Tag Archives: Military Bases and Installations

Israeli Attacks on Syria Fuel Debate Over U.S.-Led Airstrikes

WASHINGTON — The apparent ease with which Israel struck missile sites and, by Syrian accounts, a major military research center near Damascus in recent days has stoked debate in Washington about whether ... Read more

Japan’s Leader, Shinzo Abe, Tries to Restart Plan to Move Okinawan Base

TOKYO — Seeking to remove a longstanding irritant in Japan’s ties with the United States, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that his government would ask local officials on the island of ... Read more

North Korea Threatens U.S. Military Bases in the Pacific

SEOUL — North Korea on Thursday threatened to attack U.S. military bases in Japan and the Pacific island of Guam in retaliation for training missions by American B-52 bombers over the Korean Peninsula, ... Read more

Marines Quit Afghan Province Feeling the War Was Worth It

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — On a whirlwind Christmas tour of Helmand Province in 2010, Gen. James F. Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, visited 11 bases in a single day. At one, thousands of ... Read more

U.S. Plans Base for Surveillance Drones in Northwest Africa

WASHINGTON — The United States military command in Africa is preparing plans to establish a drone base in northwest Africa to increase unarmed surveillance missions on the local affiliate of Al Qaeda and ... Read more