Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commanding general of the U.S. Army‘s XVIII Airborne Corps, will assume leadership of the country’s military campaign against the Islamic State militant organization in August, Army Times reported Tuesday. Townsend will succeed Lt. Gen.
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National Intelligence Director James Clapper has said the Islamic State militant group organization has the mechanism and resources to carry out terror attacks in the U.S. in a manner similar to those in Paris
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The U.S. Navy is acquiring 566 AGM-65E2/L Maverick laser-guided weapon systems from Raytheon to support counterterrorism operations against the Islamic State group, Scout Warrior reported Thursday. Kris Osborn writes the Navy will deploy the Maverick air-to-ground missile
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Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said at a Washington Post-hosted forum Wednesday he believes the Defense Department can better understand and monitor the network of Islamic State militants through the utilization of deep-learning machines. “The momentum against ISIS is more
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Brig. Gen. Scott Kindsvater, assistant deputy commander for U.S. Air Forces Central Command, has been named deputy commander for operations and intelligence with the unit tasked to combat the Islamic State militant
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National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers has engaged with companies in efforts to identify how they can help disrupt terrorist groups’ exploitation of social media, according to an Atlantic Council blog
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. have met with other military commanders to discuss strategies on how to conquer the Islamic State organization, DoD News reported
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The State Department has launched a new center staffed by public and private sector professionals who aim to counter disinformation from ISIS, al-Qaeda and other extremist groups through the use of computer-mediated tools.
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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno has said that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is in talks with Congress to repeal the proposed caps on cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees as part
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