US Army regular troops have been mobilized to help fight raging wildfires in the western United States, Reuters reports. According to the agency, wildfires have spread to more than 405 hectares in several western states. It is reported that such a mobilization has not been carried out by the US Department of Defense since 2006. ...
At least eight Afghan soldiers were killed after "friendly fire" was opened by mistake by US-led NATO forces at an Afghan base. This information was confirmed by Afghan authorities and US representatives, Reuters reports. In particular, the US military in Kabul confirmed the airstrike...
Twelve-day international military exercises begin at the Yavoriv training ground in the Lvov region. According to the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in the period from 20 to 31 July in the Lviv region 1800 servicemen from eighteen countries will take part in the Saber Guardian / Rapid exercises ...
One hour of military operation in Afghanistan costs the United States an average of $ 4 million. Such data were published on the website of the National Priorities Project, a non-governmental organization that studies the American budget. According to researchers, in the period from 2001 to 2015 fiscal year ...
According to the newspaper, Kiev has already selected units for training under the leadership of American instructors, but the final decision on expansion has not yet been made. The US and Ukrainian authorities plan to increase the scale of training Ukrainian military at a training base in Western Ukraine, Wall Street reports ...
The US Army command intends to place several hundred of its Marines on warships of NATO member countries stationed in the Mediterranean Sea. The American edition of The Times reports this. According to journalists, these “quick reaction forces” will be deployed on the British landing ship “Ocean” -...
The Pentagon is considering the possibility of deploying its heavy military equipment in Eastern Europe to support 5 thousand troops. This is stated in an article published in the American newspaper The New York Times. According to the publication’s sources from among the officials, “as a step,...
The United States is going to change its policy regarding the protection of homosexuals in the military in order to avoid any manifestation of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that in the US military, discrimination based on sexual orientation would be equated with racial and ...
Spain has agreed to host US Rapid Reaction Force units to help resolve crises in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The US is already using a military base in Moron in southern Spain, but now they will receive permission to deploy ...
The US administration announced its readiness to help the Iraqi military as soon as possible to recapture the captured city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, from the Islamic State militants. As a spokesman for the State Department told reporters, the administration is "in the most thorough and objective way" analyzing the strategy of combating Islamic ...