World Feb 07 Drone strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia leader linked to attacks on American troops, U.S. military says By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Lolita C. Baldor, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
Politics Jan 29 Enemy drone that killed American troops in Jordan was mistaken for a U.S. drone, preliminary report suggests An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation, two U.S. officials said Monday. By Lolita C. Baldor, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
World Jan 29 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as U.S. considers response to killing of 3 soldiers in Jordan Asked if the failure to shoot down the enemy drone was “human error," Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh responded that the U.S. Central Command was still assessing the matter. By Associated Press
Politics Mar 02 U.S. troops rush to Europe amid war in Ukraine U.S. soldiers are deploying to Europe amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, some with barely a week's notice to ensure bills would be paid and make arrangements for relatives to take care of their children and pets. By Russ Bynum, Associated Press
Nation Feb 02 U.S. to send 2,000 additional troops to Europe to reassure allies, Pentagon says The Pentagon says President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week, and sending part of an infantry Stryker squadron of roughly 1,000 troops based in Germany to Romania. By Aamer Madhani, Lorne Cook, Dasha Litvinova, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
Jul 28 Watch 8:19 Gen. Brown on extremism in the Air Force and threats from China, Afghanistan By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn The Air Force’s top officer is Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the first and so far only Black service chief in U.S. military history. Nick Schifrin sits down with General Brown to look at his history and his priorities for… Continue watching
Jun 03 Esper reverses plan to send active-duty troops home, says army secretary By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Army says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has overturned an earlier decision to send a couple hundred active-duty soldiers home from the Washington, D.C., region. The decision Wednesday comes amid growing tensions between the White House and the Pentagon over… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 3:25 U.S. troops, Kurdish fighters to leave Syrian border region By PBS NewsHour As Kurdish fighters evacuated areas of Syria near the Turkish border on Sunday, a U.S. official said American forces in the region will be redeployed to Iraq to conduct operations against the Islamic State. Those developments came as Lebanon’s prime… Continue watching
Feb 10 South Korea, US sign cost-sharing deal for American troops By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea and the United States struck a new deal Sunday that increases Seoul’s contribution for the cost of the American military presence on its soil, overcoming previous failed negotiations that caused worries about their decades-long alliance. Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 4:03 Military musicians sing ‘Carol of the Bells’ As part of a NewsHour Christmas tradition, the military and the Defense Media Activity Agency provide a special holiday performance of military service personnel playing and singing the “Carol of the Bells.”… Continue watching