide blast claimed by ISIS was the first since President Trump said American forces would withdraw from the country because the militant group has been largely defeated.
Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small Navy boats after the boats had mechanical problems and drifted into Iranian waters, but American officials have received assurances from Tehran that they will be returned safely and promptly.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has ordered the military to open all combat jobs to women, rebuffing attempts by the Marine Corps to exclude women from certain front-line combat jobs.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter Carter suddenly fired Army Lt. Gen. Ron Lewis on Thursday, citing allegations of misconduct, and referred the matter to the department's inspector general.
The president had planned to pull out all but a small, embassy-based U.S. military presence by the end of next year, but military leaders argued for months that the Afghans needed additional assistance from the U.S. to beat back a resurgent Taliban.
Two women have now passed the Army's grueling Ranger test, and even tougher and more dangerous jobs could lie ahead. The military services are poised to allow women to serve in most front-line combat jobs, including special operations forces, senior officials said.
Pentagon leaders are preparing plans aimed at lifting the ban on transgender individuals in the military, with the goal of formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service.
The Marine general nominated to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the U.S. and its coalition partners are making moderate progress in the fight against the Islamic State extremist group but that the strategy should be re-evaluated if efforts to improve governance and build reliable local ground forces stall.
The Marine general nominated to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the U.S. and its coalition partners are making moderate progress in the fight against the Islamic State extremist group but that the strategy should be re-evaluated if efforts to improve governance and build reliable local ground forces stall.
Investigators found no evidence of a shooting after the Washington Navy Yard went on lockdown Thursday because someone reported shots fired in the same building where a gunman killed 12 workers in a rampage two years ago.
Investigators found no evidence of a shooting after the Washington Navy Yard went on lockdown Thursday because someone reported shots fired in the same building where a gunman killed 12 workers in a rampage two years ago.
