Replacing the Cold War-era M9 9mm pistol, the U.S. Army is making strides towards the purchase of a more powerful handgun that can meet the needs of other services as well. Fox News reported that as the lead agent for…
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US Marine ‘Deserter’ Reappears After 10 Years
A US Marine who had been listed as a deserter for 10 years is back in custody after giving himself up in Bahrain . Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun , 34, a naturalised American who worked as an Arabic interpreter for…
Baghdad Joint Operations Center Fully Operational
The joint operations center opened by U.S. forces in Baghdad to help the Iraqi government combat Sunni insurgents is fully operational and assessments of Iraqi units have begun, Defense Department spokesman Army Col. Steven Warren said today, June 30th, 2014.…
Drones, More Troops to Iraq
Some of the manned and unmanned aircraft that the United States is flying over Iraq are armed to protect newly arrived American military advisers on the ground, Pentagon press secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said today. The aircraft are…
Ninety U.S. Military Advisors Arrive in Iraq
The first U.S. service members ordered to Iraq to help the Iraqi military counter an advancing Sunni insurgency have arrived in the country, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said today. About 90 troops have arrived in Baghdad,…
VIDEO: Kurds Appeal for Airstrikes Against ISIS
Richard Spencer of The Telegraph reports from the Kurdistan autonomous region where Kurd fighters are engaged in an undeclared guerrilla war with the terror group ISIS which has taken over much of north-central Iraq. Kurd leaders say they cannot defeat…
