Iraq

It was the summer of 2007 in Anbar Province, and my company was headed out for another assignment in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Every war brings forth a new, signature way of killing and maiming combatants. Perhaps one of the most devastating weapons in history was mustard gas because not only did it cause an agonizing death, but it also had a profound intent of demoralizing your enemy.

Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile strike near an expansive US consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil. The Iranians maintain the action was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria last week that supposedly killed two members of their Revolutionary Guard. There were no reports of injuries in Sunday’s attack, but […]

Read this excerpt by Dr Bob Adams from his book “Swords and Saints”. Dr Bob is a Naval Academy Graduate, a Navy SEAL and then became a doctor and joined the Army ending up as the Command Surgeon for Delta Force.

Home for Christmas is the dream of every U.S. service member serving in uniform since the Civil War.

C-Ram Intercepts One Rocket While Another Lands In Civilian Neighborhood Two Katyusha rockets were fired towards the Green Zone where the US embassy is located in Baghdad on Saturday night, according to Iraq’s state-run news service quoting Iraqi security officials. The U.S. Embassy’s C-RAM defense system was activated to intercept the rocket fire. One rocket […]

Israeli F-16s bomb Syria’s largest airport leaving three perfectly spaced craters 600 meters apart on the runway. This is the latest in a series of attacks by Israel on the Iranian presence within Syria.

The U.S. military intercepted and shot down a small drone that was believed to be threatening a U.S. base in southern Syria Tuesday, just weeks after the same base was attacked by drones and rocket fire. It is believed to have been launched by Iranian proxy militias in the region.  Capt. Bill Urban, the spokesman […]

Syrian state media claims that Syrian Democratic Forces led by U.S. troops killed civilians and took hostages during a large airborne operation in al-Busayrah, Syria that was aimed at killing or capturing a known ISIS member.

The 2,500 U.S. troops still in Iraq are being renamed “advisors” in a move that even the Pentagon admits is just a change in mission and not one in posture or numbers, saying, “There won’t be a dramatic shift from yesterday to tomorrow.”

The award for SFC Alwyn Cashe has been considered the one award that has been the longest in coming. On October 17, 2005, Cashe, was on a combat patrol in Samarra, Iraq. As an Alpha Company platoon sergeant from Forward Operating Base (FOB) McKenzie, adjacent to Diyala, SFC Cashe was in the lead Bradley Fighting Vehicle when it struck a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED). 

The Biden administration will continue supporting the Iraqi government against ISIS despite the deadline.