Military Operations
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 06:33
The new Army commander in Europe plans to bolster the U.S. armored presence in Poland and the Baltic states and keep rotations of U.S. troops there through next year and possibly beyond to counter Russia.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 05:08
In a predawn raid on Tuesday, United States Special Operations commandos and Yemeni troops rescued eight hostages being held in a cave in a remote part of eastern Yemen by Al Qaeda’s affiliate there, officials from both countries said.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 08:20
The government of the new Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, has quietly lifted the ban on night raids by special forces troops that his predecessor had imposed.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 08:17
U.S. troops will remain in Poland and the Baltic states through 2015 “to deter Russian aggression,” the top US commander for Europe said on Sunday.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 08:14
President Barack Obama may not call what American troops will do in Afghanistan next year “combat,” but he has quietly laid the groundwork for continuing battle against the Taliban.
Obama has authorized the military to provide air support to Afghan troops next year after the U.S. has completed the transition to its “advise- and-assist” mission, the White House says.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 06:30
The United States will remain in an armed conflict in Afghanistan — essentially at war — after the end of this year under rules for combat operations the Pentagon requested, and President Obama approved, early this month.
Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 07:06
A lack of experience and training, as well as poor tactics and intelligence not being acted on are the primary reasons for losses being incurred by the Ukrainian Air Force in the restive east of the country, a senior service official noted on 19 November.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 07:14
The United States is planning to base about 1,000 security personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul after the formal end of the military mission in Afghanistan and may retain the ability to use attack planes to support local forces until then, according to the top American commander in the country.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 09:00
Russian forces are again on the march in Ukraine, and again the question before President Obama and Europe is how to stop the Napoleon of the Kremlin. Nothing they’ve tried has worked with Vladimir Putin , who has sized up Western leaders as too wobbly to resist.
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 06:20
Washington has expressed concern about the downing by Azerbaijani forces of a military helicopter from the self-proclaimed "self-defense forces" of Nagorno-Karabakh -- a breakaway region of Azerbaijan that is controlled by ethnic Armenians.