Tag: Pentagon

On Oct. 3, 2015, a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz was mistakenly attacked by a U.S. Air Force special operations group. (Najim Rahim via AP)

Military personnel disciplined ‘administratively’ for Doctors Without Borders attack

Anna Giaritelli · March 17, 2016 12:24 am

"We track this very closely and the simple fact is we don't have enough airplanes to meet training requirements for the entire force," Gen. Robert Neller said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

General: Deadly crashes partly due to budget cuts

Jacqueline Klimas · March 16, 2016 4:19 pm

"I have become very concerned that many companies are looking, because they've told me, at walking away from doing business with the Department of Defense," said House Armed Services Committee Chairman, Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Thornberry: Current DoD rules are scaring away private firms

Jacqueline Klimas · March 15, 2016 9:20 pm

He leveled the charge in a letter sent to the Pentagon’s top watchdog. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Lawmaker: Army Corps caving to green groups

Joel Gehrke · March 15, 2016 8:57 pm

The Navy's unfunded priorities list asked for 14 more aircraft in fiscal 2017 to address a fighter jet shortfall as operations against the Islamic State have ramped up. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images, File)

National Security

Lawmaker presses for more Super Hornets in fiscal 2017

Jacqueline Klimas · March 15, 2016 5:01 pm

Brad Carson will leave the Pentagon in April. (www.defense.gov)

Official behind DOD’s transgender push to resign

Anna Giaritelli · March 14, 2016 9:50 pm

News surfaced Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his ground troops to begin pulling out of Syria. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Russia is finally striking Islamic State in Syria, Pentagon says

Jamie McIntyre · March 14, 2016 6:12 pm

Retired Adm. William Fallon, a former commander of U.S. Central Command, said the power of the defense secretary and the joint staff should be "beefed up" to counteract the increasing influence of the White House's National Security Council. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

National Security

Former military leaders slam White House’s reliance on National Security Council

Jacqueline Klimas · March 14, 2016 4:53 pm

One of Ash Carter's goals is to make the Pentagon an easier entity for the private sector to work with. "It can be difficult to work for the government as a company, because we can be clunky and we can be bureaucratic and so forth, and we need to get better at that." (Courtesy of DoD)

Ash Carter turns to Silicon Valley to solve his problems

Jamie McIntyre · March 14, 2016 5:01 am

The Obama administration has refused to publicly attribute the OPM breach to China, but the revelation indicates that the government seems sure that the hack was based in China.Â (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Why Chinese defense technology is catching up

Rudy Takala · March 14, 2016 5:01 am

The military is beginning the process of testing sites to gauge the risk of the chemicals to groundwater. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Energy and Environment

Feds investigating if firefighting chemicals contaminated groundwater at military bases

Jacqueline Klimas, Kyle Feldscher · March 12, 2016 5:07 pm

Warren said that the U.S. decides how it will handle Islamic State prisoners on a "case-by-case" basis. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

National Security

Pentagon not equipped to hold long-term Islamic State detainees

Jacqueline Klimas · March 11, 2016 1:57 pm