Military Victory But Political Defeat: The Tet Offensive 50 Years Later
Looking back a half-century, to when they were young officers, their memories of the Battle of Hue are still fresh. "What I saw was probably the most intense ground fighting on a sustained basis over...
View ArticleAn Extremely Complex Battlefield Is Taking Shape In Northern Syria
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Let's go now to Syria - to northern Syria near the border with Turkey where an exceedingly complicated battlefield is taking shape. Here...
View ArticleView From The Ground In Syria
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: This week, U.S. troops came under artillery fire in Syria. None of them were killed, fortunately, and they repelled this attack with massive...
View ArticleU.S. Military Mission In Syria Endures As ISIS Nears Defeat
The Kurdish soldiers stand watch at this rustic outpost, nothing more than sand bags and hardened earth, like some sort of prehistoric fortress. Some of the fighters carry AK-47s, others hold machine...
View ArticleISIS' Parting Gift To Its Former Capital: Thousands Of Explosive Booby Traps
The city of Raqqa was the de facto capital of the Islamic State. ISIS fighters were defeated there back in October, and they scattered in all directions. But they left behind a deadly legacy —...
View ArticleDefense Secretary Mattis Says Diplomacy Is The Way Forward For Talks With...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For the past year, as there has been threat and counter-threat between the U.S. and North Korea, the Pentagon has dispatched aircraft carriers...
View ArticlePentagon To Release Niger Probe Results Into Deaths Of 4 U.S. Soldiers
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: We are awaiting the release of a Pentagon investigation into the deaths of four American soldiers who were ambushed in Niger last fall. Those...
View ArticlePentagon Report: Cascade Of Errors Led To Niger Ambush, Deaths Of 4 Americans
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: New details are now emerging about the ambush that left four American soldiers dead in Niger last October. The Pentagon has repeated a report...
View ArticlePentagon Niger Ambush Report Will Not Assign Blame For Soldiers' Deaths
On Thursday, the Pentagon will release the results of an investigation into the deaths of four American soldiers who were ambushed last October by ISIS fighters in the African country of Niger. The...
View ArticlePentagon Releases Report After Niger Ambush Investigation
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Four U.S. and five Nigerien soldiers died in an ambush in Niger last fall. They were attacked by militants who claimed affiliation with ISIS....
View ArticleWould The U.S. Withdraw Troops From South Korea?
American troops have been stationed on the Korean Peninsula for nearly 70 years. More recently they've become something of a political football. North Korea wants them out as part of any nuclear deal....
View ArticleNavy Ad Campaign Hopes To Attract New Generation Of Young, Tech-Savvy Recruits
Copyright 2018 KPBS Radio. To see more, visit KPBS Radio . AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to take a look now at a little-remarked-upon anniversary. Forty-five years ago, the United States stopped...
View ArticleFor Next U.S. Commander In Afghanistan, 'This Is About Protecting U.S. Citizens'
Just as darkness fell, Capt. Austin S. "Scott" Miller was hunkered down in a building in Mogadishu, Somalia, together with his soldiers from the U.S. Army's elite Delta Force. It was Oct. 3, 1993, and...
View ArticleMilitary Asked To Provide 20,000 Beds For Detained Immigrant Children
The Pentagon is being asked by the Department of Health and Human Services to provide temporary beds for up to 20,000 undocumented children. That bed space would be needed beginning in July and running...
View ArticleWWII Soldier Receives Medal Of Honor Posthumously
Garlin Conner never spoke to his wife about his actions outside Houssen, France, that brutal January day in 1945. And he never spoke about any the other battles he witnessed in North Africa or Sicily,...
View ArticlePutin Invites Trump To Help End Syrian War As Russia Bombs Civilian Targets
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who rushed into Syria three years ago in an effort to save his ally President Bashar Assad, now says he can work with the U.S. to bring peace and reconciliation to the...
View ArticleRussia Says Agreements Were Discussed With Trump On Syria. The U.S. Is Silent
Russian officials are saying the meeting in Helsinki between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin resulted in an agreement that includes cooperation between the two countries in Syria....
View ArticleMedal Of Honor Awarded Posthumously To Air Force Technical Sgt. John Chapman
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: At the White House today, President Trump presented a posthumous Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, to the widow of Air...
View ArticleIs 'Training' A 'War Game?' The Answer Could Determine U.S.-South Korea...
Here's something to ponder: how do you define a war game? And when is it a military exercise, or just simply..."training." That's at the heart of some confusion between the White House and the...
View ArticleTaliban Confirms Death Of Haqqani Network Founder For The First Time
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This week, Army General Scott Miller became the ninth U.S. general in 17 years of war to assume command of NATO forces in Afghanistan. One of...
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