US army manual has new slant
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The US army drafts a new manual, which puts as much emphasis on winning hearts and minds as it does on force.
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BAGHDAD -- When Specialist Matthew Curll left basic training for Iraq nearly a year ago, he traded a bland diet of MREs for burgers, pie, and Fudgsicles.
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The dress code for the U.S. Navy has gotten a little update to bring it into the 21st century.
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British government announced on Thursday the details to restructure the country&#39;s army forces, saying that the changes would make it more flexible and specialized.
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Officials are mulling a new, long-term strategy that shifts military focus from large-scale warfare to fighting terrorism, low-tech guerrilla wars and less conventional threats.
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U.S. military planners have begun work on a fallback strategy in case the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq fails, including a gradual pullout of U.S. forces and more emphasis on training and advising Iraqi forces, the Los Angeles Times reported in Monday's editions.
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When Iraq's 202nd National Guard Battalion faced insurgents six months ago, it simply, in the words of one American general, "evaporated." Now, the same outfit, tested in recent combat, is being touted as a vital building block of the force the United States says will increasingly replace its own troops on the front lines.
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A search for investing opportunities in military and defense.
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Newly released US Navy documents portray a series of abuse cases stretching beyond Iraq&#39;s Abu Ghraib prison where photos surfaced this year of US troops forcing prisoners
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US, Iraqi operation in Diyala Province draws on a new counterinsurgency model.
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Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on the Pentagon's plan to withdraw troops from stations abroad.
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The Army has been using a new weapon that combines software with imagery beamed from satellites to make missions somewhat less unpredictable.
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FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Army soldiers are being issued new fatigues with easy-to-use Velcro openings and a redesigned camouflage pattern that can help conceal them as they move rapidly from desert to forest to city in places like Baghdad.
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The chief architect of the new Army field manual on interrogations said yesterday that the document aims to preserve the memory of the detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere so future generations of U.S. soldiers do not repeat the same mistakes.
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Terms for a reshaping of U.S. forces that would put more emphasis on dealing with insurgencies, terrorist networks, failed states and other nontraditional threats have been drafted, according to officials.
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Investigators revise the view that anthrax used in attacks in the US was of military grade, a US paper reports.
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Some experts say American policymakers are confusing tactical adjustments with a strategy.