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Top Pentagon leaders consider leaving smaller number of troops in Afghanistan
The Pentagon is considering several options to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan, including one that would shift to a narrower counterterrorism mission, the top U.S. military officer told Congress on Wednesday.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan to have little impact, official says
Trump's plan to pull out 7,000 troops comes amid renewed peace talks with Taliban.
The 101st Airborne Division is back in Afghanistan
The 101st Airborne Division unfurled its colors at Bagram Airfield, Sunday, marking the start of the unit’s fourth Afghanistan deployment in the last decade.
By Kyle Rempfer
In another first, Afghan pilots are now dropping laser-guided bombs
Afghan Air Force pilots recently employed laser-guided bombs from their A-29 Super Tucano light-attack aircraft, according to officials involved in NATO’s Resolute Support mission.
By Kyle Rempfer
Top enlisted leader: The military must grow to meet rising threats
The U.S. military needs to grow to meet the growing threat of near-peer competitors like Russia and China while also continuing the fight against extremist groups around the globe.
By Shawn Snow
‘Unlike anything I had ever seen’: Airman to receive Silver Star for actions in fierce Mosul fight
The special operations team had been waiting for weeks on the mission to retake Mosul, Iraq.
By Kyle Rempfer
Army to stand up second Security Force Assistance Brigade at Fort Bragg
It's the second of six planned SFABs across the Army, including one in the National Guard.
By Charlsy Panzino
Mission in Niger is one Special Forces have engaged in ‘since JFK’
The deaths of four U.S. soldiers in Niger in an early October ambush has cast a spotlight on a once-obscure mission in the West African nation.
By Shawn Snow