DefenceTalkThe number of US troops who sustained traumatic brain injury when Iran launched missiles at their base in Iraq last month has risen to 110, the Pentagon said Friday. The figure is one higher than the last toll, which was announced on February 10. All of the wounded were diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/number-of-us-troops-wounded-in-iran-attack-now-at-110-pentagon-74201/

An envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s unwillingness to boost defense spending might give the United States no choice but to move American troops stationed in Germany to Poland. The comments by Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, signal Trump’s impatience with Merkel’s failure to raise defense […]

DefenceTalkKabul: US forces could leave Afghanistan within five years under a Pentagon plan being offered as part of a potential deal with the Taliban to end the nearly 18-year war, the New York Times has reported. Negotiations are believed to be progressing after high-level talks last month ended with a “draft framework” on potential US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-could-withdraw-troops-from-afghanistan-within-five-years-nyt-72161/

DefenceTalkApproximately 3,000 additional American troops have now deployed to Afghanistan under President Donald Trump’s revised strategy for the war-torn country, the Pentagon said Thursday. The Pentagon had previously put the number of US forces in Afghanistan at about 11,000 but Trump in August authorized an increase requested by the commander on the ground, General John […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thousands-more-us-troops-arrive-in-afghanistan-general-70831/

DefenceTalkUS troops and tanks began streaming into Poland Thursday as part of one of the largest deployments of US forces in Europe since the Cold War, an operation that Russia angrily branded a “threat”. The Atlantic Resolve mission will see more than 3,000 American soldiers and heavy equipment deployed in Poland and nearby NATO partners […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-troops-arriving-in-poland-draw-russian-ire-68801/

DefenceTalkTwo US troops were wounded over the weekend in separate Islamic State attacks in Iraq and Syria, Pentagon officials said. The casualty in Syria marks the first time an American soldier has been injured in that country since military advisors deployed there at the end of last year. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-us-troops-injured-in-iraq-syria-during-is-attacks-67565/