June 22, 2021 More than 30,000 American veterans, service members have died by suicide in post-9/11 wars, report says A staggering 30,177 American active military personnel and veterans involved in post-9/11 wars are estimated to have died from suicides – a figure at least four times greater than the 7,057 service members who were killed in combat during that time, a new research paper says.
June 17, 2021 House repeals 2002 authorization of use of force in Iraq; Biden backs The House Thursday voted to repeal the 2002 authorization for use of military force in Iraq and will send the legislation to the Senate, which is expected to take up the issue in the coming weeks.
May 31, 2021 Marines of Lima Company remember the fallen and reunite in Nashville to halt veteran suicides The Marines of Lima Company, 3rd battalion, 25th Marines, took some of the heaviest casualties during the Iraq War. The losses from that incident and so many others still haunt the unit, which is why their commanders reached out to The Independence Fund, which had partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in a pilot program to prevent additional suicides among veterans.
May 24, 2021 Rocket lands near Iraq base hosting US troops A single rocket struck close to a military base hosting U.S. troops in western Iraq on Monday without causing any injuries, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said.
April 28, 2021 Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando capabilities to better battle threats from global powers like China and Russia.
April 25, 2021 Baghdad hospital fire kills 82, Iraq interior minister says Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.
April 22, 2021 Biden Pentagon nominee faces scrutiny over resurfaced tweet as nomination heads to final vote An old tweet from President Biden’s nominee to be the number three at the Pentagon has resurfaced as the nomination process heads to the Senate floor.
April 16, 2021 Drone attack targets Iraqi base in Erbil that houses US troops: reports An unmanned drone dropped explosives on a U.S.-led base near the Erbil airport in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Wednesday night, according to reports.
April 1, 2021 Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: America’s partner in the ISIS fight, now desperately seeking clarity The ghost of the 2003 Iraq war has haunted every decision that the United States has made on the Syrian civil war, which this week marked its tenth anniversary. Iraq’s memory also shaped America’s efforts to defeat ISIS.
March 30, 2021 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei readies for April flight to International Space Station NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is set to lift off aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on an April 9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
