U.S. offers ship, new systems to destroy Syrian chemical weapons. Pentagon officials said Thursday that the U.S. government has offered to send about 100 Defense Department civilians and a merchant ship to the Mediterranean to assist in the destruction
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Eight-month deployments are becoming the fleet standard, with some stretching much longer. For instance, destroyers Barry and Gravely returned from nine-month cruises in November that were extended due to the Syrian crisis.
Continue reading >>Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter spent Thanksgiving and the next day -- some of his last days in office -- in Afghanistan, shuttling between forward operating bases in Blackhawk helicopters, looking troops in the eye, shaking their hands and thanking
Continue reading >>Maui officials say a man fishing in a kayak has died after a shark attack. Maui County Ocean Safety officials received a report Monday that a shark bit a man fishing between Maui and Molokini, a small island 3 miles off Maui's southwest coast. The c
Continue reading >>A political party opposed to U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan has revealed what it says is the name of the CIA station chief in Islamabad.
Continue reading >>As of Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at least 2,153 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
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