WASHINGTON -- Iraqi security forces are close to recapturing western Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Operation Inherent Resolve ground forces commander said Wednesday. The Iraqi forces, with coalition support, are making significant progress every day in the increasingly tough fight for Iraq's second-largest city, Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin told Pentagon reporters via video conference from Baghdad.

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Retired Army Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts has faced some daunting challenges in life and he spoke about those challenges April 10 at a gathering of 50 Atlanta area corporate and civic leaders. UA-84299839-1

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U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council forces stormed Kuwait's Shuwaikh Port in a demonstration of interoperability, April 6, in the final event of exercise Eagle Resolve 2017.

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U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to Task Force Flying Dragons, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division fly near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, April 5, 2017. The Flying Dragons are preparing to assume their mission in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Resolute Support Mission.

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WASHINGTON -- Residents of eastern Mosul, Iraq, which were liberated Jan. 24 from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's brutal control, are slowly returning to their normal lives, the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman said Thursday. "About 258,000 children are now free to return to more than 320 schools, reopened by the Iraqi government, since eastern Mosul was liberated," Army Col. Joseph Scrocca told Pentagon reporters via teleconference from Baghdad.

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WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 -- Countering the flow of foreign terrorist fighters supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria requires intelligence sharing, national and international collaboration and strategic patience, a senior military officer said Wednesday. Army Lt. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, director of the National Counterterrorism Center's Directorate for Strategic Operational Planning, spoke about the foreign terrorist fighter issue at the Center for Strategic and International Studies here.

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WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Army announced today the summer 2017 deployment of approximately 400 soldiers from the 1st Armored Division Headquarters, stationed in Fort Bliss, Texas, to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The 1st

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WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Army announced today the deployment of 1st Armored Division's Sustainment Brigade, stationed in Fort Bliss, Texas, to Afghanistan this spring. The "Muleskinner" Brigade, will deploy approximately 200 soldiers fro

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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2017 -- Threats from violent extremists and a resurgent Russia require both strong U.S. capabilities in Europe and a sustained commitment to the NATO alliance, the senior U.S. military leader in Europe told the Senate Armed Services Committee here today. Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. European Command and NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe, told the committee that the current European strategic environment is the most dynamic it has been in recent history.

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U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Karen Gibson discusses her 31 years of service, overcoming adversity, lessons learned, and outlook for the future.

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