Security Assistance
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 06:29
In its security assistance programs with Georgia, as well as in NATO-Georgia relations, the U.S. will be making more focus in helping the country to increase its self-defense capabilities, Pentagon and State Department officials said at Senate foreign affairs committee hearing on June 7.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 06:53
In an implicit rebuttal to Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, Germany’s ambassador to NATO offered a full-throated defense of his country’s contributions to European security and pushed back at accusations that Berlin was relying on Washington for protection rather than taking responsibility for defending itself.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 06:23
The Army is preparing to send a rotational armored brigade combat team to Europe starting in February next year and decisions on how the units within the brigade will be positioned are coming this summer, the US Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges said Monday. “I think decisions get made in June and July about the enhanced forward presence,” Hodges told a group of reporters after the Polish army kicked off its largest national military exercise called Anakonda.
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 06:45
An American delegation headed by Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commander of the U.S. ground forces in Europe, arrived in Armenia last month for an official visit. Lt. Gen. Hodges took part in the opening ceremony of a monument to the Soviet-Armenian marshal Amazasp Babadzhanyan, stating that he was visiting Armenia to strengthen ties between the armed forces of the two countries. He also said he is impressed by the service of the Armenian military in international peacekeeping missions, and sees the potential for further development of bilateral cooperation in various formats and directions. In turn, Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan stressed the importance of a number of projects in the context of this partnership.
Friday, June 3, 2016 - 07:05
Germany will commit a battalion’s worth of troops to NATO’s mission in the Baltics as part of a plan to beef up the allied presence in the region while maintaining a post-Cold War pledge not to position permanent forces along Russia’s border, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday.
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 06:31
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is sending his recommendations to senior leaders this week on how many American troops should remain in the country next year to work with Afghan forces battling a resurgent Taliban, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 06:19
Namibia has received a batch of small arms from Russia to equip its Marine Corps as part of contracts signed in previous years.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:53
The U.S. drone strike that killed the Taliban’s top leader as he traveled through Pakistan reflects just how much the U.S. is willing to disregard an ally it increasingly sees as an obstacle to securing peace in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:45
Russia has severe budgetary constraints, and the United Nations is pressuring both sides to respect the peace settlement. So why is Moscow reheating the frozen conflict in Ukraine?
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:19
A bipartisan group of Senate Armed Services Committee members is urging President Obama to announce a decision on U.S. troops levels in Afghanistan prior to NATO conferences this summer. “A timely decision on U.S. force levels is necessary so that our allies and partners can generate forces and make appropriate pledges for the Resolute Support Mission beginning in January 2017,” they wrote in a letter to Obama on Thursday.