US to reduce military footprint in Syria to fewer than 1,000 troops
The departure would return force levels to where they had been for years, after the U.S. and its allies waged a multiyear campaign to defeat ISIS.
By Tara Copp, AP and Beth Sullivan
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US shipbuilding in a ‘perpetual state of triage,’ watchdog says
Both Navy testimony and a government watchdog report this week highlighted the lackluster progress of U.S. shipbuilding during the past 20 years.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Marines’ barracks-fixing ‘Operation Clean Sweep’ returns to California
The operation will be conducted twice annually.
By Todd South
Cargo ship hits tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military
The collision set both vessels ablaze and sent fuel pouring into the North Sea.
Texas sends more than 400 Guardsmen to US-Mexico border
The troops, part of a unit called the Texas Tactical Border Force, will join those already deployed to the border through Texas' Operation Lone Star.
By Alejando Serrano, The Texas Tribune
Indiana Army National Guardsman dies in non-combat incident in Iraq
Capt. Eric Richard Hart, 34, of Indianapolis, Indiana, died on Dec. 28.
By Beth Sullivan