Military and Police Aid
Friday, February 5, 2016 - 06:30
The ability to train and advise the still green Afghan security forces will be constrained if the U.S. troop level is cut to 5,500 as President Barack Obama has proposed, the senior American commander in Afghanistan said on Thursday.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 06:35
In all these troubled lands, AFRICOM hopes to develop a cadre of regional soldiers to serve as the main peacekeeping forces and disaster-assistance providers for a generation to come. Washington's strategy must go beyond mere weapons training.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:18
The U.S. and Lithuanian soldiers training a platoon of Ukrainian army soldiers on a cold, blustery day near the border with Poland were preparing the Ukrainians for their first "live fire" exercise.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 07:20
The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published an audit of the Afghan National Engineer Brigade (NEB) that found despite U.S. training efforts and the expense of millions of dollars, the brigade is incapable of operating independently.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:52
American involvement in the long Afghan war was supposed to come to a close by the end of the year, but an array of top Pentagon officials spent Thursday making clear that U.S. troops will be fighting — and potentially dying — there for years to come.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 06:24
U.S.-led coalition forces training Iraqi soldiers to fight Islamic State are applying lessons from last month's recapture of Ramadi to prepare the army to retake the northern city of Mosul later this year.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 08:28
Analysts and former U.S. trainers say that despite some significant advances, the battle for Ramadi highlighted the troops’ lingering shortcomings. And they say that last month’s success isn’t a model for retaking the much-bigger IS-held city of Mosul.
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 06:43
KOVA Global, a small Virginia Beach defense contractor, recently finished work on a naval training project that wasn't in the Middle East or the Asia-Pacific, prime areas of focus for the U.S. military. It was in the Republic of Senegal on the west coast of Africa. That could be just the beginning, said Chris Just, who directs the firm's international training and foreign military sales division.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 06:55
U.S. military officials insist Afghan forces are carrying the burden when it comes to securing and stabilizing the country, but there are questions as to whether U.S. special forces could soon be playing an increasingly active role.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 06:30
A series of recent terror attacks across Africa have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence. From Somalia in the east to the Western Sahel, Africa’s hotspots started getting hotter over the past week with a series of terror attacks that have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence.