Topic - Pentagon

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  Navy names ship after Gabrielle Giffords

  The Navy on Friday announced it would name a combat ship after former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned from Congress last month to recover from a grievous gunshot wound she suffered in January 2011.

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  More fruit, low-fat dishes coming to military mess halls

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. | Hold the mystery meat: Military mess halls soon will be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services.

• Hold the mystery meat: Military food gets upgrade

  Hold the mystery meat: Military mess halls soon will be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services.

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  Paul, Obama collect most military donations to run

  Enlisted personnel and civilian military employees are donating more to presidential campaigns than in previous elections, and they overwhelmingly prefer two candidates: Ron Paul, the long-shot Republican presidential contender opposed to using U.S. forces as the "world's police," and President Obama.

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  Hold the mystery meat: Military food gets upgrade

  Military bases will soon be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services.

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  Pentagon to move women closer to front lines

  The Pentagon announced Thursday that it is keeping its longtime ban on women serving as infantry, armor and special operations warriors in ground combat units, but it will open 14,000 support positions for them in units closer to the front lines.

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  Sources: Pentagon rules shifting on women in combat

  Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

• Inside the Ring

  The Pentagon's senior weapons-buying official said this week that a program for purchasing offensive and defensive military equipment for cyberwarfare is still being worked on.

• U.S.: Afghan forces will be 'good enough'

  Afghan forces will be "good enough" to take over from the American-led coalition as the U.S. and its allies pull out troops over the next two years, the second-ranking U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday.

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  U.S.'s Africom trains host nation's forces to battle terrorism

  U.S. Africa Command has been quietly battling terrorism on the African continent, relying heavily on special forces. But amid a shrinking Pentagon budget and increased use of special forces in Afghanistan under a new military strategy, Africom may have fewer resources to counter a growing terrorism threat.

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  Special Ops commander pledges to fulfill commitments

  American Green Berets, SEALS and other commandos will continue to meet their commitments around the world, as the Pentagon imposes budget cuts, the commander of U.S. Special Operations said Tuesday.

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  U.S. special operations forces' Afghan role could expand

  A U.S. admiral said Tuesday that special operations forces in Afghanistan are preparing for a possible expanded role as American forces begin to withdraw after a decade of war.

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  Pentagon opens 'Tweet' offensive in cyberspace

  The Pentagon on Monday launched a new campaign — in bursts of 140 characters per message.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dangers of sequestration

  My good friend Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and his colleagues are right: U.S. military superiority is in jeopardy if Congress doesn't overturn the automatic budget cuts scheduled to hit in less than a year ("Senate Republicans aim to ease defense cuts under sequestration," Web, Thursday).

• Inside Politics

  The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee are suggesting that Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta rushed a decision to develop the Marine Corps version of the next-generation strike fighter jet.

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