US Service Member Killed In Iraq. In Other Words, We Have ‘Boots On The Ground’

On Thursday, a US service member was killed by an IED blast close by the ISIS stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq.

Since the operation to liberate Mosul began earlier this week, Islamic State militants have launched a series of attacks against coalition units, including Iraqi security forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters, in a desperate attempt to retain control of Iraq’s second largest city. American special forces and armed humvee units are currently stationed on the outskirts of Mosul, training and advising the men that will ultimately seek to retake the city.