Shawn Snow
Early Bird Editor
Shawn Snow is the senior reporter for Marine Corps Times and a Marine Corps veteran.
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Special operators will be countering violent extremists for the ‘long haul’
The commander of SOCOM said battling violent extremists groups will remain the number one priority for American commandos.
CENTCOM suspends leave and liberty for troops over coronavirus fears
Over the last week the U.S. military and several geographic combatant commands have had to make a number of difficult decisions from DoD school closures to the suspension of an exercise over the rapidly spreading virus.
ISIS loses more than half its fighters from US airstrikes and Taliban ground operations
Col. Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for U.S. Forces Afghanistan, tweeted early Thursday morning that airstrikes on Wednesday killed three ISIS fighters in Kunar Province and forced 34 ISIS militants to surrender to Afghan forces in Tswokey district.
Sinai mission, crisis response forces and numerous outdated tasks potentially on chopping block
Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs chairman, told lawmakers Monday at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget that the Pentagon needs to look at whether the Sinai mission “is still a valid mission” for U.S. forces and whether the peacekeeping operation “still makes sense” to address rising near-peers.
Taliban attacks significantly down as reduction in violence deal appears to hold
“We are committed to reducing the violence but will not hesitate to defend our forces, Coalition forces, or our Afghan partners. Pointless attacks on checkpoints and needless violence should cease completely."
US and South Korea may scale back joint military exercises over coronavirus fears
Cancellation of joint exercises on the Korean peninsula has fanned worries by national security experts and lawmakers that U.S. forces and their South Korean allies are ill prepared to handle a crisis or conflict orchestrated by North Korea.
Jamming, precision artillery and long range drone strikes on Libyan battlefield offer lessons learned for US military
“The use of air power and precision technology, including precision-guided artillery, has become a dominant feature of an otherwise low-intensity conflict."
As peace deal looms, Taliban tells fighters to avoid enemy areas, calls for self-defense
“All Mujahideen must adhere to their given duties for the upcoming seven days, must remain defensively alert in case of violation by the opposition and must strictly refrain from entering enemy territory."
Record breaking US airstrikes pushing al-Shabab fighters into urban areas
The U.S. kicked off 2020 with a bang in Somalia launching nearly 14 airstrikes since the start of the new year putting the U.S. on pace for another record breaking year for airstrikes against militants in the country
Russian patrol vehicle in clash with US convoy in Syria violated deconfliction rules, OIR says
A video making rounds on social media appears to show a U.S. Oshkosh M-ATV force and nearly ram what looks to be a Russian police vehicle off the road. The Russian vehicle can be seen trying to aggressively push pass an American convoy.
