Tag: Pentagon

Energy and Environment

Plant DNA markers help the Pentagon detect counterfeit electronics in the military supply chain

Tim Mak · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2013, file photo, from left, Navy's Marcus Thomas (26), Evan Palelei (58) and Wave Ryder (8) head onto the field at the start of an NCAA college football game against Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. The Defense Department said Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, that it has temporarily suspended all sports competitions at the service academies as a result of the partial government shutdown. The decision jeopardizes this weekend's football games , Air Force at Navy and Army at Boston College. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)

Government shutdown puts service academy sports on hold

Howard Fendrich · October 2, 2013 3:47 pm

Navy awards $6.4M contract to repair shooting site

Navy awards $6.4M contract to repair shooting site

Washington Examiner · October 1, 2013 1:20 pm

Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, encourgedÃÂ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to get Pentagon employees back to work. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

House Armed Services chairman blasts Pentagon civilians being used as political pawns

Sean Higgins · October 1, 2013 4:00 am

This photo provided by the Marine Corps, shows Maj. Gen. Gregg Sturdevant at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calf.. In a rare move, Gen. James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, forced two generals into retirement after concluding they should be held to account for failing to secure a base in Afghanistan against a Taliban attack that killed two Marines. Amos said in announcing his decision that Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus and Sturdevant "did not take adequate force protection measures" at Camp Bastion, a sprawling British-run airfield in southwestern Afghanistan that was the Taliban target. (AP Photo/Marine Corps, Cpl. Isaac Lamberth)

2 generals forced to retire for Afghan breach

Robert Burns · October 1, 2013 12:33 am

National Security

Government shutdown could make revoking security clearances harder

Tim Mak · September 30, 2013 12:00 am

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows Navy Vice Adm. Tim Giardina in a Nov. 11, 2011, photo. The U.S. strategic Command, the military command in charge of all U.S. nuclear warfighting forces says it has suspended its No. 2 commander, Giardina, for unspecific reasons, and he is under investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

National Security

No. 2 nuke commander suspended amid casino probe

Robert Burns · September 28, 2013 10:01 pm

Officials: Iran source of Navy computer intrusion

National Security

Officials: Iran source of Navy computer intrusion

Lolita Baldor · September 27, 2013 6:48 pm

Pentagon: Fresh look at stopping insider attacks

National Security

Pentagon: Fresh look at stopping insider attacks

Robert Burns · September 27, 2013 5:51 pm

Navy Commander Ingrid Pauli directs the Special Psychiatric Intervention Team (SPRINT) command and control center at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. More than 6,000 employees of the Washington Navy Yard have been offered counseling in the 10 days since a gunman killed 12 people. A specialized team of counselors has been at the site, working with people who say they've been anxious, sad and stressed since the Sept. 16 shooting. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Navy Yard employees get counseling after massacre

Eric Tucker · September 27, 2013 12:49 am

HP severs ties with Navy Yard shooter’s employer

HP severs ties with Navy Yard shooter’s employer

Jack Gillum · September 25, 2013 9:04 pm

Army to tighten rules on permissible tattoos

National Security

Army to tighten rules on permissible tattoos

Washington Examiner · September 24, 2013 9:43 pm