Thomas Gibbons-Neff

People move quickly to avoid danger along the destroyed streets in Mosul after an airstrike attributed to the U.S. killed scores of people in Iraqi city.

Mosul neighbors refute U.S. claim that ISIS stored explosives in building leveled in airstrike

August 22, 2019 at 4:30 a.m.

The last thing Ahmed Manhal discussed with his six cousins and nephews was what they were all going to cook for lunch the next day. It was March 16. By...

Basic infantry Marines in a firefight in Marjah, Afghanistan.

Marines remove ‘man’ from 19 job titles, and the reaction is predictable

August 21, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

The Marine Corps is set to rename 19 of its job titles following a directive by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to make occupational specialties more gender neutral after...

This U.S. Navy photo released January 12, 2016, shows the type of riverine command boat apprehended by Iran on Jan. 12, 2106.

2 U.S. Navy boats in Iranian custody but crew will be returned ‘promptly’

June 23, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

Two small U.S. Navy vessels appear to be in Iranian custody, but their crews will be released promptly, the Pentagon said Tuesday. However, Fars, an Iranian news agency, said that...

Bowe Bergdahl to face most serious kind of court-martial in Army desertion case

August 21, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face general court-martial in connection with his 2009 disappearance from his base in Afghanistan, the service announced on Monday, raising the possibility that the soldier...

An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the gate of a Doctors Without Borders hospital after U.S. troops left the area in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on Oct. 15, 2015.

U.S. military struggles to explain how it wound up bombing Doctors Without Borders hospital

June 21, 2019 at 5:55 a.m.

A heavily-armed U.S. gunship designed to provide added firepower to special operations forces was responsible for shooting and killing 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan...

Military veterans see flawed police response in Ferguson

June 20, 2019 at 5:24 a.m.

Jet-black rifles leveled at unarmed citizens and mine-resistant vehicles once used to patrol the roadways of Iraq and Afghanistan rumbling through small town America. These are scenes playing out in...

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