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Opinion
Don’t believe the hype about Fort Bliss
"Striking is the disparity between what people who’ve never been here presume about the region and what residents recognize as reality."
By Maj. Gen. Jim Isenhower, Oscar Leeser, Ricardo A. Samaniego
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US military calls for end of fighting in east Syria
The United States military warned that days of fighting between rival U.S.-backed groups in east Syria may help the resurgence of the Islamic State group.
Mysterious air base being built on volcanic island off Yemen
The runway on Mayun Island allows whoever controls it to project power into the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and easily launch airstrikes into mainland Yemen.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Best pics of the week: March 21, 2021
An LC-130 Skibird under the Northern Lights, the Blue Angels train at El Centro, the F-15EX lands at Eglin, paratroopers on the range in Italy, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
We need veterans treatment courts now more than ever
In this commentary, a former commander of trial judges in the Army Reserve says the problems facing veterans that led to the establishment of veterans treatment court are not going away.
By David L. Shakes
French court convicts ISIS operative over 2015 train attack foiled by 3 American passengers
A French court on Thursday convicted an Islamic State operative over a train attack five years ago that was foiled with the dramatic intervention of three American passengers.
Inside the case against ISIS militants suspected in the deaths of Western hostages
The prosecution is a counterterrorism success in the waning weeks of the Trump administration. But it almost didn't happen.
US charges British ISIS members in deaths of American hostages
El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men who were called “the Beatles” by the hostages because of the captors' British accents.
US won’t seek death penalty against pair of Islamic State militants suspected of beheading hostages
The Justice Department has notified the British government that it will not pursue the death penalty against two Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages, removing a hurdle in the potential prosecution of the men in the United States.
Best pics of the week: July 26, 2020
Airborne ops at Fort Bragg, the largest C-130J formation flight ever and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Lawsuit filed by families of 4 Marines killed in 2018 CH-53 crash
“The EPDM “button” material degraded after being exposed to hydraulic fluid causing a blockage in the hydraulic system resulting in a “hydraulic lock” condition, causing the flight control system from the subject helicopter to become uncontrollable, unresponsive and/or inoperative leading to the crash."
By Shawn Snow