Andrew Tilghman

President Obama formally abandoned his pledge to bring U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan down to 5,000 by the end of this year, saying the current force of about 10,000 will remain there into 2016.

After three weeks of fighting, the Iraqi-led campaign to oust Islamic State militants from the city of Tikrit has stalled, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.

Paratroopers and soldiers will conduct exercises as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani expresses gratitude to the U.S. troops who have sacrificed in fighting for his country.

As the Pentagon’s personnel chief retires, there is still no replacement in place.

U.S. soldiers to deploy to Ukraine.

The new withdrawal plan will allow force levels to stay above the 5,000 level by the end of this year.

A Pentagon spokesman called the aircraft “unsophisticated.”

Mounting evidence suggests Islamic militants in Iraq are weaponizing chlorine, a widely available industrial chemical that can be used as a “choking agent” on the battlefield.

One of the Pentagon’s top officers warned that the military’s fundamental strategy for how it would confront two simultaneous crises in different parts of the world will have to change if Capitol Hill rejects the Obama administration’s 2016 defense budget request.