Tag: Pentagon

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 6, 2015, to testify before a Defense Subcommittee hearing. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

U.S. begins training of Syrian fighters

Susan Crabtree · May 7, 2015 8:11 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain is taking aim at the $49 million the National Guard spent on sports sponsorships in 2014. (AP Photo)

McCain slams National Guard for $49 million sports advertising bill

Charles Hoskinson · May 7, 2015 3:09 pm

In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, and released by the semi-official Fars News Agency, Iranian warship Alborz, foreground, prepares before leaving Iran's waters, at the Strait of Hormuz. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Mahdi Marizad)

National Security

Navy assistance for U.S. ships in Strait ends

Tara Copp · May 6, 2015 6:48 pm

Islamic State group militants stand with a captured Iraqi army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 155 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Islamic State threatens Iraqi city, refinery

Tara Copp · May 6, 2015 6:18 pm

Gen. Dempsey: ‘This is not a time to be withdrawing from the world’

National Security

Gen. Dempsey: ‘This is not a time to be withdrawing from the world’

Tara Copp · May 6, 2015 3:45 pm

GOP senators praise Dunford pick for Joint Chiefs

National Security

GOP senators praise Dunford pick for Joint Chiefs

Tara Copp · May 5, 2015 4:20 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was responding to state unrest at the thought of an upcoming eight-week exercise by U.S. Special Forces called "Jade Helm."Â

National Security

Experts scoff at Jade Helm conspiracy theories

Tara Copp · May 5, 2015 9:00 am

USMC Gen. Dunford selected as next Chairman of Joint Chiefs

National Security

USMC Gen. Dunford selected as next Chairman of Joint Chiefs

Tara Copp · May 5, 2015 1:40 am

Sexual assaults in U.S. military communities is worse than publicly reported by the Defense Department, according to a new report by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. (AP Photo)

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Senator: Pentagon underreports cases of military sexual assault

Kelly Cohen · May 4, 2015 6:44 pm

Smoke and dust rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 23, 2014. (Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images)

National Security

Pentagon looking into claim airstrikes in Syria killed civilians

Tara Copp · May 4, 2015 5:22 pm

Many of the World War II bombers and fighters will be available for touring or rides over the weekend.

Seeing the planes up close

Tara Copp · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

In this Jan. 29, 2014, file photo, parts of more than 1,000 summeries of sex-crime cases involving U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan, which The Associated Press obtained following Freedom of Information Act requests filed with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Naval Criminal Investigative Service, are displayed at the AP office in Tokyo. (AP Photo)

National Security

Pentagon: Reported sexual assaults rise 11 percent

Tara Copp · May 1, 2015 10:30 pm