Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd year, included 30 countries, seven of them full participants, and more than 9,000 personnel, making it the largest defense exercise in Asia and the longest-running in the world, said Rear Adm. Christopher Stone, commander of the US Navy’s Task Force 76/3.
It is difficult, 20 years on, to say which is more unlikely: that flip-flopping, wind-surfing, “Jinjis” Khan-pronouncing John Kerry came within an Ohio whisper of the White House or that Kerry’s rebuke proceeded in large part from a bevy of cheesed-off veterans. Politics change in two decades, of course, and my guess is that the […]
Conditions have been getting so bad for the approximately 1,100 U.S. military personnel stationed in Niger right now that one member of the Air Force decided to write Congress.In a letter reported by the Washington Post Wednesday night, a whistleblower complained to Congress that the U.S. Embassy in Niger, particularly Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon and Air Force Col. Nora J. Nelson-Richter, the defense attaché posted there, was putting troops at risk by ignoring the military junta's March...
MANILA, Philippines — The militarization of Batanes Island by the United States could escalate regional tensions in the West Philippine Sea, House Deputy Minority Leader Rep. France Castro
Congressional Armenian Caucus founding Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) calls for US military aid to Armenia to protect itself. Addressing the Congressional Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on Wednesday, Pallonne also noted that “there has to be a lot more humanitarian assistance for Artsakh, and a way has to be put forward, and the US back …
Chinese foreign ministry says the expanded annual exercise Balikatan destabilizes the region.
Can The US And Iraq Move Beyond Military Ties? Authored by James Durso via ResponsibleStatecraft.org, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani is in Washington next week with both sides hoping to expand their economic relationship Twenty-one years ago, the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq in the erroneous belief that the country possessed weapons of mass destruction and was allied with al-Qaida, the terror group responsible for the 9/11 attacks. The U.S. created an occupation...
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Twenty-one years ago, the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq in the erroneous belief that the country possessed weapons of mass destruction and was allied with al-Qaida, the terror group responsible for the 9/11 attacks. The U.S. created an occupation authority, but failed to restore order and helped spawn the insurgency that bedeviled it by dismissing the entire Iraqi military and the most experienced civil servants. Coalition troops fought a losing battle, regained their footing with the 2007...
The Philippines is a major focus of US efforts to strengthen regional
Russian military trainers have arrived in Niger to reinforce the country’s air defenses as the western African nation pulls away from close cooperation with the U.S. in counterterrorism efforts, turning instead to Russia for help as it fights Islamic insurgents in the Sahel region
Beijing helping with drone production, space-based capabilities and ballistic missile productionChina is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for its war against Ukraine, according to a US assessment.US officials are hoping the release of the intelligence will encourage European allies to press China, as the...