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Nov. 24, 2015

Resolute Support dining facility named for fallen sergeant major

Soldiers from 10th Mountain Division and Coalition partners honored a fallen hero Tuesday at a ceremony dedicating a memorial plaque at the Resolute Support Dining Facility.

Nov. 23, 2015

U.S., Iraqis building partner capacity training at Baghdad Fighting School

U.S. Army executive officers met with Iraqi Security Forces officers earlier this month to discuss upcoming building partner capacity training for Iraqi forces at the Baghdad Fighting School.

Nov. 20, 2015

Operation Inherent Resolve airstrikes proving effective in Iraq, Syria

A coalition air campaign and the enabling of indigenous ground forces has helped push the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) back in Iraq and Syria, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said here today.

Nov. 19, 2015

Marine Harriers from USS Kearsarge join fight against ISIL

THE GULF (Nov. 19, 2015) — Naval Aviation rejoined thefight against ISIL Nov. 19 when AV-8B Harriers from Marine Medium TiltrotorSquadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced) launched from the amphibious assault ship USSKearsarge (LHD 3) to conduct their first missions over Iraq in support ofOperation Inherent Resolve (OIR).The last Naval Aviation missions in

Nov. 18, 2015

USAF officer trains Afghan Air Force meteorologists

Capt. Haley Homan, Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) weather adviser, is deployed here from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to advise the AAF meteorologists and weather forecasters on how to provide weather support to the Afghan National Defense Security Forces.

Nov. 12, 2015

Iraqi army ‘glad to see’ 82nd Airborne

Service members with the Iraqi Security Forces were glad to see the U.S. Army back in Iraq, said Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division, who recently returned from an advise, train and assist mission there.

Nov. 12, 2015

Coalition-supported Iraqi Kurds work to cut main ISIL line of communication

In fighting over the past 24 hours, Iraqi Kurdish forces supported by coalition advisors and a coalition air campaign are working to cut the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's main communication line between Raqqa and Mosul, the Pentagon press secretary said today.

Nov. 12, 2015

Coalition-supported Iraqi Kurds work to cut main ISIL line of communication

In fighting over the past 24 hours, Iraqi Kurdish forces supported by coalition advisors and a coalition air campaign are working to cut the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's main communication line between Raqqa and Mosul, the Pentagon press secretary said today.

Nov. 4, 2015

Special operators in Syria must be viewed in context, Dunford says

The introduction of special operations forces into northern Syria is just one part of the overall strategy to degrade and defeat the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in an interview today during a multi-day trip to the Asia-Pacific region.

Nov. 3, 2015

Afghan leaders, international partners discuss ANDSF transparency, accountability

Representatives from a dozen donor nations joined Afghan leaders, international partners and Resolute Support personnel to review progress on transparency, accountability and affordability initiatives within the Afghan Security Institutions, as well as strategize the way forward in these critical areas.