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Last week we and others reported that American forces finally after many years withdrew from the remote Al-Tanf Garrison, a base in southern Syria near the borders of Iraq and Jordan. US troops had long operated out of Tanf to pressure the Assad government as part of the long-running US-backed regime change project. The US primarily trained the Syrian Free Army (FSA) in that remote desert area – which was an umbrella group of various factions, among them jihadists, armed and funded by Washington.

Roddie Edmonds never spoke about his time in a German prisoner of war camp. This week, his family learned he’ll soon receive the nation’s highest valor award for an act of heroism in which he never fired a shot.
A master sergeant thrust into command of 1,200 POWs in a German camp, Edmonds will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, his family confirmed to Task & Purpose. The award honors a moment, not of direct combat action, but of Edmonds’ refusal to identify Jewish soldiers in the camp, instead daring a German commander to execute him.

Veterans and advocates are struggling to understand the ramifications of a new federal rule, under which the Department of Veterans Affairs will consider the effectiveness of medications when assigning disability ratings.
“If medication or treatment lowers the level of disability, the rating will be based on that lowered disability level,” according to the new VA rule published in the Federal Register that went into effect on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump’s recent call for a $1.5 trillion defense budget as part of a broader effort to modernize and strengthen the nation’s defense posture has reignited long-running debates in Washington about how much the United States should spend on its armed forces. That conversation is healthy. But the more important question is not simply how much we spend but where to invest those dollars to ensure real military readiness.
After decades in uniform, I have learned that platforms alone do not win wars.

There is a long history of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, often involving the United States as the primary negotiator. However, as the Oct. 7 attacks and war in Gaza demonstrated, neither Israelis nor Palestinians feel safe. As Israel’s recent moves to expand its control over the West Bank showed, the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state — and thus a two-state solution — is a dimmer prospect than ever. Nonetheless, U.S. President Donald Trump successfully negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in October 2025, based on a 20-point peace plan.

SAN DIEGO — The Navy must embark on an aggressive push to integrate advanced lasers, high-power microwaves and other directed energy weapons across the fleet as part of its broader plan to counter intensifying and emerging drone and missile threats, according to two of the sea service’s top officials. 
Largely due to technical, environmental, industrial and other complexities, Navy insiders have struggled for decades to make DE capabilities a shipboard reality at-scale.
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In Jan. 2025, Farzin Zandi wrote, “How Iran Lost Before It Lost: The Roll Back of its Gray Zone Strategy,” where he argued Iran’s proxy network and gray zone strategy had significantly eroded over time. A year later, amidst pressure from the United States and a weakened regime, we asked Farzin to revisit his argument. Image: MidjourneyIn your 2025 article, “How Iran Lost Before It Lost: The Roll Back of its Gray Zone Strategy,” you argued Iran’s gray zone strategy had significantly eroded.

When the American Revolutionary War erupted in 1775, the conflict was not only a struggle for political independence but also a visible clash between two distinct military cultures. Nowhere was that contrast more apparent than in what soldiers wore.
On fields clouded by black powder smoke, clothing served practical purposes such as durability, identification, and protection, but it also communicated power, ideology, and legitimacy.

Veterans will have their disability compensation evaluated based on whether their prescribed medication or treatment improves their illness or injury, according to a new federal rule.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will now take into account whether medications improve veterans’ quality of life when determining disability ratings. If so, their rating “will be based on that lowered disability level,” according to the new rule published in the federal register that went into effect Tuesday, Feb. 17.

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About 1,500 targets in a single day: that is the scale U.S. Army leaders say they are preparing for in a large-scale war in Europe.