Tag: Army

Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., said she's worried the military is paying twice for some of its capabilities overseas.

National Security

Lawmaker: Troop caps means US pays twice for military capabilities

Jacqueline Klimas · December 1, 2016 4:22 pm

Two U.S. service members were killed and four more were wounded in northern Afghanistan as they helped Afghan Security forces who were battling the Taliban in Kunduz province. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

More Americans are dying in Afghanistan, but no one’s talking about how to stop it

Jacqueline Klimas · November 28, 2016 5:01 am

Brig. Gen. William King is commander of the Army's 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives Command at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. (Army photo)

National Security

Army general reprimanded over last year’s anthrax scare

David Brown · November 25, 2016 2:59 pm

Carter thanked four service members for their service to the country and said he knows how difficult it is to be separated from their loved ones during the holidays. (Department of Defense photo)

National Security

Obama, Carter thank US service members on Thanksgiving

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 24, 2016 10:04 pm

Marko Milosevic didn't have to attend college to know the past sacrifices of American patriots or the goodness of the U.S. (Screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

A simple gesture, a grateful heart: A Thanksgiving lesson from Staff Sgt. Milosevic

Mary Rice Hasson · November 24, 2016 5:01 am

In the last several months, one group of extremely hard-working and dedicated U.S. Army professionals serving here in the Midwest has been singled out for consistent and sustained public mistreatment not for any wrongdoing on their part, but as part of an organized campaign to discredit a nearly completed oil pipeline. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The Army Corps of Engineers deserves thanks, not attacks, for Dakota Access Pipeline work

Washington Examiner · November 18, 2016 5:01 am

Eric Fanning said the decisions the military has already made will make it more difficult to kick people out of the service who have already been accepted. (AP Photo)

National Security

Army secretary: Obama’s social changes are here to stay

Jacqueline Klimas · November 17, 2016 5:25 pm

Cotton Warns of Russian and Chinese Aggressiveness In Call for Supplemental Defense Spending

Michael Warren · November 17, 2016 1:26 pm

Afghan soldiers and police block the road to Bagram Airfield's main gate north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Pentagon identifies 2 soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Jacqueline Klimas · November 14, 2016 3:32 pm

National Security

Meet the new veterans in the 115th Congress

Jacqueline Klimas · November 10, 2016 7:58 pm

When someone decides to join our military, they commit themselves to our great nation. They are willing to lay down their life for you and me — all in the name of freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Yvette)

$1 million for the military

Gordon Logan · November 10, 2016 2:43 pm

The soldiers were assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) operating out of Fort Campbell, Ky. (Maj. Deanna Bague, Fort Bliss Public Affairs)

National Security

US identifies three Special Forces soldiers killed in Jordan

Sean Higgins · November 6, 2016 5:41 pm