The international coalition against ISIL has been in full force recently, while the U.S. has sent special-operations units to Syria. Read More »

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter advised Congress in a statement this week on the importance of financing the government for the rest of the year through the current spending bill. Read More »

The Pentagon confirmed on Monday that a Dec. 2 airstrike in Somalia killed a senior leader of the al-Qaida-affiliated group al Shabaab. Read More »

The Navy commissioned the USS Jackson, the newest member of the fleet, on Saturday in Gulfport, Mississippi. Read More »

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter presented a status report on Tuesday before the House Armed Services Committee on the U.S. military strategy in the Middle East, including the campaign against ISIL. Read More »

The incident has led to conflicting narratives over what took place, with Turkey insisting it sent repeated radio warnings to the aircraft to leave the nation’s airspace before Turkish F-16s shot it down. Russia, however, said the jet received little to no warning and may not have even been in Turkish airspace. The Kremlin is condemning the attack as Western provocation. Read More »

The Department of Defense said this week that it is now in the second phase of a mission to equip and train the Ukrainian military to patrol and secure its borders, as well as defend its territory, more effectively, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesperson, said. Read More »

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Korban Blackburn, a student at the Naval Postgraduate School's Department of Operations Research, is developing a new energy-optimization tool that potentially could save the Navy millions of dollars in fuel savings. Read More »

Speaking at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, President Obama aimed to reassure the Asia Pacific region and the world that the U.S. is committed to defeating ISIS. Read More »

As conflict with violent extremists in the Middle East continues to ravage the region, the U.S. and its allies have stepped up cooperative measures to counter threats posed by ISIS and other terrorist groups. Read More »

The Obama administration appears to be moving toward fulfilling one of the president's campaign promises: shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba. Read More »

The Pentagon recently said additional U.S. fighter jets have been sent to Turkey after the nation's government requested more help to patrol Turkish airspace after recent Russian incursions. Six U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle jet fighters were sent to Incirlik Air Base to conduct combat air patrols. Eventually, six more U.S. jets will be sent. Read More »

Reports from the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve detailed the latest strikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria and Iraq Thursday. In Syria, eight strikes were conducted by fighter, attack and remotely piloted aircraft. The attacks were conducted near Hawl, Syria and hit targets of ISIL tactical units and destroyed four ISIL buildings. Read More »

The Virginia-based aerospace and defense contracting company Orbital ATK, Inc. recently established an affiliate in Abu Dhabi, which will support Orbital’s growing defense contracts coming in from the Middle East. In 2010, Orbital formed a partnership with the United Arab Emirates-based firm Al Tuff International to start a new affiliate company in Abu Dhabi. Read More »

American airpower joined allied coalition forces this week to continue fighting ISIL insurgents in Iraq and Syria with targeted airstrikes aimed at crippling the violent extremist group’s ability to operate. All told, 24 airstrikes were initiated over the combat zones in Syria and Iraq. Targets included fuel reserves as well as ISIL military positions and equipment. Read More »

Coalition forces have conducted 7,603 airstrikes since operations began against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets, U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren told Pentagon reporters yesterday. Of that number, 4,933 strikes have taken place in Iraq, and 2,670 in Syria. The U.S. also issued a warning against Russia's continued military operations in Syria. Read More »

One U.S. service member died during the operation, which was requested by the Kurdistan Regional Government. U.S. Special Operations Forces supported the Iraqi Peshmerga to rescue 70 hostages at an ISIL prison near Hawijah, Iraq, Peter Cook, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said today. According to the Pentagon, the hostages faced "imminent execution." Read More »

According to the DOD, an airstrike conducted in northwest Syria by coalition forces killed a group of terrorists including Abdul Mohsen Adballah Ibrahim al Charekh, aka Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi national and the highest-ranking leader of the network of veteran al-Qaeda operatives known as the "Khorasan Group." A long-time jihadist, al-Nasr funneled money to al-Qaeda fighters. Read More »

The Pentagon is dimming the lights in the building's common areas as part of an effort to reduce the building’s utility bill and motivate people to use energy more efficiently during Energy Action Month. The Pentagon has a monthly utility bill of approximately $1.5 million. By reducing the lighting, the building could save an estimated 90,000 kilowatt-hours of energy. Read More »

The U.S. Navy christened its newest Virginia-class attack submarine as the Illinois (SSN 786) in a ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut on Saturday. The Illinois is the 13th Virginia-class nuclear submarine and the third Virginia-class Block III submarine. The Illinois will have a 34-foot beam and can operate at more than 25 knots submerged. Read More »