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The Pic of the Day: The art of replenishing a ship under way

Seaman Brandon Kay, from Surprise, Arizona, shoots a shot-line to the USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) during a replenishment-at-sea aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Vella Gulf is conducting operations in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group.

The Pic of the Day: One sea, two aircraft carriers

The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), top, and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transit the Arabian Sea March 18, 2020. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central […]

Israelis Finish Investigation on Gunship Attack that took out Sniper Team

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) completed an investigation on a suspected attack on their troops from the Syrian side of the Golan Heights.   They published photos of Hezbollah operatives working with Syrian soldiers to carry out this attack. IDF investigators said the planned attack was to take place near the village of Hader in […]

Another Coalition base in Iraq attacked with rockets

Two rockets struck a training base south of Baghdad where U.S.-led coalition troops and NATO trainers are present, Iraq’s military said in a statement on Tuesday. The rockets hit the Basmaya base outside of Baghdad on Monday evening. They impacted near a factory and what was described as agricultural land, but not where any troops […]

Russian and Turkish troops begin joint patrols in Syria

In one of the first, albeit small signs of the de-escalation of violence in the Idlib province of Syria, Russian and Turkish troops carried out joint patrols along the all-important M4 highway. The northwestern part of Syria has been a bloody, violent place since late last year.  “Within the framework of the Moscow agreement, the […]

US base in Iraq comes under yet another rocket attack, several wounded

The Iraqi base that houses American and Coalition troops in Taji was rocked with another rocket attack on Saturday morning. Just three days ago, on Wednesday, another attack at the same base killed two Americans and a British soldier at Taji. Three coalition troops and two Iraqis were wounded in the rocket attack, Coalition spokesperson […]

US airstrikes against Kara’ib Hizbollah are well-warranted

The United States launched multiple airstrikes against Iranian-led Shia militias across Iraq in response to the latest rocket attack on the base at Taji that houses coalition troops. In the Taji attack, two U.S. and one U.K medical specialist were killed, with 12 wounded, five of them seriously.  The American airstrikes began at 1:00 a.m. […]

US strikes back at Iranian proxies behind deadly rocket attack in Iraq

In response to the deadly rockets against a Coalition base in Iraq, the U.S. military conducted targeted strikes against an Iranian-backed militia believed to be behind the attack. According to the Department of Defense (DoD), the airstrikes targeted five weapon storage facilities of the Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH), a Shia paramilitary terror group. KH is believed […]

Pentagon announces measures to curtail spread of Coronavirus

If the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is at all a touchstone for us regarding the gravity of a situation, then it is noteworthy that the Pentagon has imposed DoD-wide travel restrictions for all of the personnel and their families. It was never to say that the military should be exempt from precautions and measures […]

Two Americans, one British soldier killed in Iraq by rocket attack

The American military has confirmed, in a released statement, that a rocket attack on an Iraqi base, where U.S. and coalition troops are based, has killed an American and a British soldier and an American contractor. The three men were killed on Camp Taji base as 18 Katyusha rockets slammed into the base on Wednesday […]

U.N. calls for cessation of hostilities in Yemen, will anyone listen?

The United Nations is calling for all parties in the fighting in Yemen to suspend operations as the civilian toll on lives lost and people displaced continues to grow.  Martin Griffiths, the U.N.’s Special Envoy, is trying to get the peace efforts restarted between the Saudi-led coalition that is supporting the Yemeni government and the […]

Who benefits the most from the ceasefire in Syria?

The most recent ceasefire in Syria, which was initiated by the Russians and Turks, has temporarily (at least) stopped the bloodshed and the massive humanitarian wave of refugees streaming for the Turkish border. But that ceasefire, while beneficial to both the Turks and Russians, isn’t so for the Iranians, while it leaves the Syrian regime […]