Dozens of Iraq’s Kurdish peshmerga fighters will fly to Turkey on Tuesday and from there cross into the Syrian border town of Kobani to help fellow Kurds fight Muslim militants, a spokesman for the Kurdish force said.
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North Korea may be developing sea-based missiles
A website that monitors North Korea says the isolated nation may be exploring how to launch ballistic missiles from submarines or ships.
Suspended helicopter unit leaders return; report recommended they be fired
The suspended top officer and top enlisted soldier of a Colorado-based helicopter battalion returned to work over the past two months despite a report recommending they be fired.
IG: Former chief of wounded warrior office broke law, DoD regs
The Defense Department inspector general has recommended ‘corrective action’ against the former director of DoD’s Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy Office.
MoH recipient Dakota Meyer helps develop new 1911
Anyone with $3,500 to spare can now own a pistol befitting a Medal of Honor recipient.
2 Korean soldiers are the first women to earn Expert Infantryman Badge
Two female soldiers in the South Korean army have earned the coveted Expert Infantryman Badge – the first women, Korean or American, to do so.
Iraqi Kurdish fighters to head to Syria
IRBIL, Iraq Dozens of Iraq’s Kurdish peshmerga fighters will fly to Turkey on Tuesday and from there cross into the Syrian border town of Kobani to help fellow Kurds fight Muslim militants, a spokesman for the Kurdish force said.
VA settles Pittsburgh Legionnaire’s suit for $125K
The Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the son of a Marine veteran who died after contracting Legionnaire’s disease at a Pittsburgh VA hospital.
House candidate Zinke releases military record
Republican U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke produced a military record Monday that opponents have been calling for since this summer.
Violence marks Afghan president’s first month
Suicide bombers, roadside bombs and rocket attacks on the Afghan capital have intensified in the one month since President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai took office as the Taliban are sending a message that they disapprove of his tough stance on ending the insurg