US military forces have departed a strategic military garrison in Syria after more than a decade “as part of a deliberate and conditions-based transition” to a smaller US footprint in the country, US Central Command said on Thursday.

The rare gathering focused on the Western Hemisphere underscored potential implications of the Trump administration’s “Donroe Doctrine.”

The U.S. military says it has boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the U.S. tracked the vessel from the Caribbean Sea as part of an oil quarantine meant to squeeze Venezuela.

The U.S. on Thursday announced the resumption of dialogue with Russia's military, which had been suspended since 2021.

The U.S. Southern Command said the military conducted an operation targeting a vessel operated by designated terrorist organizations off the Pacific coast.

Nigerian authorities say the United States is sending troops to Nigeria to train the West African country's military in combating extremism as a multifaceted security crisis spreads in the north.

Liftoff of the USSF-87 mission occurred at 4:22 a.m. ET on Thursday (Feb. 12).

The U.S. military blew up an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing two “narco-terrorists” and leaving one survivor. The vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization,

Watchdog organization says it is "swamped with complaints" from U.S. military members stationed at eight facilities around the world.

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge blocked the Pentagon on Thursday from reducing Senator Mark Kelly's retired military rank and pension pay as punishment after he urged troops to reject unlawful orders.