Russian President Vladimir Putin's new air war over Syria will not be conducted with the niceties of the ongoing American campaign because the Russians lack sophisticated smart bombs, do not adhere to rules against killing civilians and will hit targets beyond the Islamic State's terrorist army. Published September 30, 2015
Both al Qaeda and an emerging Islamic State are making gains simultaneously in Afghanistan, providing the biggest test to date for an Afghan National Security Force handed the operational lead by the U.S. Published September 29, 2015
Targeting the Islamic State's leaders will not defeat the expanding terrorist group because of a "deep bench" of trained operators who can quickly replace the dead, says a new report by a Pentagon-supported research group. Published September 28, 2015
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed on a chance to question publicly the new Marine Corps commandant about punishment handed out to an officer who warned his battle mates about a traitorous Afghan police chief known to sexually abuse boys. Published September 27, 2015
A lawsuit charges that the U.S. military's indifference to the crime of Afghanistan officials sexually abusing boys led to the killings of three Marines in 2012 by the youthful companion of a corrupt Afghan police chief. Published September 22, 2015
Vladimir Putin views the Syrian army and its Iranian allies as incapable of defeating the Islamic State -- and he's seen enough of the Obama administration's sputtering strategy. Published September 20, 2015
The Iranian Islamic regime was directly involved in the killing of more than 500 American service members in Iraq by supplying Shiite extremists with advanced roadside bombs, rocket-propelled explosives and other munitions, military officials say. Published September 15, 2015
The Iran nuclear deal is silent on an issue that the CIA and proliferation experts are concerned about: that Tehran may outsource parts of its nuclear and missiles program to the secretive regime in North Korea, which on Tuesday committed itself to producing more fuel for nuclear bombs. Published September 15, 2015
The Army's probe into a Green Beret war hero on a complaint he divulged classified information is focusing on a Powerpoint presentation he made on then-captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Published September 15, 2015
The Iranian Islamic regime was directly involved in the killing of more than 500 American service members in Iraq by supplying Shiite extremists with advanced roadside bombs, rocket-propelled explosives and other munitions, military officials say. Published September 13, 2015
Islamic extremists jarred America 14 years ago in a coordinated attack that also rattled to attention a backwater military command that had done a lot of training in past decades but only sporadic fighting. Published September 10, 2015
A House committee said Thursday that Iran will continue to support rogues, terrorists and criminals in the Middle East region despite its new nuclear deal with the Obama administration. Published September 10, 2015
President Obama's urgent call to construct a new fleet of heavy Coast Guard icebreakers to monitor the contested Arctic is belied by his recent budgets that slashed funding for even one new ship. Published September 8, 2015
Hillary Clinton's missing emails likely reside on one or multiple servers in different places because she communicated with a number of people using different companies to send and store information, a security expert says. Published September 4, 2015
They were the first troops to hit the ground in Afghanistan while al Qaeda's dirty work still smoldered back in the United States. Published August 30, 2015
Female soldiers suffered double the rate of injuries compared with male colleagues in Army combat training, including jobs in field artillery and repairing the Bradley fighting vehicle. Published August 26, 2015
Female soldiers suffered double the rate of injuries compared with male colleagues in Army combat training. Published August 26, 2015
The Obama administration has told a congressman it cannot ship Predator or Reaper remotely piloted vehicles to Jordan because of restrictions under the Missile Technology Control Regime. Published August 19, 2015
The Obama administration has a history of dealing harshly with those who mishandle classified information -- unless the offender resides in the White House inner circle. Published August 18, 2015
The State Department is taking the line of Hillary Clinton's that material in her personal email server was not classified at the time, and State is not accepting the intelligence inspector general's determination that some information was top secret. Published August 14, 2015
