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The Department of Defense on Thursday announced the withdrawal and realignment of some U.S. Africa Command Counter Violent Extremist Organization soldiers....Read More

While the Navy, Air Force and Marines met recruiting goals in 2018, the Department of Defense reports the Army has significant shortfalls in its active, reserve and National Guard components....Read More

Crude prices were higher Thursday morning as they tried to bounce from a series of declines, yet concern about mixed indicators and oversupply lingers among traders....Read More

Vladimir Putin, president of Russia — one of the world’s three biggest crude oil producers — said that prices around $70 per barrel are reasonable....Read More

Detyens Shipyards has been awarded a $10 million contract for a two month drydock overhaul of the USNS Joshua Humphreys....Read More

U.S. troops on the U.S.-Mexico border are providing logistical and medical support, including temporary housing, to customs and border law enforcement efforts, and are mostly unarmed, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Wednesday....Read More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing $70.5 million for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Flight Test, Telemetry, and Termination program....Read More

Brent crude oil futures were up early Wednesday on renewed expectations that OPEC and non-OPEC nations may agree in December to a large production cut....Read More

The first Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft for the Republic of Korea Air Force has landed at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, for acceptance tests....Read More

The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command has awarded BAE Systems $100 million to provide technical and general support to the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade....Read More