U.S. Africa Command’s counter-terrorism mission is facing some troop cuts, which has lawmakers wondering how that will impact the safety of the American homeland from terror groups like al Qaida and the Islamic State’s regional loyalists.
Thanks to congressional intervention, military recruits are going be outfitted in Made-in-the-USA goods right down to their sneakers used for physical fitness training.
This year has been the bloodiest for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the draw down of 2014, when coalition forces shifted to an advise and assist role under NATO’s Resolute Support mission.
About 70 federal agencies are located at the Army’s 38,000-acre Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. As the government shutdown drags into a third week, people and businesses that rely on some facet of Washington-backed spending for their livelihood are showing the strain.
The Americans profiled — Marine Sgt. Sheena Adams and a pair of Army officers, Maj. Maria Rodriguez and Capt. Johanna Smoke — wanted to make a difference in America’s mission in Afghanistan.
China has been sending ships and aircraft around Taiwan and Japan, and those U.S. allies are intercepting every one. But it's being done at too high a cost.