Author: Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

Vindman, an impeachment witness fired from the White House by Trump, will have interim assignment before enrolling at a senior service war college.

The Pentagon, State Department and the White House pointed to imminent attacks that Soleimani had been orchestrating as the reason for killing him.

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, refused to release the dog’s name for security reasons.

The Russian military has filled the vacuum left by U.S. troops ordered to withdraw by President Donald Trump.

The Pentagon will pull virtually all its troops from Syria as Turkey presses its invasion. About 1,000 troops will be flown or driven.

Top Pentagon official says Turkey’s attack on Kurds was ‘impulsive,’ and Turkish artillery shells land within a quarter mile of U.S. troops.

Trump’s abandonment of Kurdish allies fighting ISIS shocked members of the U.S. military and left it scrambling to protect American forces in Syria.

The rate of suicide among active-duty military troops was 24.8 per 100,000 people in 2018. Five years ago, the rate was 18.5 per 100,000.

Adm. Bill Moran had been selected to be Chief of Naval Operations and was confirmed by the Senate in May.