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May 31, 2021

Marines of Lima Company remember the fallen and reunite in Nashville to halt veteran suicides

The Marines of Lima Company, 3rd battalion, 25th Marines, took some of the heaviest casualties during the Iraq War. The losses from that incident and so many others still haunt the unit, which is why their commanders reached out to The Independence Fund, which had partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in a pilot program to prevent additional suicides among veterans.

May 24, 2021

Rocket lands near Iraq base hosting US troops

A single rocket struck close to a military base hosting U.S. troops in western Iraq on Monday without causing any injuries, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said.

April 28, 2021

Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats

Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando capabilities to better battle threats from global powers like China and Russia.

April 25, 2021

Baghdad hospital fire kills 82, Iraq interior minister says

Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.

April 22, 2021

Biden Pentagon nominee faces scrutiny over resurfaced tweet as nomination heads to final vote

An old tweet from President Biden’s nominee to be the number three at the Pentagon has resurfaced as the nomination process heads to the Senate floor.

April 16, 2021

Drone attack targets Iraqi base in Erbil that houses US troops: reports

An unmanned drone dropped explosives on a U.S.-led base near the Erbil airport in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Wednesday night, according to reports. 

April 1, 2021

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: America’s partner in the ISIS fight, now desperately seeking clarity

The ghost of the 2003 Iraq war has haunted every decision that the United States has made on the Syrian civil war, which this week marked its tenth anniversary.  Iraq’s memory also shaped America’s efforts to defeat ISIS.  

March 30, 2021

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei readies for April flight to International Space Station

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is set to lift off aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on an April 9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

March 22, 2021

Nate Anderson: Biden, end our endless wars – this veteran is convinced it's time for a change. Here's why

If you thought President Joe Biden’s posture toward endless wars was going to be different than his predecessors, last month’s airstrikes against Iranian proxies in Syria suggest otherwise.

March 16, 2021

Ex-Marine released from Iranian jail in 2016 fights espionage claims

After Amir Hekmati was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million in compensation from a special U.S. government fund.