An Afghan man who worked with the US military dies in ICE custody
HOUSTON — An Afghan immigrant whose family said he had been evacuated from his home country after working for years with U.S. forces died at a Texas hospital after immigration authorities detained him, according to authorities. Federal immigration officials called Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal a “criminal”...
The US has several options to counter Iranian mines. These are some key assets.
The U.S. military possesses several capabilities that it could wield to combat naval mine warfare in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy views the maritime weapon as a key pillar of its military strategy, according to a 2017 Office of Naval...
Number of US troops wounded in war against Iran rises to about 200
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) — The number of U.S. troops wounded in the war against Iran has risen to about 200, the U.S. military said on Monday, as the conflict entered its third week. The U.S. military’s Central Command said the vast majority of those...
Trump asks ‘about 7′ countries for help to open the Strait of Hormuz
CAIRO — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but his appeals have brought no commitments as oil prices soar during the Iran war. The president declined to name the countries...
As allies resist US call to help in Strait of Hormuz, Trump says it was a loyalty test
President Donald Trump on Monday recast his weekend call for American allies to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz as a test of loyalty rather than a strategic necessity. The shift in Trump’s framing of the issue came after nearly half a dozen countries...
Judge orders VA to reinstate contract with employee union
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday that temporarily reinstates a collective bargaining agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs and its largest employee union. Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose ruled in favor of the American Federation of Government Employees National...
‘Radiant’ mother from Kentucky was among 6 US service members killed in air crash in Iraq
A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a military refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq. Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, hailed from a large family in Bardstown, Kentucky, and...
Iran missile strike damages five KC-135 tankers in Saudi Arabia, officials say
An Iranian missile strike damaged five U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, two U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal. The aircraft were parked on the flight line at the time of the...
Norway’s elite Arctic soldiers still dig their own snow caves to hide from drones
SETERMOEN, Norway — Norway’s elite soldiers for Arctic warfare swear by an old-fashioned method for staying hidden from drones’ sophisticated sensors: quinzhees, or snow caves, carefully dug by hand. Deep in Norwegian woods, some 400 kilometers away from the Russian border, an officer of the...
SEAL influencer David Goggins, 51, in Air Force special ops training
If there are any boats in the Air Force special warfare training pipeline, you can bet David Goggins will be carrying them. Goggins, who retired from active duty in the Navy SEALs in 2016 and has gone on to build a brand as a bestselling...
