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1. Some U.S. forces use rifle sights with a potentially dangerous flaw

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Special Operations Command -- Cases -- Safety and security measures, L3 Technologies Inc. -- Cases -- Safety and security measures -- Product defects and recalls, Rifles -- Product defects and recalls -- Safety and security measures -- Cases, Firearms -- Sights, Telecommunications equipment industry -- Cases -- Product defects and recalls, Product quality -- Cases, Company legal issue, Software quality, Product defect/failure, Telecommunications equipment industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff U.S. Special Operations forces are using rifle sights that are supposed to help shooters accurately hit their targets but instead have a defect, acknowledged by the manufacturer, [...]

Published
2016

2. U.S. Special Operations units are using faulty rifle sights

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Special Operations Command -- Equipment and supplies -- Safety and security measures, L3 Technologies Inc. -- Product defects and recalls -- Safety and security measures -- Equipment and supplies, Rifles -- Product defects and recalls -- Safety and security measures -- Equipment and supplies, Firearms -- Sights, Telecommunications equipment industry -- Product defects and recalls -- Equipment and supplies, Telecommunications equipment industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff U.S. Special Operations forces are using rifle sights that are supposed to help shooters accurately hit their targets but instead have a defect, acknowledged by the manufacturer, [...]

Published
2016

3. U.S. military closes outpost in southeastern Syria, ceding territory to Iranian proxies

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Syria -- Military aspects, United States foreign relations -- Military aspects, Iranian foreign relations -- Military aspects, Foreign military bases -- Facility closures, Syrian foreign relations -- Military aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The U.S. military acknowledged Tuesday it has closed an outpost in southern Syria in recent days amid reports that American forces and their contingent of Syrian proxies [...]

Published
2017

4. In wake of airstrike, U.S. military moves to establish closer communication with Russian forces in Syria

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Officials and employees, Syria -- Political aspects -- Military aspects, Aerial bombing -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Russian foreign relations, Military operations -- Political aspects, Syrian foreign relations, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff OSLO -- The Pentagon is taking additional steps to ensure that U.S. and Russian battlefield commanders are able to directly communicate with one another after an airstrike [...]

Published
2017

5. U.S., NATO still trying to map out Afghanistan strategy

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Army. Europe -- Powers and duties, Afghanistan -- Military aspects, Deployment (Military science) -- Planning, Joint operations (Military science) -- Planning, Government regulation, Company business planning, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Military Committee -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff TIRANA, Albania -- Even though President Trump announced his strategy for the war in Afghanistan in August, the Pentagon and NATO are still trying to map their [...]

Published
2017

6. Afghan troop surge likely to include thousands of paratroopers, Marines and heavy bombers

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Powers and duties, United States. Army -- Powers and duties, United States foreign relations -- Military aspects, Afghan foreign relations -- Military aspects, Deployment (Military science) -- Planning, Company business planning, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The bulk of the roughly 4,000 additional troops headed to Afghanistan will probably be composed of thousands of paratroopers from two units -- the 82nd Airborne Division [...]

Published
2017

7. This is the U.S. military's response to Hurricane Harvey

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Armed Forces -- Powers and duties, Texas -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Hurricane Harvey 2017 -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, U.S. state governors -- Powers and duties -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hurricanes -- Safety and security measures -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects -- Texas, Rescue work, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to dump thousands of gallons of water across southern Texas and parts of Louisiana, the U.S. military -- including the Coast Guard [...]

Published
2017

8. Deadly Navy accidents in the Pacific raise questions over a force stretched too thin

Author

Horton, Alex and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Navy -- Investigations, Naval vessels -- Destruction, Marine accidents -- Investigations -- Forecasts and trends -- Casualties, Ship collisions -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Alex Horton;Thomas Gibbons-Neff Constant deployments, a shrinking number of ships and high demands on crews have frayed the U.S. Navy, according to naval experts and current and former Navy [...]

Published
2017

9. Black Hawk helicopter that crashed off Yemen belonged to elite Special Operations air unit

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas and De Grandpre, Andrew

Subjects
United States. Army -- Investigations, Aircraft accidents -- Investigations, American soldiers -- Death of, Military helicopters -- Destruction -- Investigations, Special forces (Military science), Search and rescue operations, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Andrew deGrandpre The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed off the coast of Yemen Friday belonged to an elite Special Operations air regiment, a U.S. defense official said Saturday. [...]

Published
2017

10. Trump faces the grim reality of Afghanistan: No quick path to victory and no clear way out

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas and Gearan, Anne

Subjects
United States foreign relations, Afghan foreign relations, President of the United States -- Military policy, Foreign military assistance -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Military operations -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Anne Gearan President Trump's decision to continue military operations in Afghanistan, with a probably modest increase in U.S. troops, is an incremental shift in strategy that may help [...]

Published
2017

11. Pentagon identifies two U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
American soldiers -- Death of, Military operations -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The Pentagon on Thursday identified the two U.S. soldiers killed Wednesday in southern Afghanistan when their convoy was hit by a vehicle packed with explosives. The two [...]

Published
2017

12. Despite Trump announcement, Coast Guard will not 'break faith' with transgender troops

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Coast Guard -- Social policy -- Officials and employees, Admirals -- Social policy, Transgender people -- Military aspects -- Social aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, President of the United States -- Social policy, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The head of the Coast Guard said Tuesday he would not 'break faith' with transgender troops under his command, despite President Trump's recent announcement that he was [...]

Published
2017

13. Marine Corps grounds cargo plane fleet after fatal crash that killed 16

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Marine Corps -- Investigations, Aircraft accidents -- Casualties -- Investigations, Heavy military transport aircraft -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The Marine Corps has grounded its entire KC-130T fleet of cargo planes, the same type of aircraft that crashed earlier this month in western Mississippi, killing all [...]

Published
2017

14. Pentagon has made no change yet to its transgender policy, says highest-ranking officer in U.S. military

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Social policy, Transgender people -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Military aspects, President of the United States -- Social policy -- Military policy, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The Trump administration struggled Thursday to explain the details of a ban on transgender service members announced a day earlier by the president, amid criticism from Republicans [...]

Published
2017

15. WWII pilots used North Carolina waters for target practice. Now their bombs are washing ashore

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Cape Hatteras -- History, Unexploded ordnance -- Discovery and exploration, Explosive ordnance disposal -- Methods, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The sudden appearance of two large, rusty and barnacle-encrusted World War II-era munitions on the beaches of Cape Hatteras, N.C., this summer have puzzled the area's park [...]

Published
2017

16. 'He was trying to kill us': New video contradicts Jordanian accounts of how 3 U.S. soldiers were killed

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Murder -- Casualties -- Cases, American soldiers -- Casualties, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff It is still unclear what sparked the shootout that led to the deaths of three American soldiers at King Faisal Air Base in Jordan in November. What [...]

Published
2017

17. Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military

Author

Phillip, Abby, Gibbons-Neff, Thomas, and Lamothe, Dan

Subjects
Gay military personnel -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Civil rights, Recruiting and enlistment -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, President of the United States -- Social policy, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Abby Phillip;Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Dan Lamothe President Trump announced on Twitter Wednesday that he will ban transgender people from serving in the military in any capacity, reversing an Obama administration decision [...]

Published
2017

18. Trump announces that he will ban transgender people from serving in the military

Author

Phillip, Abby, Gibbons-Neff, Thomas, and DeBonis, Mike

Subjects
Gay military personnel -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Civil rights, Recruiting and enlistment -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, President of the United States -- Social policy, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Abby Phillip;Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Mike DeBonis President Trump announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he will ban transgender people from serving in the military in any capacity, an abrupt reversal of [...]

Published
2017

19. These are the suicide cars and trucks that made the battle of Mosul so bloody

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Suicide bombings -- Forecasts and trends, Automobiles -- Usage, Military operations -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Islamic State -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff To carry out some of its bloodiest attacks, the Islamic State has weaponized everyday vehicles -- from sedans to tractors -- for use as precision-guided munitions. The [...]

Published
2017

20. U.S. airstrike kills at least 9 Afghan police; personnel may have been mistaken for Taliban

Author

Bearak, Max and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Kabul, Afghanistan -- Military aspects -- Social aspects, Aerial bombing -- Casualties -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Max Bearak;Thomas Gibbons-Neff KABUL -- A U.S. airstrike killed at least nine 'local security personnel aligned with Afghan Government forces,' a spokesman for the U.S. military confirmed late Friday. [...]

Published
2017

21. Mattis decides to withhold U.S. cash from key Pakistani military fund

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas and Lamothe, Dan

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees, Antiterrorism measures -- Political aspects, Defense spending -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States foreign relations -- Military aspects, Pakistani foreign relations -- Military aspects, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Haqqani Network -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Dan Lamothe Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has decided that the Pentagon will not give Pakistan the remainder of a key U.S. military reimbursement fund allotted to the country [...]

Published
2017

22. Pentagon voices 'concerns' after Turkish news agency posts map of U.S. bases in Syria

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Buildings and facilities, United States foreign relations, Turkish foreign relations, News agencies -- Services, Military bases -- Location, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff A Turkish news agency provided a map and details of U.S.-run military outposts in northern Syria, prompting the Pentagon to say Wednesday it had relayed 'concerns' about [...]

Published
2017

23. U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan are at levels not seen since Obama troop surge

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Afghanistan Conflict, 2001-2021, Bombing, Aerial -- Statistics, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The U.S. air war in Afghanistan has returned to a level of intensity not seen since American forces were still fanned out across the country and fighting [...]

Published
2017

24. Head of ISIS in Afghanistan killed in drone strike, U.S. officials say

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Aerial bombing -- Military aspects, Terrorists -- Death of, Military operations -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Islamic State -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff A U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan earlier this week killed Abu Sayed, the leader of the Islamic State's offshoot there, U.S. officials said Friday. A Pentagon [...]

Published
2017

25. Iraqi authorities urged to investigate allegations of Mosul prisoner abuse

Author

Loveluck, Louisa and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Mosul, Iraq -- Military aspects, Prisoner abuse -- Investigations, Soldiers -- Investigations, Islamic militants -- Crimes against, Police officers -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Louisa Loveluck;Thomas Gibbons-Neff IRBIL, Iraq -- A leading human rights group urged Iraqi authorities to investigate allegations of abuse against alleged Islamic State fighters and their families, after videos [...]

Published
2017

26. It could take more than a decade to clear Mosul of explosives, U.S. officials say

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas and Loveluck, Louisa

Subjects
United States. Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement -- Planning, Mosul, Iraq -- Military aspects, Unexploded ordnance -- Management, Booby traps -- Military aspects -- Safety and security measures, Company business planning, Company business management, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Islamic State -- Military policy
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Louisa Loveluck After nine months of vicious street-to-street fighting to drive the Islamic State out of Mosul, it could take many years more to fully remove explosives and [...]

Published
2017

27. Two Americans killed battling ISIS in Syria

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Civil war -- Syria, Americans abroad -- Death of, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Islamic State
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff Two Americans fighting alongside Kurdish forces in northern Syria were killed last week as the battle to retake the Islamic State's de-facto capital there continues well into [...]

Published
2017

28. Marine Corps aircraft crashes in Mississippi, killing at least 16, including Special Operations troops

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Aircraft accidents -- Casualties -- Investigations, Special forces (Military science) -- Casualties, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff Military investigators picked through the charred wreckage of a Marine Corps cargo plane Tuesday, seeking clues on why it spiraled out of the sky in western Mississippi, [...]

Published
2017

29. Battle of Mosul: How Iraqi forces defeated the Islamic State

Author

Lamothe, Dan, Gibbons-Neff, Thomas, Karklis, Laris, and Meko, Tim

Subjects
Mosul, Iraq -- Military aspects, Antiterrorism measures -- Forecasts and trends, Terrorism -- Forecasts and trends, Military operations -- Forecasts and trends, Political violence -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Islamic State -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Dan Lamothe;Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Laris Karklis;Tim Meko Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the city of Mosul liberated from Islamic State control on Sunday, a watershed moment in the U.S.-backed Iraqi [...]

Published
2017

30. With tensions high, Pentagon flies bombers over Korean Peninsula in show of force

Author

Lamothe, Dan and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Fighter planes -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations, South Korean foreign relations, North Korean foreign relations, Missiles -- Political aspects, Military operations -- Political aspects, Military missions -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Dan Lamothe;Thomas Gibbons-Neff The Pentagon flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean Peninsula Friday in a show of force, carrying out a 10-hour, multipart mission alongside fighter jets from [...]

Published
2017

31. Marine unit in Syria using highly advanced artillery ammunition, video shows

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States foreign relations, Howitzers -- Technology application, Artillery shells -- Technology application, Military intervention -- Technology application, Syrian foreign relations, Technology application, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff A U.S. Marine artillery unit in Syria is using a highly specialized guidance kit for its ammunition, a video posted to a Pentagon-run website shows. It appears [...]

Published
2017

32. China vows to step up air, sea patrols after U.S. warship sails near disputed island

Author

Denyer, Simon and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
China -- Military policy -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Chinese foreign relations, Border patrols -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Destroyers (Warships) -- Political aspects, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Simon Denyer;Thomas Gibbons-Neff BEIJING -- China's military vowed Monday to step up air and sea patrols after an American warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China [...]

Published
2017

33. U.S. destroyer sails near disputed island in South China Sea

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Navigation -- International aspects -- Political aspects, Destroyers (Warships) -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff An American guided-missile destroyer sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea on Sunday, a U.S. defense official said, marking the second such operation since [...]

Published
2017

34. 'What is the price of not fighting this war?': Mattis makes his pitch to get more NATO troops in Afghanistan

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Afghanistan Conflict, 2001-2021, Deployment (Strategy) -- Planning, Company business planning, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military policy
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff BRUSSELS -- Nearly three years after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ended combat operations in Afghanistan, the 29-nation alliance will send troops once more into the country [...]

Published
2017

35. NATO allies boost defense spending in the wake of Trump criticism

Author

Birnbaum, Michael and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Defense spending -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Foreign policy
Abstract

Byline: Michael Birnbaum;Thomas Gibbons-Neff BRUSSELS -- NATO allies of the United States plan to boost their defense spending by 4.3 percent this year, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday, a [...]

Published
2017

36. Mattis claims Syria heeded U.S. warnings over chemical strike: 'They didn't do it'

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees, Presidents (Government) -- Foreign policy, Chemical warfare -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff BRUSSELS -- Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis claimed Wednesday that the Syrian government backed down after the White House said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces were [...]

Published
2017

37. Canadian Special Operations sniper hit target from more than 2 miles away, military says

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Special forces (Military science) -- Reports -- Military aspects -- Political aspects, Military operations -- Political aspects, Military targets -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Islamic State -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff A Canadian Special Operations sniper shot an Islamic State fighter from nearly 2.2 miles away in Iraq, the Toronto-based Globe and Mail newspaper reported Thursday. The shot, [...]

Published
2017

38. Navy sailors made tough call to seal flooding ship compartments, unclear if survivors were inside

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas and Lamothe, Dan

Subjects
United States. Navy -- Investigations, Sailors -- Investigations -- Death of, Ship collisions -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Dan Lamothe With water rushing around them, sailors aboard the beleaguered USS Fitzgerald faced an agonizing decision. They had made several rescue attempts into the flooded portions of [...]

Published
2017

39. U.S. aircraft shoots down a Syrian government jet over northern Syria, Pentagon says

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas and Fahim, Kareem

Subjects
Jet airplanes -- Political aspects, Attack aircraft -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Syrian foreign relations, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Kareem Fahim A U.S. strike aircraft shot down a Syrian government fighter jet Sunday shortly after the Syrians bombed U.S.-backed fighters in northern Syria, the Pentagon said in [...]

Published
2017

40. 7 U.S. soldiers wounded in latest insider attack at Afghan base

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas and Salahuddin, Sayed

Subjects
Afghanistan -- Political aspects -- Military aspects, United States foreign relations, Afghan foreign relations, American soldiers -- Crimes against, Military operations -- Political aspects, Shooting -- Investigations -- Political aspects, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Sayed Salahuddin An Afghan soldier opened fire Saturday at a base shared with U.S. forces in northern Afghanistan, wounding at least seven U.S. soldiers in the second such [...]

Published
2017

41. 7 U.S. Navy sailors missing off Japan's coast after destroyer collides with container ship

Author

Fifield, Anna and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Navy -- Investigations, Sailors -- Investigations, Destroyers (Warships) -- Destruction, Ship collisions -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Anna Fifield;Thomas Gibbons-Neff TOKYO -- Seven U.S. Navy sailors are missing off the coast of Japan after an Aegis guided-missile destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald, collided with a container ship [...]

Published
2017

42. Trump gives Pentagon authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Powers and duties, Afghanistan Conflict, 2001-2021, Deployment (Strategy), Military assistance, American, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff President Trump has given the Pentagon new authority to decide the troop levels in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The move could lead to a deployment [...]

Published
2017

43. Pentagon identifies three soldiers killed in apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Reports, American soldiers -- Casualties -- Investigations, Military operations -- Forecasts and trends, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff The Pentagon has identified the three soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday. The soldiers were gunned down in an apparent insider attack by an Afghan soldier, [...]

Published
2017

44. Afghan soldier opens fire on U.S. troops, killing three servicemen

Author

Gowen, Annie and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Afghanistan Conflict, 2001-2021, Shooting -- Casualties -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Annie Gowen;Thomas Gibbons-Neff KABUL -- An Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. troops in a restive eastern province of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing three and injuring another, authorities said. [...]

Published
2017

45. U.S. conducts new strikes on pro-Syrian-government forces threatening U.S. Special Operations base

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Syrian Uprising, 2011-, Aerial bombing -- Forecasts and trends, Special forces (Military science) -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff U.S.-led aircraft struck a column of pro-Syrian-government forces advancing toward a small U.S. outpost in southeastern Syria on Tuesday, the Pentagon said in a statement. The strike [...]

Published
2017

46. For Qataris, a U.S. air base is best defense against Trump attacks

Author

Jaffe, Greg and Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar -- Political aspects, Terrorism -- Influence, Qatari foreign relations -- Military aspects, United States foreign relations -- Military aspects, Islamic fundamentalism -- Influence, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Greg Jaffe;Thomas Gibbons-Neff For the tiny, oil rich nation of Qatar, Al Udeid Air Base, home to more than 10,000 U.S. service members, has long been something of an [...]

Published
2017

47. Russian fighter jet 'dispatched' to intercept U.S. heavy bomber over Baltic Sea

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Fighter planes -- Investigations, Air warfare -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff A Russian fighter jet intercepted a U.S. B-52 bomber over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry told Russian media outlets Tuesday. Russian media quoted the ministry [...]

Published
2017

48. Trump will nominate Richard Spencer for next secretary of the Navy

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
Political appointments, President of the United States -- Powers and duties, Secretaries of the navy -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff President Trump will nominate Richard Spencer as the next secretary of the Navy, the White House said in a statement Friday. If confirmed by the Senate, Spencer [...]

Published
2017

49. Pentagon plan to track weapons provided to Syrian forces is problematic, experts say

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Planning, Arms transfers -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Military weapons -- Political aspects, Spokespeople -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Syrian foreign relations, American military assistance -- Political aspects, Company business planning, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Islamic State -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff Despite pledges to account for every U.S. weapon sent to Syrian fighters battling the Islamic State, the Pentagon's current plan to ensure they don't fall in the [...]

Published
2017

50. Bulldozers have become more crucial -- and more vulnerable -- in the fight against the Islamic State

Author

Gibbons-Neff, Thomas and Salim, Mustafa

Subjects
Bulldozers -- Usage -- Military aspects, Military operations -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Islamic State -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff;Mustafa Salim MOSUL, Iraq -- On the front lines, the jagged teeth of a young soldier's bulldozer mark the beginning of Iraq's territory and the end of the [...]

Published
2017

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