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Navy will name its next assault ship USS Helmand Province, scene of heavy Marine fighting
Task & Purpose· 15 hours ago“In keeping with naval tradition of naming our Navy’s amphibious assault ships after U.S. Marine...
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan
Military.com via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoThe top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing...
The US spent so much time fighting insurgents that it forgot 'what it means to actually fight a war...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThe conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan were real wars that came at a severe cost in human lives, but...
The lasting toll of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
CBS News· 4 days agoThis week, Scott Pelley reported on the families who held the home front while their spouses, fathers and mothers fought in the post-9/11 wars in
Veteran of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan killed in Laurel hit-and-run
NBC Washington· 3 days agoA veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan died after a hit-and-run crash in Laurel, Maryland,...
A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan, opening fire and killing six people as they were...
World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists
Al Jazeera· 2 hours agoEvery year on May 3, UNESCO commemorates World Press Freedom Day. It is being marked today at a...
US airstrike targeting al-Qaida leader in Syria killed a farmer
Military Times via Yahoo News· 8 hours ago“We are committed to learning from this incident and improving our targeting processes to mitigate...
'I watch my back': Spike in BBC World Service journalists working in exile
BBC via AOL· 17 hours agoin the numbers of journalists in exile is extremely concerning for press freedom." When the Taliban...
U.S. Shuffles Military Assets in Middle East After Gulf Pushback
The Wall Street Journal· 4 hours agoAl Udeid...regional command center. It was critical to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan,...