JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Approximately 100 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, returned home Aug. 10 after a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. Soldiers of “Bison” Company, as they are affectionally known, briefly formed up before being released to join their loved ones, leading to a flood of […]
The poll comes as Israel braces for retaliatory attacks from Iran and its allies following an assassination campaign last week. A majority of Americans oppose sending U.S. troops to defend Israel if it’s attacked by a neighboring country, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) poll found that 55% of Americans oppose such […]
Three U.S. troops were killed and at least another 34 wounded Saturday night in a drone attack on their living quarters in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, the U.S. Central Command reported. These are believed to be the first American military deaths from hostile fire during the nearly four-month-long war between Israel and Hamas […]
Anti-war campaigners responded that “this is not the path to peace and will not make the world safer.” The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced Monday that the military alliance will dramatically increase the ranks of its high-readiness forces from 40,000 at present to “well over 300,000″—a 650% boost—as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages […]