How Many U.S. Troops Needed In Iraq, Afghanistan?STEVE INSKEEP
"(We) did not sit on our hands, and we were preparing for the worst," said Shilling, who has flown 60 missions in Iraq and Afghanistan during two decades in the military. Shilling said SPARTA membership had grown 10% since the election to 2,200 members, many of them senior enli...
How could Israel’s top security echelons so callously betray the country’s border communities and the soldiers tasked with their protection, many of whom were slaughtered in their beds? How could they fail to alert their political superiors to a clear and present danger of the largest national...
A soldier posts flyers over graffiti on a wall in Iraq as part of a Psychological Operations mission. Photo Courtesy USASOC Winning a war requires more than an ample armory, supplies and troops. It also helps tremendously to have the support (or at least compliance) of the local population...
From murderous kings and dour queens to graceful movie star princesses and dignified heads of state, royalty comes in many forms -- just like the rest of us. Just who are these people called "royalty"? What do they do, why do we have them, and how did they become royalty in the ...
commander in Afghanistan has said several thousand more troops would be needed to break a stalemate with the Taliban. "It's of great concern that we're talking about stepping up the way that we carry operations without a standard operating procedure for making condolence payments," said Marla ...
For example, does the U.S. need access toIncirlikand other Turkish air bases to pursue anti-ISIS operations in Syria? Will it continue to have that need as Iraqi forces extend control and stability in Iraq? If Putin reins in Assad and cooperates with the U.S. to end fighting in Syria...
Many veterans of the battle were still serving, Gold Star families were still processing the deaths of loved ones, and most video games that did touch on conflicts in the region scarcely used authentic settings, opting instead to construct fictional desert countri...
1,500 more u.s. troops have been authorized to go to iraq. not only that, fort bragg will be one of the five military bases used as a quarantine location for troops returning from their ebola response mission in west africa. lakeshia harney, 32, doesn’t know where her husband, army...
Many veterans of the battle were still serving, Gold Star families were still processing the deaths of loved ones, and most video games that did touch on conflicts in the region scarcely used authentic settings, opting instead to construct fictional desert countries ...