Rowan Scarborough

Joseph Dunford, new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, to make call on women in combat

One of the immediate challenges to face Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford this fall as the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman will be the social change sweeping the armed forces.

May 10, 2015

Police protest dangers identified in alert free of political correctness

A private intelligence firm has distributed an "officer awareness bulletin" designed to help police identify in a protest crowd the members of groups more prone to commit violence against cops.

May 5, 2015

Police given cheat sheet for tattoos, clothing to identify violent protestors

An "officer awareness bulletin" designed to help police identify in a protest crowd the members of groups more prone to commit violence against cops has been distributed to law enforcement.

May 5, 2015

Navy SEALs see no barrier to women in combat ranks

U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command has found no barriers to integrating women into all-male SEAL teams, a finding that greatly increases the chances that Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will open the units to females by January.

May 3, 2015

Iraq waiting on F-16 fighter jets, U.S.-trained pilots for Islamic State battle

Iraq's besieged military was supposed to be flying front-line American F-16 fighters by now, joining other Arab forces in a daily air war against the Islamic State terrorist army controlling western and northern Iraq.

April 29, 2015

Authorities warn officers of widespread backlash, spread of violence

Law enforcement intelligence officials have put out a warning that someone has sent a text calling on people to kill "all white police officers" in reaction to the death of Freddie Gray while in Baltimore police custody, raising fears violence could spread nationally, according to safety memos obtained by The Washington Times.

April 27, 2015

Baltimore riots: Gang attacks on white police officers may spread outside city

Law enforcement intelligence officials have put out a warning that someone has sent a text calling on people to kill "all white police officers" in reaction to the death of Freddie Gray while in Baltimore police custody, raising fears violence could spread nationally, according to safety memos obtained by The Washington Times.

April 27, 2015

Army seeks gun industry help on M4 carbine in tacit admission of rifle’s flaws

The Army is asking the gun industry to build new components for its soldiers' primary weapon — the M4 carbine — a move that experts say is a tacit admission that the service has been supplying a flawed rifle that lacks the precision of commercially available guns.

April 26, 2015

B-1B fliers blamed in ‘friendly fire’ deaths of 5 U.S. soldiers back on flight duty for Air Force

The Air Force has returned to flight duty the four B-1B crew members who dropped two bombs that killed five U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in June — the deadliest "friendly fire" incident in the long war.

April 20, 2015

Marine Corps weighs lower standards for women after none pass Infantry Officer Course

Two years ago, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the nation's top military officer, laid down an edict on the Obama administration's plan to open direct land combat jobs to women: If women cannot meet a standard, senior commanders better have a good reason why it should not be lowered.

April 19, 2015

Iraqi Kurds ill-equipped to fight Islamic State, officials warn

Iraqi Kurdish fighters, the first to seriously confront the Islamic State invasion nine months ago, remain woefully short of arms as the central government in Baghdad withholds shipments of front-line American weapons, a top Kurdish official said.

April 14, 2015

Terror targets: U.S. troops urged to keep low profile, avoid ‘military slang’ in public

The command in charge of protecting the U.S. homeland has sent a message to troops warning them to hide family information from terror organizations who are trying to frighten them.

April 13, 2015

Iraq may follow U.S. Marines’ blueprint to defeat Islamic State in Anbar

Baghdad's Shiite-run government has begun its second major counteroffensive against the Islamic State, this time choosing western Anbar province, where the U.S. Marine Corps years ago showed that the path to victory requires an alliance with Sunni tribal chiefs.

April 12, 2015

Iran creating ‘suicide’ drones that threaten Israel, U.S. Navy: Pentagon

Iran has placed an "explosive emphasis" in putting military surveillance and attack drones into the sky, including "suicide" aircraft that increase risks for Israel and for U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf, according to a new U.S. Army analysis.

April 8, 2015

Iraq war planners urge U.S. military presence once Islamic State is defeated

This time, when the terrorist insurgency is defeated in Iraq, Washington needs to keep American forces on the ground to sustain the victory, former war planners say.

April 1, 2015

Arab allies wage war in Yemen with U.S. weapons, without American leadership

The U.S. has shipped billions of dollars worth of its best weapons to the Middle East in recent years, and today Arab nations are tapping that unprecedented arms buildup for the first time to wage war on multiple fronts, sometimes without American leadership.

March 29, 2015

Army issues troops safety instructions following Islamic State kill list threat

The U.S. Army has issued a worldwide urgent "security awareness message" to soldiers on how to protect their social media accounts, and their homes, from attacks by the Islamic State terrorists or other extremists.

March 28, 2015

Bowe Bergdahl did not collaborate with the enemy, lawyer says

The lawyer for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl says an official investigation cleared the soldier of any misconduct during his five-year captivity the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist network, trying to dispel speculation that his client somehow collaborated with the enemy.

March 26, 2015

U.S. assists Iran, launches airstrikes in Tikrit to bolster Shiites

U.S. planes Wednesday night began bombing targets in and around Tikrit, the battle for which is predominately being conducted by Iraqi Shiite militiamen trained, led and equipped by Iran and its special operations Quds Force.