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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 07:05
U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Michelle Baldanza told Sputnik the U.S. training program for the active Ukrainian military servicemen will include tactics to counter unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 06:36
As the region grapples with insecurities and armed groups especially in neighboring DR Congo and Burundi, the U.S. reserves confidence in Rwanda’s capacity to maintain peacekeeping operations.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:50
The commander of U.S. special operators in Africa also says African warlord Joseph Kony is on the run — but he needs more authority from Congress to broaden the U.S. military’s mission in Africa.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:33
A pair of Republican senators want the Pentagon to bolster its support for Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq, suggesting they're struggling to defend their territory against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:05
Weeks after the Obama administration canceled a failed Pentagon program to train and arm Syrian rebels to combat the Islamic State, American officials announced a new effort to equip ground forces in Syria to fight the jihadists.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:59
U.S. service members completed a Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations Centers for the Ghanaian Navy Oct. 12-23 at Ghana’s Navy Trade Training School at Sekondi, Ghana.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:45
The U.S. spent almost $43 million on a natural-gas filling station for autos in Afghanistan that should have cost about $500,000, according to an inspector general’s report.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:39
Delegates from the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) visited Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, recently to learn best practices from directorates within Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and build relationships between the two organizations.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:14
A newly formed U.S.-backed Syrian rebel alliance launched an offensive against the Islamic State in the northeast province of Hasakah on Saturday, a day after the United States said it would send Special Operations forces to advise insurgents fighting the jihadists.
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 07:17
Hundreds of air warriors and technicians from Israel, the US, Greece and Poland concluded here Thursday a two-week drill designed to hone the type of joint planning, targeting and coordinated command-and-control demanded by coalitions operating in complex Mideast theaters.