Ben Watson is news editor for Defense One. He previously worked for NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Here and Now” in Washington, D.C. Watson served for five years in the U.S. Army, where he was an award-winning combat cameraman and media advisor for southern Afghanistan’s special operations command during the 2010-11 surge.
ISIS is no longer holds any territory in Syria, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced on Saturday. “Once estimated to span territory up to about the size of Maine, the group’s …
The U.S. military will keep 400 troops in Syria after the remaining ISIS fighters are cleared from their holdout in the Iraq-Syria border town of Baghouz, President Trump said Wednesday amid the …
AFRICOM is averaging an airstrike in Somalia every three days. That’s 28 strikes in 78 days so far in 2019 — more than double last year’s pace — and doesn’t include the latest strike Tuesday, …
Apparent white supremacist kills 49 in New Zealand. A gunman entered a mosque in the capital city of Christchurch on Friday, about 1:40 p.m. local time, sprayed bullets into the gathered …
Get ready for America’s new experimental weapons. Since the U.S. and Russia seem to be embracing an exit of the INF treaty, we now have a bit more information on the big missiles the U.S. military …
HASC chair: “bipartisan” opposition to Trump’s wall funds. One day after Budget Request 2020 went to Congress, the newish chairman of the House Armed Services Committee outlined a few of the ways …
Pompeo applauds proposed 23% cut to State budget. “I’ll testify on Capitol Hill in a week or two on our budget and I’m very confident that the State Department will have the resources it needs,” …
It’s Budget Day, and the president has nothing on his schedule. In his federal budget plan for fiscal 2020—at least some of whose details are set for an 11:30 a.m. release—we’re told to expect an …
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