Andrew Tilghman

But there’s hardly any sign of prospective partners on the ground amid the country’s ugly, complicated civil war.

The Pentagon told the Russian military where U.S. Special Forces are located in Syria with the hopes that Russian aircraft will steer clear of that area and not risk bombing American service members, top military officials said Thursday.

American train-advise-and-assist force will help support attack on Mosul.

American commanders in Afghanistan are sending more U.S. troops to Helmand Province in response to a surge in violence as Taliban insurgents seize new ground at the center of the region’s lucrative opium industry, defense officials said.

Six weeks after the Iraqi government declared victory in Ramadi, the Iraqi Army has finally seized control of the entire city — but small teams of Islamic State militants remain in the area mounting insurgent attacks, a defense official said Wednesd

Military troops and their families can breathe a sigh of relief.

The Pentagon’s $583 billion budget request for next year seeks a modest pay raise for troops, new adjustments to the future military retirement system and familiar – if unpopular – changes to the military health care system, according Defense Departm

A force-wide look at misconduct among senior military officers found major differences among the services’ cultures.

A new intelligence assessment shows the size of the Islamic State force is shrinking in Iraq and Syria — but growing in Libya, a defense official said.