Tag: Pentagon

DoD apologizes to Qatar for soldiers joking in video

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DoD apologizes to Qatar for soldiers joking in video

Jamie McIntyre · June 9, 2016 8:46 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to roll out the plans Thursday, marking the third — and most groundbreaking — installment in his campaign to modernize the military's antiquated bureaucracy. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Carter revamps ‘up-or-out’ promotion policy

Jamie McIntyre · June 9, 2016 5:13 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., have both put together amendments on defense spending. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Senate showdown coming on defense vs. nondefense spending

Jacqueline Klimas · June 9, 2016 4:01 am

Mabus acknowledged that the Pentagon's new policy on transgender troops is not yet complete. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

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Navy secretary calls on discharged gays to get their records corrected

Jamie McIntyre · June 8, 2016 4:58 pm

As troops scour museums for spare parts, Republicans hit Obama on military readiness

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As troops scour museums for spare parts, Republicans hit Obama on military readiness

Jacqueline Klimas · June 7, 2016 3:47 pm

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. front, with, from left, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., alleged rape victim Samantha Jackson, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Senators ask White House to investigate Pentagon’s sex assault stats

Jacqueline Klimas · June 6, 2016 7:55 pm

Altogether the nine strikes in 2016 killed 81 operatives, but none was a "high-value individual." (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik, File)

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U.S. reveals 9 airstrikes in Yemen

Jamie McIntyre · June 3, 2016 5:13 pm

Whitman was apparently upset that the vehicle was improperly using a parking permit. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army)

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DoD official charged with stealing license plates placed on leave

Jamie McIntyre · June 2, 2016 6:39 pm

TIGTA said Geoffrey Rickner was removed from his car and taken into custody. It said a later investigation said Rickner's father said his son was "feeling guilty" about his debt, and had been depressed. (AP Photo)

Pentagon official charged with stealing license plates

Anna Giaritelli · June 1, 2016 10:08 pm

Officially the Pentagon says "the results of the operation" are still being assessed. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

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U.S. kills al-Shabab commander in Somalia

Jamie McIntyre · June 1, 2016 5:46 pm

Mullah Akhtar Mansour died in a U.S. drone strike May 20, as he was riding in a vehicle in Pakistan's Baluchistan province near the Afghan border. (AP Photo)

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Pentagon says Taliban ‘taxi driver’ legit target

Jamie McIntyre · May 31, 2016 6:04 pm

The Pentagon has continued to draw a distinction from being in a dangerous war zone. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Rick Hurtado / Released)

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Two U.S. troops wounded in Iraq and Syria, not in ‘active combat’

Jamie McIntyre · May 31, 2016 4:59 pm