Guam barracks conditions spur Navy-wide housing inspection
Navy Secretary John Phelan was so appalled by the barracks at Andersen Air Force Base that he ordered Marines and sailors to be moved out.
By Riley Ceder
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Airmen hold first training sortie for new electronic attack plane
The EA-37B Compass Call is built from a heavily adapted Gulfstream G550 business jet, and will replace the aging EC-130H electronic warfare planes.
Trump: US doesn’t endorse Turkey’s assault on Syria
President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. does not endorse Turkey’s military assault on Syria, calling the operation a “bad idea.”
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Commentary: Trump Syria withdrawal decision immoral and short-sighted
President Donald Trump’s withdrawal decision is strategically short-sighted because it will damage America’s reputation as a trustworthy ally across the globe, says the author of this commentary.
By Bradley Bowman
They ‘weren’t going to get beat that day’ — the Medal of Honor recipients who held COP Keating against all odds
It was the first time a single engagement resulted in two Medals of Honor since the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
By J.D. Simkins
Large chunk of border wall funding diverted from Air Force, Marine projects in Guam
About 7 percent of the funds for the $3.6 billion wall are being diverted from eight projects in the U.S. territory, a key spot in the U.S. military’s efforts to deter North Korea and counter China’s growing military.
Troop deployment to Saudi Arabia raises worries of looming conflict
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith says Trump is inflaming tensions in the region instead of calming them.
Iran president warns of a region ‘on the edge of collapse’
Iran’s president used the world’s stage on Wednesday to warn that security in the Persian Gulf could unravel with a “single blunder” and its fragile peace be guaranteed only by the region’s countries, not through U.S. intervention or Washington’s “merciless economic terrorism.”
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Esper visits laid-up submarine as the Pentagon waits on a 2020 budget
After visiting the sidelined ballistic missile sub Boise, the defense secretary warned of the risks of delaying a funding bill.
Airstrike in Libya kills 11 ISIS members, AFRICOM says
The airstrike, near Murzuq, “was conducted to eliminate ISIS terrorists and deny them the ability to conduct attacks on the Libyan people,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Gayler, AFRICOM’s director of operations, in a media release. “This effort demonstrates the resolve of the U.S. and our Libyan partners to deny safe havens to terrorists”
By Howard Altman
Rocket attack hits near US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone
Two rockets were fired into the capital’s fortified Green Zone Monday evening, landing around one kilometer (a half-mile) from the U.S. Embassy amid soaring tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
By Shawn Snow
UK, France Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attacks
Britain, France and Germany joined the United States on Monday in blaming Iran for attacks on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, but the Iranian foreign minister pointed to claims of responsibility by Yemeni rebels and said: "If Iran were behind this attack, nothing would have been left of this refinery."
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press