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By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 24, 2021 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — China is the primary challenge not only on the surface but also for U.S. forces preparing to fight and win in any future conflict in space, according to the chief of the U.S. Space Command. “Our pacing threat is the Chinese, so we are watching how they are growing their space capability,” Army Gen. James Dickinson, who oversees the command based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., said during a stop at th...

By   Arie Egozi on May 24, 2021 at 10:51 AM Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (left), commander Central Command (CENTCOM) meets with Lt. Gen. Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al Ghanim, Qatar Armed Forces chief, during his visit to Qatar, April 14, 2019. TEL AVIV: There are signs that China may be moving to take advantage of the US withdrawal from Syria as part of a larger effort to expand its footprint in the Gulf and Middle East, Israeli sources fret. Beijing for some time has had a toe in Syria — po...

23 May 2021 - 17:32 KABUL (Pajhwok): Some local sources have confirmed the US is busy in constructing a new military base on the other side of the Durand Line but US official recently said no agreement reached with Afghanistan’s neighbours for basing US troops. Claim: US constructing military base across Durand Line Sarkhat Newspaper on May 20 reported that the US has started constructing a large military base on the other side of Durand Line. Without giving more d...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will speak to graduating U.S. Military Academy cadets Saturday in a ceremony returning to West Point's football stadium with pandemic precautions. Austin, a 1975 graduate of West Point, will address about 1,000 cadets who will become U.S. Army second lieutenants. Austin, the first Black defense secretary, served in the Army for 41 years and was in charge of Central Command before retiring in 2016.

US pullout from Afghanistan at least 13% complete: Pentagon AFP 1 day ago AFP The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is between 13 percent and 20 percent complete, the Pentagons Central Command said Tuesday, as it pushes to beat a September deadline for the pullout. CentCom said that since President Joe Biden ordered the exit in April, it had removed the equivalent of 115 fully loaded C-17 cargo aircraft worth of material from the country, while consigning more than 5,000 pieces o...

The paper coins, or pogs, that troops have used at stores and collected as souvenirs on overseas bases for the last 20 years are being phased out as the U.S. military leaves Afghanistan.

End of an Era: Base Stores in Afghanistan to Stop Accepting Pogs The few Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores that are still open on bases in Afghanistan are encouraging people to turn in or use their paper coins, or pogs, as the U.S. continues its pullout from the country. The phaseout of pogs, which AAFES began issuing at exchange stores in Afghanistan in November 2001, began in May 2021. (Carrie Bernard/U.S. Air Force) 19 May 2021 Stars and Stripes | By ...

Norwegian special forces in Afghanistan (file photo) NATO member Norway has acknowledged that the two-decade war in and occupation of Afghanistan by the Western military alliance has failed to bear a result and bring peace to the war-torn country. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Tuesday that her country planned to pull out its troops from Afghanistan and that almost 20 years of military action had failed to result in a peaceful solution in the Asian country. Solberg also warned ...

Training Squadron Six, Shooters, changes hands during aerial ceremony Capt. Robert Attebury | Special to the Press Gazette/USA TODAY NETWORK © Jamie Link, NAS Whiting Field Public Affairs Office Lt. Col. Jason Dale speaks about his vision for VT-6 “Shooters” going forward during a change of command ceremony aboard NAS Whiting Field, Milton, Fla., in April 2021. NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD —  Lt. Col. Jason N. Dale, U.S. Marine Corps, relieved Cmdr. R. David Mims, U...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The Israeli military said the woman, armed with an M16 rifle, opened fire at soldiers and civilians at the Elias junction near the entrance to the settlement of Kiryat Arba. The woman was the fifth Palestinian killed following a suspected attempted attack since May 10, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry has reported that since May 10, 23 other Palestinians, including four minors, have been killed in clashes with Is...