Jan 12 Updated: Iran releases American sailors without incident By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Iran released 10 U.S. sailors after holding them for less than a day when their small boats entered Iranian waters. Continue reading
Jan 04 Pentagon data on child sex crimes in the military doesn’t show full picture By Richard Lardner, Eileen Sullivan and Meghan Hoyer, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Cpl. Aaron C. Masa befriended a fellow Marine during field training in North Carolina. But behind his buddy’s back, Masa sexually abused his 3-year-old stepdaughter and took sexually explicit photos of her and the Marine’s baby girl. A… Continue reading
Dec 24 Military men and women recite ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’ By Dan Sagalyn Watch U.S. service men and women stationed all over the world recite lines from the beloved holiday poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Special thanks to the Pentagin's Defense Media Activity department for this heartwarming piece. We hope you all… Continue reading
Dec 14 Obama says military hitting Islamic State group harder than ever By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the United States military and allied forces are hitting the Islamic State group harder than ever. Continue reading
Dec 04 Obama administration weighs making women eligible for military draft By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press The White House says the administration is considering proposing changes to the selective service law that would make women eligible for the draft. Continue reading
Dec 03 WATCH: Ash Carter calls homegrown terrorists ‘losers with a keyboard’ By Larisa Epatko Defense Secretary Ash Carter defended the military’s approach to fighting the Islamic State group, saying the military is looking for every possible way to attack and defeat the militants whose ideology is appealing to “losers with a keyboard” in the… Continue reading
Nov 21 Pentagon pressing allies for more help against Islamic State By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon is pressing European and Arab allies to provide more troops and support for the war against the Islamic State group, hoping that the horror of the Paris attacks - and the fear more are coming - will compel… Continue reading
Nov 16 U.S. to increase intel sharing with France By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The Obama administration is announcing a new intelligence-sharing arrangement with France to more readily and quickly share military planning regarding the campaign against the Islamic State. Continue reading
Nov 13 U.S. ‘reasonably certain’ Jihadi John is dead By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John," according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos… Continue reading
Nov 01 Pentagon chief calls on North Korea to end nuclear weapons program By Robert Burns, Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on North Korea to shrink and eventually eliminate its nuclear weapons program, while acknowledging during a visit Sunday to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas that prospects for reconciling with the defiant North… Continue reading