Shawn Snow
Early Bird Editor
Shawn Snow is the senior reporter for Marine Corps Times and a Marine Corps veteran.
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Special operators will be countering violent extremists for the ‘long haul’
The commander of SOCOM said battling violent extremists groups will remain the number one priority for American commandos.
UN calls for halt of US air campaign over Raqqa to save civilians
Officials at the UN have called for a halt by the U.S. led air campaign against ISIS in Raqqa on humanitarian grounds.
US-led coalition intensifies airstrikes in Raqqa at a cost
The U.S. has intensified its Syrian air campaign against ISIS.
Taliban reacts to Trump’s speech: 'Afghanistan is not a threat'
President Trump’s plan to send more troops to Afghanistan, with no deadline for their eventual withdrawal, drew immediate rebuke from the Taliban on its official website, Voice of Jihad.
US service member wounded in Afghanistan
A U.S. service member was wounded in action in Logar province, Afghanistan, Monday evening.
Pentagon distances itself from allies of the U.S. partner force battling ISIS
The U.S.-backed allies in the fight against ISIS are a multiethnic mixed bag of Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian, Turkmen and other ethnic groups.
US-backed Kurdish fighters follow in footsteps of WWII Marine Raiders with homemade sniper rifle
U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters known as the People’s Protection Unit, or YPG, are fielding a monster-sized 12.7 mm homemade sniper rifle pieced together from other weapons.
Turkish variants of the U.S. M72 LAW anti-tank rocket keep ending up in ISIS stockpiles
The HAR-66 — the Turkish version of the U.S. M72 — was discovered by the research group on the outskirts of Mosul in mid-March.
Taliban propaganda showcases US weapons and radios as captured war spoils
The pictures may depict a trend of U.S. military weapons supplied to the Afghan military falling into Taliban hands.
Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism force looks to rebuild after Mosul
Iraq’s most coveted special forces unit suffered a nearly 40 percent casualty rate in its drive to liberate the dense city of over one million inhabitants, according to a U.S. Defense Department budget request seeking funds to help rebuild and equip the specialized unit.
