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USS Carney shoots down drone launched from Yemen
A U.S. official told the Associated Press that the Navy destroyer deemed the drone to be a threat and shot it down over water.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
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Opinion
Don’t believe the hype about Fort Bliss
"Striking is the disparity between what people who’ve never been here presume about the region and what residents recognize as reality."
By Maj. Gen. Jim Isenhower, Oscar Leeser, Ricardo A. Samaniego
The US is committed to Syria mission, says top American general in the Middle East
U.S. troops at military outposts ín eastern Syria asked variations of the same question to their top commander Saturday: What is our future here? What are the goals we need to think about?
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
106-year-old WWII vet’s vintage Cadillac stolen, returned in California
“When that car is gone, part of me is gone. I just feel terrible.”
By Dylan Gresik
Japan OKs controversial plan to send naval forces to Mideast
But they won't be joining a US-led coalition patrolling the Strait of Hormuz.
Operation Holiday Express brings gifts to US troops in Syria
Hundreds of American troops based in Syria have received Christmas gifts thanks to Operation Holiday Express, launched by U.S.-led coalition forces from across the border in neighboring Iraq.
Alex Vraciu: The Navy’s most indestructible ace
Meet “Grumman’s best customer.”
By Barrett Tillman, Aviation History
Trump OKs wider Syria oil mission, raising legal questions
President Donald Trump has approved an expanded military mission to secure an expanse of oil fields across eastern Syria, raising a number of difficult legal questions about whether U.S. troops can launch strikes against Syrian, Russian or other forces if they threaten the oil, U.S. officials said.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US to transfer Islamic State prisoners evacuated from Syria to Iraq
The U.S. will hand over to Iraqi authorities nearly 50 Islamic State members who were transferred from Syria in recent days, two Iraqi intelligence officials said Thursday.
US military moves 2 British Islamic State members known as ‘Beatles’ from Syria
Two British militants believed to be part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages and was known as "The Beatles" have been moved out of a detention center in Syria and are in American custody, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor coming home
He'll be buried in buried in El Dorado, Kansas, on Saturday.
That time a hurricane stranded 80 Uruguayan sailors in Norfolk
El Capitán Miranda, we hope you enjoyed the Mermaid City.
By Gordon Rago, The Virginian-Pilot