Freedom Edge incorporates air, naval and cyberspace drills designed to improve the three countries’ ability to work together against regional threats.
Senior leaders and security cooperation personnel from across the War Department gathered for the 2026 National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program conference in Atlanta to align activities and engagements with national defense strategy lines of effort.
North Korea’s military partnership with Russia is shaping how U.S. and South Korean forces prepare for a potential conflict on the peninsula, a U.N. official said.
U.S. airmen joined 40 military personnel from across the Americas during Panamax 2026, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored multinational exercise focused on an integrated approach against simulated threats to the Panama Canal and the region.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the Pentagon, where the two leaders met to discuss the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, the end of the Operation Inherent Resolve mission and the future of the U.S.-Iraq relationship.
Israel isn’t the only Mideast country receiving vast sums of American tax dollars. The post Stop Sending Billions in U.S. Aid to Jordan appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Stop Sending Billions in U.S. Aid to Jordan Israel isn’t the only Mideast country receiving vast sums of American tax dollars. (Salah Malkawi/Getty Images) In April, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) called for Washington to end assistance to Israel, insisting that the funds would be better spent on hospitals and childcare in America. On the other side of the aisle, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) also opposed sending billions to Israel, citing the soaring U.S. deficit . Despite receiving minimal press coverage, many of the same arguments could also be made about the Israel’s eastern neighbor, Jordan, a country…Open
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are pivotal players at a moment when the posts of U.S. ambassador to Moscow and Kyiv are both vacant.
Marines on Okinawa have begun fielding three new missile systems that provide the backbone of a critical island defense network.
U.S. deploys Typhon system to Kyushu, Japan, during Valiant Shield, boosting Indo-Pacific deterrence and strengthening U.S.-Japan defense cooperation.
Drones launched by both Russia and Ukraine are veering off course, menacing countries that are not at war.