Pentagon Legal Guidelines Compare War Correspondents to Enemy Spies
A new Pentagon legal guide compares war correspondents to enemy spies and allows reporters to be treated as “unprivileged belligerents.
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Report: Russian Hack on Pentagon the ‘Most Sophisticated’ in Military History
The Pentagon took down the Joint Staff unclassified email system after Russian hackers attacked the emails of 4,000 military and civilian personnel. The email has been offline for the past 11 days.
Report: US to Engage Assad Military Directly to Defend US-Trained Rebels
U.S. officials announced Sunday that the Pentagon will defend American-trained Syrian rebels against attacks from the Syrian Armed Forces – the military forces controlled by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Damascus.
Turkey Forced to Deny Civilian Targeting in Increasingly Controversial Kurdish Airstrikes
The Turkish government has denied that it has targeted civilians in its airstrikes against the Islamic State and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Syria and Iraq. Kurdish officials in bot the PKK and Iraqi Kurdistan have condemned the deaths of civilians in Turkish attacks.
Pentagon: Cost of War Against ISIS Already Exceeds $3 Billion
The nearly one-year-old U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria has already cost American taxpayers more than $3 billion, according to the Pentagon.
Report: Iran-Linked Houthis Lose Strategic Port to Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces seized the strategic southern port of Aden in Yemen from Shiite Houthi rebels, unexpectedly turning the tide of Yemen’s war in favor of Saudi Arabia, Reuters reports.
Pentagon Chief Now ‘Concerned’ Iran Might Not Obey Nuclear Agreement
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, while talking to American troops during an unannounced visit to Iraq on Thursday, cast doubt on whether Iran will abide by the terms of a nuclear agreement between Tehran and U.S.-led world powers.
Pentagon: Khorasan Group Leader Killed by US Airstrike in Syria
The leader of a shadowy al-Qaida cell that American officials said was plotting attacks against the U.S. and its allies was killed early this month by a “kinetic strike” in Syria, the Pentagon confirmed.
Pentagon ‘Actively Working’ to Recover Missing Remains of Marines Killed in Tarawa
The Pentagon is actively searching for the missing remains of several hundred Marines killed in the World War II bloody Battle of Tarawa in the Pacific, according to the Department of Defense (DoD) agency charged with recovering missing U.S. service members.
Jeb Bush Supports Transgender People Serving in U.S. Military
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush told Yahoo News that he supports the Obama administration’s move to allow transgender individuals to openly serve in the U.S. military.
Military May Fund Gender Transition if Transgender Ban Is Lifted
The U.S. military is weighing whether it will conduct or fund gender transition surgery and treatment once the ban on open service by transgender people is rescinded.
Transgender Soldiers Should Be Able to Serve Openly, Pentagon Says
The Pentagon’s current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday, ordering a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service.
36 Marine Heroes of Pacific WWII Theater Found 71 Years After Death
The remains of 36 U.S. Marine heroes of a bloody World War II battle were found on an isolated island in the Pacific more than 70 years after they died, various news outlets report.
USA Today: U.S. Army to Pink Slip 40,000 Soldiers Over Next 2 Years
The U.S. Army is expected to lay off 40,000 soldiers over the next two years, shrinking its size to 450,000, the smallest number since before World War II, a document obtained by USA Today shows.
Obama’s War Speech: ‘Ideologies Are Not Defeated With Guns’
“This will not be quick, this is a long-term campaign,” he asserted, describing ISIS as “nimble” and infiltrated with civilians across the Middle East.
Judicial Watch: Obama and Hillary Clinton Concocted Benghazi Video Lie with Jihadist Help
President Obama and Hillary Clinton likely made the decision to falsely tie an inflammatory anti-Islam Internet video to the fatal Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack that left four Americans dead in Benghazi, Libya, the chief of the conservative government watchdog group Judicial Watch (JW) told Breitbart News.
Pentagon: ‘No Ongoing Review’ to Address DoD’s Transgender Policy
The Pentagon is not “specifically” considering lifting the policy barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, said a Department of Defense (DoD) spokesman.
Report: U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship Vulnerable to Attack Deployed to Asia
The Pentagon deployed a U.S. Navy Littoral Combat ship (LCS) to Asia, knowing weeks in advance that the vessel was vulnerable to a potential enemy attack, according to an unclassified assessment for Congress obtained by Bloomberg News.
Pentagon: ‘No Discussion’ of Renaming Military Bases Honoring Confederate Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon said it does not expect to rename military bases honoring Confederate military leaders.
Pentagon Placing Military Equipment Near Russia
The Pentagon will deploy 250 tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and self-propelled howitzers to Eastern European countries near Russia, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Tuesday.
Defense Sec Admits: We Simply Haven’t Received Enough’ Iraqi Recruits to Fight ISIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the House Armed Services Committee that the U.S.-led military efforts to train Iraqi forces to combat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has been “slowed” by a lack of recruits.
Mexico Buys Nearly $1.5 Billion in Equipment from U.S. Military
The United States, within the last two years, has sold nearly $1.5 billion in military equipment to Mexico, including millions of bullets, fleets of Black Hawk helicopters, and thousands of Humvees, reports Stars and Stripes.
White House: U.S. Drone Kills AQAP Chief Dealing ‘Major Blow’ to Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate, considered the jihadist group’s most potent and dangerous branch, has confirmed that its chief was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week, according to several news reports.
U.S. Soldier Dies in Non-Combat Incident Supporting War Against ISIS
Pfc. Monterrious T. Daniel, a 19-year-old Fort Carson soldier, died in a non-combat related incident in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, while supporting the U.S.-led mission against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, according to the Pentagon.
Pentagon Repeats Call for China to End Island Building, Seeks More Military Contact
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a U.S. call for a halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea while stressing that the Pentagon remained committed to expanding military contacts with China.
