Military and Police Aid
Friday, July 8, 2016 - 06:21
Several Nigerien army leaders are currently in Fort Jackson, South Carolina learning and training with American troops with the hope of improving Nigerien training and operational skills.
Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 06:42
Technology developers from the US and Israel have concluded an intensive missile defense war game simulating five full days of coordinated, multidirectional missile and rocket attacks on the Israeli homefront, officials from both countries announced Wednesday.
Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 06:38
The United States is shifting its military assistance to Georgia to help the country defend itself instead of preparing it for international deployments, with a new agreement signed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Tbilisi.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 06:47
Secretary of State John Kerry told ex-Soviet Georgia the United States would help it bolster its army as he reassured a close U.S. ally days before a NATO summit expected to focus on the threat a resurgent Russia poses.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 06:41
The Government of United State of America (USA) has charged Ghana to end modern day slavery immediately or face the consequences of her lackadaisical attitude towards the fight against the crime.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 06:32
Senegal’s Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando (COFUMACO) surpassed new training milestones during a three-week exercise with US Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response–Africa in Thies, Senegal, June 6-24, 2016.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 06:32
The swift, humiliating defeat last Wednesday marked the end of a widely advertised offensive launched less than 24 hours earlier with intense U.S.-led air cover. The fighters had hoped to capture Boukamal, a prize possession of ISIS and the extremist group's last border crossing between Iraq and Syria.
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 06:49
Certain provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which recently passed the House and Senate, have mired the legislation in controversy and provoked a veto threat from the White House. But amidst all the partisan rancor, the bills contain at least three solid victories for transparency and accountability of Pentagon-run foreign aid programs, all of which garnered broad bipartisan support.
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 06:13
The U.S. military’s efforts to confront the Islamic State in Syria suffered another setback Wednesday after the militants routed the only group to have survived intact an ill-fated Pentagon program to train and equip moderate rebels last year.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 06:14
Iraq secured a $2.7 billion loan from the United States on Wednesday to fund ammunition and maintenance of fighter jets, tanks and other military equipment for use in the war against Islamic State.