Pentagon officials have decided that the thousands of service members deployed in support of the newly named Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria will be eligible for a service medal – the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.
The Islamic State group is conducting a purge, killing dozens of former policemen and soldiers living in areas of Iraq under its control, in a campaign apparently aimed at preventing any uprising against its extremist rule.
NATO says one of its service members has died in eastern Afghanistan from a non-battle-related injury.
Authorities say a civilian pilot killed in a jet crash during a military training exercise near a California Navy base was a 45-year-old Utah resident.
U.S. military leaders want to expand the advise-and-assist mission into Iraq’s Anbar province and put combat advisers on the ground to help support the fight against Islamic State militants.
Of the airmen involved in the cheating investigation at Malsmtrom Air Force Base, most of them are now back on the job.
The U.S. military will train more medical personnel to respond to domestic cases of Ebola should they occur, a senior Defense Department official said Thursday.
Expanding online shopping privileges to all honorably discharged veterans isn’t a matter of ‘if,’ but ‘when,’ the chief executive officer of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service said at a meeting in Washington on Wednesday.
Military facilities around the U.S. are on alert, urging troops and their families to take precautions amid continued threats of violence from the Islamic State group.
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates ripped Washington on Thursday over sequestration budget caps, saying Congress’ inability to reach a budget compromise was causing ‘grave damage’ to the U.S.