US military forces have seized a seventh oil tanker in the Caribbean, detaining the Sagitta on Wednesday as part of a crackdown on sanctioned Venezuelan shipments. The Department of War said the operation forms part of Operation Southern Spear targeting Venezuela’s shadow fleet.

Congress is backing increases to the size of the military, having passed and proposed final legislation that will raise and fund rises in end strength.

Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where US troops remain.

U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta on Tuesday “without incident.”

American military forces carried out a strike in Syria which killed an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist directly linked to a Dec. 13

Jan 15 (Reuters) - The United States is intensifying pressure on Mexico to allow U.S. military forces to conduct joint operations to dismantle fentanyl labs inside the country, the New York Times reported on Thursday,

US forces seize seventh Venezuelan oil tanker, intensify crackdown on illegal shipments (Screenshot from video courtesy of U.S. Southern Command) The military command did not say whether the U.S. Coast Guard took control of the tanker, which has been the case in prior seizures. It added that the vessel was apprehended "without incident."

A new report warns the U.S. could lose the ability to sustain combat within weeks of a China war over Taiwan, as munitions run dry, logistics collapse, and global markets face a $10T shock.

The United States and Qatar are preparing for a possible Iranian attack, one that may come in retaliation for a possible U.S. military mission, which President Donald Trump has publicly threatened. The U.