First Marine F-35B Combat Deployment Hints at New Roles for Amphibious Ready Group
After eight months at sea with a squadron of F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, the Marines and the Navy…
Votel: U.S. Still Needs to Keep Pressure on ISIS After Syria Exit
The U.S.- led military coalition needs to keep military pressure on the Islamic State even after the American withdrawal from…
Sailor Among Those Killed in ISIS Attack in Syria
A sailor was one of four Americans killed in an ISIS suicide bombing attack in Manbij, Syria, the Navy announced…
Report to Congress on Armed Conflict in Syria
The following is the Jan. 2, 2018 Congressional Research Service Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response.…
Top Stories 2018: U.S. Navy Operations
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
U.S. Carrier in Middle East Focused on Missions Over Afghanistan, Maritime Security
Afghanistan – not Syria – has been the primary focus of the air wing embarked aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) since…
Report to Congress on Armed Conflict in Syria
The following is the Dec. 11, 2018 Congressional Research Service Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response.…
French Ambassador Says Washington Could Do More to Help Shape Syria’s Future
The Bashar al Assad regime’s ever-tightening circle on Syrian resistance fighters could send a million or more refugees into Turkey…
Panel: Tehran’s Quds Force Key to Russian, Iranian Interests in Syria
The Iranian Quds Force organizes, equips and finances the 50,000 Shia militia in Syria that provides the ground troops for…
HASC Panel Questions Pentagon’s Syria Strategy
CAPITOL HILL — In Syria, the Pentagon appears poised to embark on a conflict with no clear end-strategy, members of…