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The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered about 8,500 U.S. troops on alert, preparing for deployment in the face of Russian activity near Ukraine.

On this anniversary of September 11, 2001, let's pause to look back at some of the photos released that day and the days that followed so that we may never forget.

The Pentagon says the remains of a western New York soldier killed during the Korean War will be buried this weekend in Pennsylvania.

The Pentagon says more than 17,000 California National Guard soldiers won't have to repay more than $190 million in enlistment bonuses

U.S. military officials will be in Syracuse this weekend to update Americans with relatives listed as missing in action on the efforts to locate and identify those MIAs.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York Marine whose remains were discovered more than 70 years after he died in a Pacific battle is being buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The transfer of prisoners out of Guantanamo Bay has ground to a halt amid a slow Pentagon approval process.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and five Arab countries have launched airstrikes on militants in the Islamic State group in eastern Syria.

Earlier reports that US aircraft had fired against Islamic militant artillery in Iraq are being confirmed.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Pentagon: US aircraft strike Islamic militant artillery fired near US personnel in Iraq.