WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 3, 2011) -- Pvt. Salah Kahdumm, a 25-year-old soldier assigned to the 11th Iraqi Army Division, recently finished a nearly three-week-long commando school. He's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A US Army infantryman instructs another US soldier during an exercise to prepare the French Desert Commando Course, in Djibouti, ...

CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti (American Forces Press Service, Feb. 8, 2007) - Soldiers, Sailors and Marines from the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) recently graduated from a grueling ...

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A few times a year, select US troops get to attend a very special course in the deserts of Africa. The French Desert Commando Course usually hosts French troops training to fight Islamist extremists.