A Pentagon spokesman described the mission of the infantry battalions as temporary and narrow. Security conditions in Kabul have deteriorated rapidly.
Author: Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY
U.S. military airstrikes target militias backed by Iran in Syria, Iraq
The U.S. military launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias at three locations in Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon announced Sunday evening.
‘Heart-wrenching problem’ for Army in Alaska: 2 bases. 5 months. 6 suicides.
Six soldiers in Alaska have died by suicide in the first five months of 2021, after the Army poured more than $200 million into the state.
After coming out, a soldier was allegedly raped by another military member and died by suicide. Her family says it’s a hate crime
Uniform Code of Military Justice does not include hate crimes, but a 21-year-old soldier’s family says she was assaulted because she was a lesbian.
Eight cadets at West Point expelled for cheating, over 50 set back a year
West Point finalized discipline against cadets caught cheating in largest scandal since 1970s.
US bombs Syria facilities used by Iran-backed militia; first airstrikes under Biden
U.S. airstrikes targeted “Shia militants that conducted the strikes,” referring to a Feb. 15 rocket attack in Iraq that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member.
Biden overturns Trump’s ban on transgender troops in first moves for Defense Secretary Austin
Former President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops was overturned by President Joe Biden in one of his first directives to the Pentagon.
Joint Chiefs of Staff call Capitol riot ‘sedition and insurrection,’ remind troops of oath
The Joint Chiefs of Staff branded last week’s riot sedition and called on troops to defend the Constitution.
Duckworth joins call to hold any troops, veterans, ‘neo-Nazis’ in Capitol riot accountable
Sen. Tammy Duckworth called on the Pentagon Monday to investigate whether troops or veterans participated in the Capitol riot Jan. 6 and hold them accountable under military law.
At least 25 people under investigation for terrorism in connection with Capitol riot
Those under investigation are suspected of taking part in the riot that shut down Congress as it formalized Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.