Tag: US army

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  US Army instructed to discharge unvaccinated soldiers

  

  The Army of the United States Wednesday announced it would start discharging soldiers who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. As of January 26, 96% of the military were fully vaccinated, while 3,350 had refused to take any injection.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 05:44 UTC

  Buenos Aires G20 summit: US requests Uruguay authorization to station troops and aircraft

  

  Uruguay's government asked Congress to allow United States troops and equipment to stay in country during the upcoming G20 meeting in neighboring Argentina, due to be attended by the US, Chinese, Russian and European leaders.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2017 - 06:10 UTC

  Trump announces greater involvement in Afghanistan; Taliban pledge to fight on

  

  President Donald Trump announced on Monday night his administration’s plans to continue the engagement of the United States military in Afghanistan, a strategy meant to combat the influence of the Taliban and the ISIS affiliate in the country that will for go a formal timetable and instead rely upon “conditions on the ground” to guide U.S. activities.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 11:17 UTC

  Mexico denies Trump threatened to send troops to stop the “bad hombres”

  

  The Mexican government on Wednesday vehemently denied reports that President Trump threatened to send US soldiers into Mexico during a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Such a threat “did not happen during that call,” said a government statement released on Twitter Wednesday night.