Tag: Pentagon

The deployment of 560 additional U.S. troops to help Iraq forces prepare and conduct the offensive to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul may signal a tipping point in the war against the Islamic State, some Pentagon officials hope. (AP Photo)

National Security

More U.S. troops to Iraq seen as tipping point, Pentagon sources say

Jamie McIntyre · July 11, 2016 7:36 pm

Josh Earnest said the decision to send more troops to Iraq is "entirely consistent" with the strategy President Obama laid out committing U.S. forces to support Iraqi forces in "taking the fight" to the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

White House defends sending more troops to Iraq

Susan Crabtree · July 11, 2016 7:21 pm

Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman has been at Guantanamo Bay since 2002, but military officials have been conducting security reviews to see which detainees could be transferred to foreign facilities. (AP Photo/Bill Gorman, File)

National Security

‘High risk’ al Qaeda member transferred from Guantanamo Bay

Joel Gehrke · July 10, 2016 8:15 pm

Sheldon Morgan, 36, stationed at Fort Wainwright in Alaska, pleaded guilty to a one-count charge that he participated in bribery and defrauding the U.S. during a deployment in Afghanistan from May 2010 to May 2011. (AP Photo/Simon Klingert)

National Security

Army sergeant pleads guilty in Afghanistan fuel scheme

Diana Stancy Correll · July 9, 2016 12:17 am

Wind and solar energy made up the largest chunk of new power generators in 2015. (Matthew Staver/Bloomberg, File)

Energy and Environment

Google defeats Pentagon on green energy use

John Siciliano · July 7, 2016 3:59 pm

Cook said the worst attack in Iraq in more than a decade is a "reminder" to accelerate the campaign on ISIS. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Pentagon: ‘Urgency,’ but no new plan after weekend of ISIS attacks

Jacqueline Klimas · July 5, 2016 6:28 pm

Obama DoD Pushes Trans Integration Amid Readiness Crisis

Alice B. Lloyd · July 4, 2016 12:00 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter's plan addresses many specifics that some thought would raise questions. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

The Pentagon has OK’d transgender troops. Now what?

Jacqueline Klimas · July 2, 2016 4:01 am

"Their deaths, along with strikes against other ISIL leaders in the past month, have critically degraded ISIL's leadership ability in Mosul and removed two of their most senior military members in northern Iraq," said Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Two top ISIS leaders killed in coalition airstrikes

Anna Giaritelli · July 2, 2016 12:53 am

Pentagon to Allow Openly Transgender Service Members

Chris Deaton · June 30, 2016 7:59 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter has praised Goldfein saying, "Dave's extensive political military experience will be to our great benefit as we continue to accelerate our efforts to deal [the Islamic State] a lasting defeat." (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

National Security

Goldfein confirmed as top Air Force general

David Wilkes · June 30, 2016 7:06 pm

Basic military discipline broke down among the U.S. crew as the boats were being seized. (IRIB News Agency via AP, File)

National Security

In boat capture, U.S. sailors violated code of conduct as discipline broke down

Jamie McIntyre · June 30, 2016 6:57 pm