Silver Star Awarded to Army Ranger Who Came to Aid of Fellow Troops During Battle of Mogadishu More than three decades after his actions during the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has been...
Pentagon Investigates Claim a Drone Strike in Somalia Killed Two Kidnapped Cuban Doctors Maj. Pete Nguyen, a Department of Defense spokesperson said that the U.S. Africa Command, which works with the Somalian army...
An Alternative Way of Dealing with Human Shields Those of us who fought in Somalia in 1993 were the first Americans to experience firsthand the barbaric tactic of using...
VA Studying Whether 3 Types of Cancer Are Linked to Overseas Military Service The review will help the VA decide whether the three -- multiple myeloma, acute leukemia and chronic leukemia -- should...
US Airstrike Kills Around 30 al-Shabaab Militants in Somalia, Military Says The Jan. 20 strike occurred approximately 260 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu near Galcad, Somalia.
How New Jersey Guardsmen Thwarted One of the Largest Somali Terror Attacks in Decades It was fall 2019, and there was a near certainty that the American-run Baledogle Military Airfield in the middle of Somalia...
How a US Marine Went to Somalia and Became a Warlord Hussein Farrah Aidid is a Desert Storm veteran who landed in Somalia during Operation Restore Hope. His dad was leading the...
'Black Hawk Down' Pilot Durant Enters Alabama Senate Race Durant joins a crowded GOP field vying for the Republican nomination to the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard...
‘Escape From Mogadishu’ Offers a Korean Take on the Somali Civil War Korean diplomats must unite to escape the chaos caused by Mohamed Farrah Aidid's attack on the Somali capital.
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says Senior Airman Roger Fortson lived in an off-base residence, and his special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field in the...
He Served His Country. In Return, His Country Sent Him into Exile. The military relies on noncitizens to fill its ranks. No one is sure how many are later banished from the country they fought...
VA Executives Received $10.8 Million in Improper Bonuses Under PACT Act, Watchdog Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General found that the VA paid $1 million more in bonuses to senior...
Investigation Finds Navy Supply Ship Ran Aground After Captain Left to Eat Dinner The Alan Shepard was launched in 2006 and has space for a crew of more than 120, all of whom are typically civilian mariners...
Florida Airman Was Shot by Deputy Within Seconds of Opening Apartment Door, Body Cam Footage Shows Only as Fortson is lying on the floor of his apartment fatally wounded does the deputy tell him to drop his weapon, a firearm...