PHOTO: The M17 Pistol in Action on the Iraq-Syria Border
The DoD has released a photo showing the U.S. Army's new M17 pistol getting put through its paces by a ...
Tag: Iraq
VIDEOS: Iraq War Drama ‘The Long Road Home’ Premieres Nov. 7
The story of "Black Sunday," that fateful day in 2004 when 1st Cavalry Division soldiers were ambushed in Sadr City, ...
VIDEO: Heroic Former Special Forces Operator Turned Aid Worker Saves Girl from ISIS Gunfire
A heroic former Special Forces operator-turned-aid worker was captured on video rescuing a young girl under fire from Islamic ...
EXCLUSIVE: 22-Year-Old Drops Surfboard to Become Medic in Mosul
The following is an Athlon Outdoors exclusive with Nik Frey, a 22-year-old surfer from Southern California who suddenly dropped everything ...
Fort Bragg: 1,700 Paratroopers Deploying To Iraq This Winter
1,700 paratroopers from Fort Bragg's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division are heading to Iraq for a nine-month deployment ...
Mosul Battle: Iraqi Forces Enter City Limits
The Mosul battle continues as Iraqi forces enter the city limits in the eastern part of the ISIS-controlled stronghold. There's ...
Mosul: Live Streams Of Iraq Battle Against ISIS
Various news agencies are offering live streams of the offensive to liberate the crucial Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS ...
Mosul: U.S. To Deploy 600 Troops To Help Retake Iraqi City
600 U.S. troops will deploy to Iraq in an effort to help local security forces take the key city of ...
Spec Ops History: Four Hostages Freed During Ramadi Rescue
In April 2004, an Iraqi group kidnapped four Italian workers off the streets of Baghdad. One man, Fabrizio Quattrocchi, was ...
Spec Ops History: The Rescue of Roy Hallums
On Nov. 4, 2004, a group of 20 Iraqi gunmen stormed a compound in Baghdad and took six hostages, including ...
The Raid On Al Qadisiyah: Searching For WMDs in Iraq
Soon after American-led coalition forces entered Iraq in March 2003, intelligence efforts focused on the chemical weapons (or other so-called ...
USAF, Navy Air Strikes Wipe Out ISIL Financial Centers in Mosul
The following is a release from Sean Kimmons, Air Force News Service: The head of Operation Inherent Resolve’s air campaign ...
Spec Ops History: The Seizure of Haditha Dam
A company of Army Rangers was in the early stages of a mission in the Iraqi desert when its orders ...
The Attempted Assassination of Saddam Hussein
On March 17, 2003, President George W. Bush issued this ultimatum: “All the decades of deceit and cruelty have now ...
Operation Viking Hammer: Targeting Militant Islamic Groups in Iraq
In an operation reminiscent of the combination of special forces and Northern Alliance troops that was so effective in Afghanistan, ...
1,500 More Troops to Join ‘Advise and Assist’ Mission in Iraq
The addition of 1,500 troops to Iraq will focus on advising and assisting Iraqi troops and will expand the geographical ...
US Sending $1B in Aircraft, Humvees, Surveillance Systems to Iraq
The United States is sending nearly $1 billion in trainer aircraft, surveillance aerostat systems, and up-armored Humvees to the Iraqi ...
U.S. Delivers Hellfire Missiles, Rifles, Ammunition to Iraq
Iraq has received 100 Hellfire missiles, in addition to rifles and ammunition from the United States as part of a ...
US Special Forces to Train with Iraqi Counterparts in Jordan
US Special Forces soldiers have been sent to Jordan to train with counterparts from Iraq.