South Korea's military is very different from the one that needed help after the 1950 surprise attack that began the Korean War. South Korea and its ally, the United States, are preparing for a change that gives Seoul direct command of its own forces...
US Central Commander Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 16 Jun 2010 The head of U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that the withdrawal date for U.S. military forces in Afghanistan is the beginni...
Officers from the United Nations Command inspect a broken section of what Seoul claims to be a North Korean torpedo displayed at South Korea's Defense Ministry building after it was salvaged near the disputed sea border, 25 May 2010. North Korea has...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin receive military honors at the Presidential palace Miraflores in Caracas, 02 Apr 2010 Russia and Venezuela are forging closer ties. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin a...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Last week President Obama again called for ending a ban against people in the military who are openly homosexual. That was one of his campaign promises. This week America's top military officer expressed su...
The historic earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, changed it's capital city Port-au-Prince forever. And while the American military has secured it's damaged port and streets, international aid organizations supply medical and food supplies and ca...
The U.S. military has reopened the severely damaged seaport in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to help improve delivery of aid to victims of last week's massive earthquake. The military has also opened three more airports to assist the flow of...
Guinea's injured military leader is in Burkina Faso where he is expected to meet with members of his ruling council, Wednesday. The military chief was shot in December by the former head of the presidential guard. After more than one month in a Moroc...
The U.S. Navy says it is on heightened alert after receiving what it calls credible al-Qaida threats against American warships and commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. The latest threat from Osama bin Laden's...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA IN VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. One of the world's great natural wonders is in the state of New Mexico, in the American Southwest. Nature has created huge moving hills of pure white sand. These sand du...
