A doctor who became New York City’s first Ebola patient was praised for getting treatment immediately upon showing symptoms, and health officials stressed that the nation’s most populous city need not fear his wide-ranging travel in the days before his il
Army setting up comms for Ebola response in West Africa
The Army is working to coordinate crisis response in Liberia
Possible Ebola case in New York City
The first case of Ebola may have arrived in New York City.
U.S. official: Iraq army not ready to repel Islamic State
U.S. airstrikes and Iraqi ground forces have blunted an Islamic State offensive in Iraq, but it will be months before Iraq can mount a sustained counteroffensive to take terrain back, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday.
U.S. officials worry about ‘lone wolf’ attacks
After a pair of attacks in Canada this week that officials labeled as terrorism, counterparts in the USA are reacting with offers of cooperation – and a sense of apprehension.
U.S., South Korea delay transfer of wartime control
The U.S. and South Korea have delayed transferring wartime operational control of allied forces by taking on a ‘conditions-based approach’ and scrapping the previously set deadline of 2015.
Prisoner in Afghanistan to be tried in U.S.
The Obama administration is preparing to transfer a military detainee in Afghanistan for criminal trial near Washington, U.S. officials said Thursday.
Experts call for national debate on U.S. military priorities
A prestigious defense review panel has warned that the U.S. government must ‘sound an alarm’ to build public support among the American people for increased defense spending.
KFC touts new all-meat sandwich in South Korea
This could be the best reason yet to be assigned to South Korea.
N.C. police chief wrote lieutenant up for Army Reserve service
The city failed to comply with a federal law that allows soldiers time off for military service, according to a letter from the Department of Labor.