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  1. A loadmaster gives final signals to the crew of a B-52 as it begins shutdown procedures at RAAF Base Darwin, Australia. Air Force

    Pacific shift: New assignments and duty stations in throwback to Cold War deployments

    As the U.S. builds its presence in the Pacific, the Air Force is looking back to the Cold War for managing deployments.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  2. Yemen's al-Qaida leader vows to free prisoners

    The leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaida offshoot vowed in a message posted Monday to free fellow militants from prisons and urged jailed fighters to remain faithful to the terror group's ideology.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  3. DoD weighs major COCOM realignment

    The Pentagon is considering a major overhaul of its geographical combatant commands, possibly realigning oversight within hot-button areas of the world and eliminating thousands of military and civilian positions,according to defense sources..

    • Aug. 11, 2013
  4. The idea for the nonprofit came, Hudgins said, after he received a Christmas card from home with a picture in which he saw almost every woman wearing a scarf. Courtesy of Jonathan Hudgins

    USAF captains' nonprofit helps Afghan women sell handmade scarves

    If not for the Christmas card Capt. Jonathan Hudgins got while in Afghanistan or the summers he worked in his family's grocery, Flying Scarfs might not have taken off.

    • Aug. 11, 2013
  5. NATO says 3 troops killed in Afghanistan

    NATO said three of its service members were killed Sunday in eastern Afghanistan but provided no further details.

    • Aug. 11, 2013
  6. Suspected U.S. drone strike kills 2 in Yemen

    A suspected U.S. drone strike killed two alleged al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, military officials said, making it the ninth such strike in just two weeks.

    • Aug. 10, 2013
  7. Yemeni soldiers inspect a car at a checkpoint Saturday on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa, Yemen. Eighteen U.S. diplomatic outposts closed because of a terrorist threat will reopen Sunday, but the U.S. Embassy in Yemen will remain closed due to ongoing concerns about potential terrorist attacks by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Hani Mohammed / AP

    Post-Benghazi, Obama plays it safe with embassies

    President Barack Obama seems determined to make sure he doesn't have another Benghazi.

    • Aug. 10, 2013
  8. Yemen: 7 Saudis among militants killed by drones

    At least seven suspected militants from Saudi Arabia were among the alleged al-Qaida members killed in Yemen in a recent wave of U.S.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
  9. Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S. soldiers from 2nd Platoon Fox Co. of 2-506th Infantry Battalion of the 4th Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division interrogate Mulik, center, a young Afghan they suspect of insurgent ties after they found two IEDs nearby in Khost province. Victor J. Blue / USA TODAY

    'It's their fight now': Afghan soldiers on their own

    An Afghan soldier had spotted the tiny wire in the road, bringing the convoy of Humvees to a halt.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
  10. A woman offers prayers Aug. 9 at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan, to mark the 68th anniversary of the world's second atomic bomb attack over the city. Kyodo News via AP

    Nagasaki marks 68th anniversary of atomic bombing

    Nagasaki's mayor criticized Japan's government Friday for failing to back an international nuclear disarmament effort as the country marked the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of his city.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
  11. U.S., Russian diplomatic and defense chiefs to meet

    The crisis in Syria, arms control and missile defense headline what are expected to be chilly talks between top U.S.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
  12. U.S. orders diplomats out of Lahore, Pakistan

    The State Department has warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and evacuated nonessential government personnel from the country's second largest city because of a specific threat to the consulate there, a U.S. official said Friday.

    • Aug. 9, 2013
  13. Philippine marines storm the beach with their counterparts from the U.S. Marines Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Okinawa, Japan, during the 2011 annual joint military exercise dubbed PHIBLEX (RP-US Amphibious Landing Exercise) at San Antonio, Zambales province northwest of Manila, Philippines. The Philippines and the U.S. will soon start negotiating the terms of a larger U.S. military presence in the country. Bullit Marquez / AP

    U.S., Philippines to open talks on larger U.S. troop presence

    Philippine officials say they will soon begin negotiations with the United States on a larger American military presence to help deter what they say is increasing Chinese aggression in Philippine-claimed waters in the South China Sea.

    • Aug. 8, 2013
  14. Yemen official: U.S. drones kill 12 in 3 airstrikes

    The U.S. has sharply escalated its drone war in Yemen, with military officials in the Arab country reporting 34 suspected al-Qaida militants killed in less than two weeks, including three strikes on Thursday alone in which a dozen died.

    • Aug. 8, 2013
  15. Local cease-fire deals could hasten Afghan peace

    As U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan, some local leaders are making cease-fire and other agreements with local insurgent groups, a trend that carries risks but could also help hasten peace, military officials say.

    • Aug. 8, 2013
  16. President Barack Obama speaks in front of Marines on Aug. 7 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Gregory Bull / AP

    Photo gallery: Obama visits Camp Pendleton

    Speaking to Marines at Camp Pendleton in California, President Obama said Wednesday he would keep battling two very different challenges to the military: Budget cuts and sexual assault.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  17. Muslim holy period to be celebrated at Gitmo

    Guards were preparing to serve the first in a series of special meals Wednesday to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to mark the end of the Muslim holy period of Ramadan, which this year brought a lull in a long-running hunger strike.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  18. President Barack Obama meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 17 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. President Obama is canceling plans to meet with Putin in Moscow next month in retribution for Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to accused NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Evan Vucci / AP

    Obama cancels meetings with Putin amid tensions

    In a rare diplomatic rebuke, President Barack Obama called off an upcoming Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, sending a stern message of disapproval over Russia's harboring of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  19. Yemen claims it foiled al-Qaida plots

    Authorities foiled plots by al-Qaida to take over key cities in southern Yemen and attack strategic ports and gas facilities, a government spokesman said Wednesday amid a heightened alert that has seen Western embassies evacuated and a new suspected U.S.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  20. Al-Qaida matures as leaders remain a global threat

    Al-Qaida's core leadership remains a potent threat, and experts say it has encouraged the terror network's spread into more countries today than it was operating in immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

    • Aug. 7, 2013
  21. Reports: U.S. files criminal charges over Benghazi attack

    The Justice Department has filed criminal charges in the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, media reports say.

    • Aug. 6, 2013
  22. Suspected U.S. drone kills 4 in Yemen

    A suspected U.S. drone killed four alleged al-Qaida members Tuesday in Yemen, as the U.S. and British embassies evacuated staff amid reports of a threatened attack by the terrorist group.

    • Aug. 6, 2013
  23. Police in an armored vehicle secure a road leading to the U.S. embassy Aug. 6 in Sanaa, Yemen. The State Department on Tuesday ordered nonessential personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to leave the country. Hani Mohammed / AP

    Air Force evacuates U.S. embassy personnel from Yemen

    The U.S. military evacuated nonessential U.S. government personnel from Yemen on Tuesday due to the high threat of attack by al-Qaida that has triggered temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa.

    • Aug. 6, 2013
  24. Taliban leader says still willing to talk

    The Taliban's reclusive leader said Tuesday that his group was willing to start peace negotiations, even as he urged more attacks — including insider shootings by government security forces — on foreign troops.

    • Aug. 6, 2013

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