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Airmen help save holiday tradition in Alaska’s largest city

It’s believed this is the first time the star hasn’t been fully lit on time.

2 years ago

Watch coalition aircraft pummeling ISIS cave complexes in Iraq

In March, two Marine Raiders — Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, 34, of Simi Valley, California, and Capt. Moises A. Navas, 34, of Germantown, Maryland — were killed while advising Iraqi Security Forces on a mission against ISIS in the southern Makhmur Mountains in Iraq, about 60 km south of Erbil.

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

US strikes ISIS fighters in Somalia

AFRICOM carried out 55 airstrikes in 2019 against against al-Shabab and ISIS-Somalia militants — 47 strikes were conducted in 2018.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

US airstrikes interrupt ISIS and al-Shabaab battleground

The U.S. appears to be stepping up airstrikes in northern Somalia’s Golis Mountains, where the country’s Islamic State affiliate and al-Shabaab have been battling for territorial control.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

A new home away from home for wounded warriors and their families

The Warrior Retreat at Bull Run opened a second home on its 37-acre countryside campus this week, hoping to boost its capacity to host more than 500 service members, families and caregivers each year.

By Natalie Gross

5 years ago

US, Iraqi forces kill dozens of Islamic State fighters

The U.S. military says American and Iraqi forces killed more than 50 Islamic State militants, including several commanders, in northern Iraq last month.

5 years ago