Mar 30 U.S. to beef up military presence in Eastern Europe By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the Pentagon will be deploying an armored brigade combat team to Eastern Europe next February as part of the ongoing effort to reassure allies worried about threats from an increasingly aggressive Russia. Continue reading
Mar 29 U.S. orders diplomatic, military families out of south Turkey By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The State Department and Pentagon are ordering the families of U.S. diplomats and military personnel to leave posts in southern Turkey due to security fears. Continue reading
Mar 28 Could the Pentagon’s missile defenses fend off a North Korea nuclear attack? By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — As North Korea rattles its nuclear saber, threatening to bomb the U.S. at "any moment," a nerve-jangling question hangs in the air: If Pyongyang did launch a nuclear-armed missile at an American city, could the Pentagon's missile defenses… Continue reading
Mar 25 Pentagon moving to increase U.S. troop numbers in Iraq soon By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Friday it was moving to increase the number of American forces in Iraq and announced that U.S. forces have killed the Islamic State’s finance minister. “We are systematically eliminating ISIL’s cabinet,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter… Continue reading
Mar 23 Officials say Guantanamo transfers have killed Americans By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 7:03 ‘Eye in the Sky’ film puts the use of drones in the spotlight By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 07 Obama to shore up credibility for U.S. drone program with casualty report By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will disclose how many people have been killed by U.S. drones and counterterrorism strikes since 2009, the White House said Monday, lifting one element of secrecy shrouding the controversial counterterrorism program. Continue reading
Mar 04 Military beginning to recruit women for combat jobs By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The military services are already beginning to recruit women for combat jobs, including as Navy SEALs, and could see them serving in previously male-only Army and Marine Corps infantry units by this fall, according to new plans endorsed… Continue reading
Mar 02 Pentagon seeks a few good computer hackers to test security By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is looking for a few good computer hackers. Screened high-tech specialists will be brought in to try to breach the Defense Department's public Internet pages in a pilot program aimed at finding and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Continue reading
Feb 27 See inside the underground bunker that could launch a nuclear war By Dan Sagalyn MINOT, N.D. — During the Cold War, the United States developed a vast nuclear arsenal with weapons on aircraft, submarines and land-based missiles. These three ways of delivering nuclear weapons became known as the triad, with the Soviet Union was… Continue reading