News Briefs – February 4, 2019
U.S. hopes Turkey buys Patriot, drops Russian missile pledge A senior U.S. official says Washington hopes Turkey will choose the Patriot air defense system over a Russian system that has raised NATO...
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News Did defense officials hide border mission details from Congress? – Lawmakers want to know if Defense Department officials intentionally hid plans to boost troop deployments along the U.S. southern...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 6, 2019
Pentagon sending another 3,750 troops to Southwest border The Pentagon says it will send 3,750 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to put up another 150 miles of concertina wire and provide other...
View ArticleHeadlines – February 6, 2019
News Budget for fiscal 2020 expected to be released March 12 – The Trump administration expects to deliver its fiscal year 2020 budget on March 12, a six-week delay from the planned initial release...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 8, 2019
Taliban: Half of U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan by May 1 The U.S. has promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, a Taliban official said Feb. 6, but the U.S....
View ArticleHeadlines – February 8, 2019
News Afghan Taliban: no date yet for U.S. troops drawdown – A Taliban official said on Feb. 6 that no timetable had been agreed with the U.S. government for the partial withdrawal of U.S. forces from...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 11, 2019
Air Force pledges cooperation over toxins near former base Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is pledging cooperation with the state of Michigan over toxic chemical pollution near a former military...
View ArticleHeadlines – February 11, 2019
News New legal bombshells explode on two Navy SEAL war crimes cases – Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward “Eddie” Gallagher not only stabbed to death a teenage wounded Islamic State prisoner of war...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 13, 2019
California governor to draw down guard troops at border California Gov. Gavin Newsom is withdrawing several hundred National Guard troops from the nation’s southern border and changing their mission....
View ArticleHeadlines – February 13, 2019
News Despite Kim summits, North Korea still a threat, say US commanders – U.S.-North Korean diplomatic talks have lessened hostilities between the two countries, but Pyongyang hasn’t shown verifiable...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 15, 2019
Pentagon official assures Iraqis of limited U.S. military role The top Pentagon official assured Iraqi leaders Feb. 12 that the U.S. will stick to its limited military role in Iraq, a message aimed at...
View ArticleHeadlines – February 15, 2019
News Former Air Force tech sergeant who defected to Iran charged with spying – A former Air Force counterintelligence specialist, a technical sergeant, who defected to Iran about five years after...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic postpones scheduled flight test
Virgin Galactic has postponed the scheduled Feb. 20 flight test of SpaceShipTwo and VSS Unity because of bad weather at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Southern California. “Our test flight window...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 20, 2019
U.S. delivers laser-guided rockets to Lebanese military The American Embassy in Lebanon says the United States has delivered laser-guided rockets valued at more than $16 million to the Lebanese army....
View ArticleHeadlines – February 20, 2019
News Trump officially organizes the Space Force under the Air Force … for now – President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a directive centralizing all military space functions under a new Space Force,...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 22, 2019
New legislation bans Russian soldiers from using smartphones Russian lawmakers have approved a bill prohibiting military personnel from using smartphones on duty, a move intended to stop sensitive...
View ArticleHeadlines – February 22, 2019
News White House: 200 US troops will remain in Syria – “A small peace-keeping group of about 200 will remain in Syria for a period of time,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. Allies decline...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 25, 2019
Pakistan PM authorizes military response if India attacks Pakistan’s prime minister on Feb. 21 authorized the armed forces to “respond decisively and comprehensively to any aggression or misadventure”...
View ArticleHeadlines – February 25, 2019
News Judge rules men-only military draft unconstitutional in court win for San Diego men’s group – A federal judge has ruled that a men-only draft is unconstitutional, but he stopped short of ordering...
View ArticleNews Briefs – February 27, 2019
Seven U.S. troops injured in van crash in Poland U.S. officials in southwestern Poland say that seven U.S. troops were injured, two of them, seriously when their van veered off the road and rolled...
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