US Army

Mistral, UVision win US Army role for HERO-90 suicide drone

The Hero 90 loitering munition is designed for anti-armor missions and delivers extended-range and precision strikes

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
UVision's Hero 90 loitering munition, also known as suicide drone
US President Donald Trump talks with Vice President JD Vance in the Cross Hall following a celebration of US military mothers event at the White House in Washington, US, May 8, 2025.

Vance urges Trump to pursue talks with Iran before military strikes - WSJ

The Wall Street Journal reports that JD Vance is among the senior officials pushing Trump to enter a new negotiation round with the Islamic Republic regime.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One while departing for Florida at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, January 9, 2026

Donald Trump: Iranian protesters looking at freedom, US 'stands ready to help'

"Admin officials have had preliminary discussions about how to carry out an attack on Iran if needed to follow through on Trump's threats," The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
OPERATION ABSOLUTE Resolve offered a harsh real-world test of the military hardware Venezuela had accumulated over the years from Iran, Russia, and China. Here, a Russian-made Venezuelan Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKV is displayed during the 2025 Venezuela Industrial Aviation Expo at Libertador Air Base

When Caracas cracked: How the US broke through Venezuela's Iranian, Russian, and Chinese defenses

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Venezuela’s military arsenal, sourced from Russia and Iran fail under technologically and operationally superior US attack.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

US Army charges Private Travis King with desertion over dash into North Korea

For weeks, the US Army has deferred questions about whether King would face disciplinary action.

OCTOBER 20, 2023ByREUTERS
A South Korean soldier in an armoured vehicle stands guard as a North Korean guard post is seen in this picture taken near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, May 31, 2023.

American World War 2 veteran’s remains finally identified

Army Sgt. Bernard J. Sweeney will be buried in New York next week on Tuesday.

OCTOBER 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Scene on board USS Yorktown (CV-5), during the Battle of Midway, June 1942, shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused by a bomb that punctured them and knocked out her boilers.

US increases helicopter raids in Syria, targeting ISIS terrorists

This is the latest helicopter raid by US forces in Syria and appears to be part of an increase of these types of operations.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over the Syrian landscape, March 12, 2018.

Donald Trump is a 'wannabe dictator,' retiring top US general says

"Look at his words - STUPID & VERY DANGEROUS!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump delivers a statement about Iran as US Army Chief of Staff General James McConville and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark Milley listen in the Grand Foyer at the White House in Washington, US, January 8, 2020

US finds debris from fighter jet one day after crash

According to US reports, a "mishap" caused an unnamed Marine Corps pilot to abandon his aircraft over the southeastern state. 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
A US Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender aircraft over Poland, February 24, 2022.

Clashes in Syria between tribes, US-backed SDF grow

People in the region are independent and have complex alliances and allegiances.

AUGUST 31, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN, REUTERS
SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC Forces celebrate the first anniversary of Raqqa province’s liberation from ISIS, in Raqqa, Syria, in October 2018.

US Chief of Staff says he intends to visit Israel after retirement

The US chief of staff recounted his first visit to Israel while he was serving as a peacekeeper in the Sinai Peninsula.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley (left) with IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (right) at the Kirya military headquarters. August 22, 2023

US Marines move forward with purchase of Israel's Iron Dome

As part of the deal, the Marine Corps will purchase 44 Iron Dome launchers and 1,840 Tamir interceptors.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

US military chief to visit Israel amid IDF reservist crisis

Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, hopes to gain a better first-hand view of how the crisis is impacting the Israeli military as well as joint US security interests.

AUGUST 16, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley holds a news conference on the day of a NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2023.

Gallant speaks to Austin, Halevi with CENTCOM chief amid IDF crisis

The US military is checking in with the IDF to see how much joint operations may be impacted by the IDF reservists’ quitting movement.

JULY 25, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF RESERVISTS and activists protest judicial reform, outside the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem, March 2.