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US defense secretary says Germany is ‘highly valued’ station for American troops
About 34,500 U.S. troops are stationed in Germany, including key American military facilities like the Ramstein Air Base and the headquarters for AFRICOM and EUCOM.
By Staff and wire report
Another former CENTCOM general weighs in with displeasure over Trump’s Syria gambit
A former CENTCOM general officer said ordering U.S. troops out of Syria was "one of the poorest, most uninformed, even arrogant policy decisions I’ve seen by any administration in the last 30 years."
By Howard Altman
Turkey begins offensive aimed at Kurdish fighters in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign, which followed an announcement Sunday by U.S. President Donald Trump that American troops would step aside in a shift in U.S. policy that essentially abandoned the Syrian Kurds. They were longtime U.S. allies in the fight against the Islamic State group.
Big Navy sweetens retention incentives, starting now!
Vice Adm. Bob Burke dishes on reenlistment perks with Navy Times.
By Mark D. Faram
Wisconsin governor orders National Guard troops to leave US-Mexico border
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers ordered the state’s National Guard troops to withdraw from the border with Mexico Monday, drawing the ire of a Republican congressman from Illinois who says he serves in the Wisconsin National Guard and the border mission is honorable.
Pentagon withdrawing 7,000 troops from Afghanistan
The president is moving to cut in half the number of troops deployed there, a step towards ending the 17-year-old war.
Troops to immediately withdraw from Syria as Trump declares victory over ISIS
Pentagon officials did not immediately confirm reports that Trump has ordered a total withdrawal of troops.
By Kyle Rempfer
Some US troops on the border to leave this week; about 3,000 will stay
The border mission has less need now for some of the troops' specialties.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Report: Pentagon will send green-card recruits to boot camp, halting a Trump policy from last year
The military services will start sending their backlogs of green-card holders to recruit training after a preliminary injunction issued in federal court.
By Kyle Rempfer
Why were active-duty forces picked over Guard to defend the border? Capabilities, Pentagon says
Pentagon faces questions over the roles and limits U.S. forces will have when migrants reach the border.
By Tara Copp, AP
Military bases, troops brace for ‘monster’ Hurricane Florence on East Coast, ‘super’ typhoon in Pacific
Florence may be one of the most devastating hurricanes to hit the East Coast in decades.
By Staff Reports