Troops

The United States is discussing the deployment of military forces to Eastern Europe with its NATO allies,
according to the Biden Administration

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said Monday the U.S. had completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking an end to the longest war in American history.
“The last manned aircraft is now clearing the airspace above Afghanistan,” McKenzie said.

San Diego veterans say U.S. troops have been in Afghanistan for too long but worry about what happens next, reports NBC 7’s Allison Ash

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that officials are on track to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Aug. 31. The president commended military leadership for achieving their counter-terror objectives in the region and defended the decision to withdraw, saying “We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build. That is the right and the responsibility of the Afghan people alone to...

It’s official: The United States and NATO have begun their final withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s “forever war” after nearly 20 years

President Joe Biden on Wednesday outlined his plans to start the final removal of troops from Afghanistan starting May 1.
“The Taliban should know that if they attack us as we draw down, we will defend ourselves and our partners with all the tools at our disposal,” Biden said.

President Biden is considering keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until November, rather than withdrawing them by a May 1 deadline outlined in an agreement his predecessor negotiated with the Taliban, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

The acting defense secretary says the period of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq in the coming weeks is “fraught with risk,” Speaking at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Christopher C

NBC 7’s Bridget Naso spoke with a relative of one of the missing Marines.

The Marine Corps announced it is calling off their search for the eight missing marines and sailor who went missing off the coast during a training exercise. They are presumed dead.

The Marine Corps says eight troops are presumed dead after their landing craft sank off the Southern California coast during a training exercise

NBC 7’s Bridget Naso has the latest details on the search and rescue of eight Marines and one sailor after a watercraft “mishap”

Joe Biden is sharply criticizing President Donald Trump over a report that he says, if true, contains a “truly shocking revelation” about the commander in chief and his failure to protect U.S. troops and stand up to Russia

President Trump said Monday that he would deploy the military if a state or city refuses to take action to defend its residents, referencing the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to deploy U.S. military and National Guard troops in particular circumstances to suppress civil disorder, reports NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar.

U.S. and Iraqi officials say at least four rockets hit near the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and a Iraqi base hosting American troops inside the Green Zone

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has told the U.S. secretary of state to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with formulating the mechanism for the withdrawal of U.S troops from Iraq.

The Pentagon may send about 300 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in roles that could put them in contact with migrants and thus mark a break from current practice, officials said. Charles Summers, a spokesman for Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, said Shanahan was expected to approve the proposal, which was developed as a response to a call from...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump traveled to Iraq Christmas night to visit with U.S. troops.

A military dad surprised his daughters at their cheerleading performance with his homecoming by dressing up as the school’s mascot.

President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire in February 2019. Mattis submitted a letter to Trump saying the president deserves a secretary of defense with views more close to his on things like alliances and building an international order. The move comes after Trump abruptly announced that U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Syria,…