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A sign seen at a #HandsOffSyria event in New York City on Friday, April 7. U.S. President Donald Trump claims the objective of his cruise missile strike on Syria is to deter Syrian President Bashar Assad from using chemical weapons again. But six years into Syria's brutal civil war, Trump does not have the luxury of defining his objective that narrowly.
On Friday, the day after Trump ordered the attack on the Syrian air field, I saw a post by Colonel Rob Maness criticizing Trump's decision. Retired Col Maness has been a very staunch supporter of candidate, president-elect and president Trump.
On quite a few occasions since last fall, this blog has been devoted to the anniversaries of significant military events as part of the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County 's commitment to chronicle them to help people learn more about the historical significance of our home community. This past week was the 100th Anniversary of the USA entering World War I , as our "doughboys" mobilized to go "Over There" and eliminate the Kaiser's forces from the trenches of Central Europe.
The Pentagon says a Navy carrier strike group is moving toward the western Pacific Ocean to provide a physical presence near the Korean Peninsula. North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests and continued pursuit of a nuclear program have raised tensions in the region, where U.S. Navy ships are a common presence and serve in part as a show of force.
A U.S. Navy strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was making its way towards the Korean peninsula Sunday "to maintain readiness" as Kim Jong Un's regime in North Korea prepared to mark key anniversaries this coming week. North Korea is expected to hold a huge military parade on April 15 to celebrate the 105th birthday of its founding president, Kim Il Sung, and to mark the 85th anniversary of the creation of the Korean People's Army on April 25 with similar fanfare.
Governor of Syria's Homs province confirmed the air base targeted in the US cruise missile attack is operating again US President Donald Trump has praised the US military for carrying out the missile attack on a Syrian airfield and struck back at mounting questions over whether it would help achieve a momentum shift in Syria's bloody civil war. In a tweet, Trump defended the operation against criticism from some members of US Congress and military analysts that the nighttime volley of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles two days earlier did not target the runways at the Shayrat air base in eastern Syria.
Michael Hayden had a long and distinguished career serving his country that stretches back to the late 1960s when he was commissioned through the University of Pittsburgh's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program.
A F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Photo: AFP The US Navy said Saturday it had sent a carrier-led strike group to the Korean peninsula in a show of force against North Korea's "reckless" nuclear weapons programme.
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Say what you like about Donald Trump's rocky start as leader of the free world, but he should be congratulated for taking swift military action in response to President Assad's use of chemical weapons. By sending Tomahawk missiles to obliterate the al-Shayrat air base - from which Syrian air force jets launched their sickening Sarin gas attack last week - Trump succeeded at a stroke in doing what Barack Obama had so abjectly failed to do: enforce his own ill-advised 'red line' warning of 2012 over the use of chemical weapons.
A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea's advancing weapons program. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson takes part in a joint military exercise in Busan, South Korea in March.
Two Camp Pendleton Marines have been demoted and hit with punitive measures after posting derogatory remarks about one of their colleagues in an online forum, authorities said Friday. The two Marines have become the first to face punishment in the wake of a nude photo-sharing scandal that triggered a Department of Defense investigation last month.
"I think Donald Trump became president of the United States" last night, CNN host Fareed Zakaria said when asked about the significance of Trump's airstrikes on Syria . "I think this was actually a big moment."
You'll soon have to get permission if you want to fly your drone within 400 feet of a military facility. The updated regulations prohibit flights above 133 Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps facilities, mostly located in the South and along the East Coast.
Assad's base in ruins: Dramatic satellite photos reveal how airfield that Trump pounded with 59 Tomahawks is 'almost completely destroyed' after punishment for deadly chemical weapon attack Kremlin tells US it is 'one step from war' as Trump warns he will hit Syria AGAIN after unleashing a surprise attack on Russia's ally Assad Did Russia bomb hospital to cover up Syrian gas horror? New U.S. probe on Kremlin involvement as U.N. ambassador warns America could strike 'more' Syria claims it KNEW America was about to launch airstrikes hours before the attack on its airbase and moved its planes out of the way Take your best shot, Donald: Syrian warplanes take off from airbase targeted by US cruise missiles just hours later as Assad mounts new attacks on town he gassed Putin makes his move after condemning Trump's 'illegal' air strike on Assad: Russian battleship is positioned between US ... (more)
President Donald Trump ordered the first U.S. military strikes against Syria last night since the war began in 2011, firing 59 Tomahawk missiles on an airbase in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack in Idlib that killed some 86 people, over 30 of the In this image from video provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. This satellite image released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows a damage assessment image of Shayrat air base in Syria, following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on Friday, April 7, 2017 from the USS Ross and USS Porter , Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers.
Sgt. Linda, a military working dog, stands by her handler, Marine Corps Cpl. Garret Watkins, as he participates in physical training aboard the USS America in the Pacific Ocean, April 8, 2017, as the ship prepares for its inaugural deployment.
Army Sgt. Nicholas Shidlovsky and 2nd Lt. Gregory Gerlach work out at a gym in Frederickburg, Va., April 10, 2017, to prepare for the upcoming Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
The U.S. Coast Guard says crews are searching for a Georgia man who went overboard from a Carnival cruise ship near the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. A Coast Guard news release says 32-year-old Reco Scott of Decatur went overboard from the ninth deck of the Carnival Liberty cruise ship around 5 a.m. on Friday.