Carlo Muñoz

U.S. envoy says military won’t leave Afghanistan before NATO allies

The top U.S. diplomat to the Afghan crisis told NATO leaders Wednesday that the U.S. military would not leave the alliance behind should the Trump administration opt for a full withdrawal from the war-torn nation.

June 5, 2019

Fort Benning weighed as holding post for migrant children

The Trump administration is looking to the Army's storied Fort Benning in Georgia as a possible location to house unaccompanied migrant children who have illegally crossed into the United States.

June 5, 2019

Congress blocks Trump plans to repaint Air Force One

House defense lawmakers are demanding their own veto power -- over any effort by President Trump to change the iconic paint scheme on his personal ride, Air Force One.

June 5, 2019

Army shooting for new hypersonic weapon by 2023, says top U.S. general

The three-star Army general tasked with the development of a long-range weapon capable of hitting any target around the world within an hour said such a weapon will be in the U.S. arsenal within the next five years.

June 5, 2019

U.S. military no long unchallenged for dominance in outer space

Washington's defense doctrine to maintain overwhelming military superiority in space is now null and void, in the face of the growing challenge posed by Russia and China, said the White House's pick to lead the new U.S. Space Command.

June 4, 2019

Military officials dispute reports of Marine shooting on Mexican border

Military officials at U.S. Northern Command are disputing recent reports that a Marine deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the Pentagon's support mission there was shot.

June 4, 2019

South Korean general to head joint U.S.-Korean combat command on peninsula

A South Korean general officer has been selected to lead future combat operations involving American and South Korean forces on the divided peninsula, in an agreement reached by the militaries of both countries this week.

June 4, 2019

Iraq opens Baghdad’s Green Zone to public for first time since war

Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced that the fortress-like Green Zone sector in the nation's capital, where the main U.S. military and diplomatic missions are headquartered, will now be open to the public for the first time.

June 4, 2019

Congress presses again for Space Force details

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee members on Tuesday pressed the White House's pick to lead the Pentagon's new Space Command on how the command will work with existing space operations handled by the Air Force and the intelligence community.

June 4, 2019

Lawmakers to use budget bill to address troubled arms deals with Russia

The House Armed Services Committee is expected to weigh in on President Trump's withdrawal from a critical arms treaty with Russia and the pending renewal of a key nuclear pact with Moscow.

June 3, 2019

Congress threatens to cut funding for Air Force’s new-generation F-15 fighter jet

House lawmakers are threatening to withhold money for the Air Force's plans to develop an advanced version of the venerable F-15 fighter jet.

June 3, 2019

House lawmakers want Air Force, Special Ops to cooperate on new attack plane

House Armed Services Committee members are calling upon the Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command to join forces in the development of a new fleet of attack aircraft.

June 3, 2019

U.S. bombers, warships conduct ‘simulated strikes’ during combat drills aimed at Iran

An Air Force long-range bomber and attack aircraft from the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln carried out a series of "simulated strike operations" and other offensive military drills in the Arabian Sea over the weekend in an effort to curb Iranian aggression in the region.

June 3, 2019

Patrick Shanahan, Pentagon chief: Large-scale U.S. war games with South Korea no longer needed

The Pentagon will not seek reinstatement of large-scale war games between the U.S. and South Korea, suspended in the wake of failed denuclearization talks between the Trump administration and North Korea last March, but instead will opt for much smaller military drills with its allies in Seoul.

June 3, 2019

Navy ditches situps, training runs in new fitness test

Navy leaders are ditching the tried and true situp in the newest iteration of the service's fitness test, as part of a new effort to revamp how the service prepares its sailors for battle.

May 31, 2019

Taliban suicide bomb injures four U.S. soldiers in Kabul, Afghanistan

Four U.S. soldiers were injured in a Taliban suicide blast in the heart of the Afghan capital of Kabul Friday, marking the second attack against local and coalition forces in the city in as many days.

May 31, 2019

Shuttered USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor could reopen by fall

The U.S.S. Arizona war memorial, the iconic symbol commemorating the thousands of Americans killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, will be back open to the public by October, officials said.

May 31, 2019

D.C., Virginia big winners in Pentagon money chase: study

U.S. states receive roughly $1,500 per person from the Defense Department's massive spending budget annually, but those dollars are distributed on a strikingly uneven basis, with the District of Columbia and Virginia the biggest recipients of the Pentagon's largesse, a new Pew report shows.

May 31, 2019

Shanahan, Pentagon hit Beijing over South China Sea aggression

The Pentagon issued a scathing rebuke Friday of what it said were China's destabilizing military, economic and diplomatic policies across the globe, focusing particularly on the contested waters of the South China Sea, saying Beijing's efforts were designed to upend international stability across the Asia-Pacific and beyond.

May 31, 2019

Iraq Shia militias main threat as U.S.-Iran tension soars

Iraq's powerful and politically potent Shia militias are becoming a flashpoint in the escalating clash between the U.S. and Iran, with the Trump White House citing the militias' rise -- and the threat they pose to American forces -- as a key justification for the recent military buildup in the Middle East.

May 29, 2019