Andrew Tilghman

The Pentagon’s plans to potentially send American combat troops into the battle for the of Ramadi would pose far more risks to those individual troops than the combat support missions that have become routine in northern Iraq, a defense official said

The Russian military’s advanced drone capabilities are forcing U.S. forces in Europe to abandon a long-held presumption of air superiority, according to the Army’s top general in the region.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he is willing to send American helicopters and troops to Anbar province to help the Iraqi military forces close in on and seize Ramadi from Islamic State militants.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter has initiated a review of the landmark 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act that has defined military careers and organizational structure for decades.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s decision Thursday to lift the ban on women serving in combat is a major milestone in a process that is likely to continue for years to come.

The Defense Department will lift all gender-based restrictions on military service starting in January, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday.

The American-backed Iraqi military forces have finally surrounded Ramadi, but ousting the hundreds of Islamic State fighters from the city is likely to be a tougher fight than the one U.S. troops faced there a decade ago.

The U.S. military will send up to 100 additional troops to Iraq in the form of an “expeditionary targeting force” that will conduct direct raids on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, defense officials said Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter has tapped a one-star Marine Corps general to be his senior military adviser, replacing the Army three-star who was fired last month, a defense official said.