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Pentagon budget: 4 ways White House wants to change the military Here are the top four things the new Defense budget reveals about the White House鈥檚 priorities for the US military.
Punish Russia? Why some Pentagon officials would prefer restraint.The crisis in Ukraine has elicited tough talk from Capitol Hill, but in the back halls of the Pentagon, some officials are focused on a key supply line to Afghanistan that runs through Russia.聽
Sexual assaults: Army removing 588 soldiers from 'positions of trust'Advocacy organizations are alternately hailing the Army's removals as an important step in ongoing efforts to bring down sexual assault rates, and unleashing a new string of critiques against the Pentagon.- Pleas for more help for military veterans to recover from sexual assaultDemand for mental-health treatment stemming from sexual assaults is outstripping the Veterans Administration's ability to provide it. Military veterans testified Wednesday of their frustrations.
Complete US withdrawal from Afghanistan means civil war, Pakistani warnsSeeing President Karzai as unlikely to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement, President Obama has directed the Pentagon to prepare for a full withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
Pentagon plan to downsize Army: a sign of US reluctance to nation-buildBringing US ground forces to their lowest level since before World War II makes sense given that troop-intensive, nation-building operations are unlikely for the foreseeable future, the Defense secretary said Monday in discussing his Pentagon budget plan.
US military's new tactic to curtail sexual assaults: nab serial 'predators'To combat sexual assaults, military officials shift tactics to focus on ferreting out serial predators. Here's why they're聽increasingly convinced that relatively few people in the ranks commit the bulk of such crimes.
Pentagon pushes for more bandwidth, citing 'national security needs'Modern warfare requires increasing amounts of the electromagnetic spectrum for battlefield communications. The Defense Department is arguing for more, putting it in possible conflict with commercial interests.
Pentagon cheating scandals: a breakdown in ethics or an outmoded system?When cheating within the nuclear forces surfaced, the Pentagon framed it as an ethical issue. But critics say it's the system and cold-war cultural expectations that need a fix.
Army investigates hundreds for recruiting fraud that cost taxpayers $29mA 'peer-to-peer' recruiting program that rewarded referrals of new recruits brought in 150,000 soldiers to help fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A Senate panel held hearings into what went wrong.
VA reduced benefits backlog, but needs to get back in gear, say veteransThe backlog of veterans disability claims was reduced 37 percent after peaking last March, but hit a plateau after the VA stopped its mandatory overtime policy. The path forward is unclear.
US nuclear forces: Drinking and cheating? What the Pentagon wants to fix.Deborah Lee James, the new secretary of the Air Force, vows senior persistent oversight of the scandal-stricken nuclear forces and an attempt to boost missileers' self-esteem.
US unease rises amid 'black widow' manhunt in Sochi, terrorism threatsSecurity concerns for the Olympics in Sochi are on the rise among US officials, as video threats surface and the Russians hunt for suspected 'black widow' suicide bombers. US military is forced into 'contingency planning.'
Resurgent Afghanistan drug trade threatening US goals, Pentagon warnsIn the sharpest warnings they have ever issued on the topic, Pentagon officials told Congress the growing opium trade is threatening the costly US war effort to build a stable Afghanistan.
(Another) Air Force scandal: cheating by nuclear launch officersThe Air Force has grappled with sexual assault, illegal drug possession, and a boozy general in a Moscow bar, but charges of cheating on the nuclear launch tests hit especially hard.
Al Qaeda resurgence in Iraq: why Pentagon sees a silver liningBefore Al Qaeda elements seized the city of Fallujah, Iraq, on Jan. 1, they had stayed mostly in the shadows. Coming into the open will make them easier to handle, some experts say.
Sexual harassment in the military: what female cadets have to sayA congressionally mandated Pentagon report, released Friday, gauges sexual harassment and assault at America鈥檚 service academies and catalogs comments made by students during focus groups.
Does Robert Gates memoir hint at Obama's next Afghanistan moves?Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he witnessed a president making the right decisions and following the right strategy in Afghanistan, but not really believing in them.
Robert Gates memoir: Top 5 bombshells Early leaks of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates鈥� highly anticipated memoir have yielded a slew of insider tidbits about the personalities and behind-the-scenes struggles of Presidents Bush and Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and other top officials as they fought wars on two fronts.Here are his top five revelations.
As Iraq battles Al Qaeda in Fallujah, Pentagon takes note. Will Afghanistan?Anbar Province, where Iraq is battling insurgents, was once lauded for the decision of tribal elders to cast out Al Qaeda. The question is whether Afghan officials are receptive to the Iraqi lesson.
