Rowan Scarborough

General: Millennial Marines shun self-absorbed culture

A four-star Marine general laments an American public that cannot comprehend why young Marines sacrifice their lives to defend the country.

May 7, 2014

Lt. Gen. Legere, candidate to be military’s spy chief, supported Army’s failed intel system

A front-runner for becoming the military's top spy has played a major role in shepherding and defending a battlefield intelligence network that some lawmakers and soldiers say fails too often.

May 5, 2014

Problems with Army’s battlefield intel system unresolved after two years

U.S. soldiers preparing to fight in Afghanistan have encountered some of the same flaws with the Army's vaunted intelligence computer network that they endured two years ago in their efforts to identify terrorists and locate roadside bombs in the war zone.

May 1, 2014

Congressman drafts bill to authorize killing Benghazi terrorists

A Republican House member is drafting legislation that would authorize the military and intelligence operatives to kill the terrorists who attacked the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA base in Benghazi, Libya.

April 30, 2014

Probe looks at Marine higher-ups suspected in retaliation against whistleblower

The Pentagon inspector general has confirmed to Congress that an investigation is underway into whether Marine Corps higher-ups retaliated against an officer who accused the commandant, Gen. James Amos, of meddling in a prosecution.

April 27, 2014

Sold out: Ukraine’s leadership swapped best military weapons for cash

The woeful state of Ukraine's military can be blamed on corruption, Kiev's shaky commitment to national defense and a policy of selling the best weapons to gain cold hard cash, analysts say.

April 23, 2014

Tactical advantage: Russian military shows off impressive new gear

Elite Russian troops are displaying a new arsenal of body armor, individual weapons, armor-piercing ammunition and collar radios — a menu of essential gear that gives them a big tactical advantage against a lesser-equipped Ukrainian army.

April 20, 2014

Removal of military gear limits options for U.S., NATO in Ukraine

The Obama administration has removed all operational combat tanks from Europe and key strike aircraft, limiting the options for a show of force to bolster eastern NATO allies as Russia contemplates invading Ukraine.

April 16, 2014

Hillary Clinton all but erased from tragic story of the attack in Benghazi

A huge wave of public testimony, reports and documents on what happened in Benghazi now floods Washington, and little of it focuses on the role of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before, on, or after Sept. 11, 2012.

April 13, 2014

Indiana assured that Pakistani firm working to thwart bomb makers

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Tuesday the state is reopening talks with a Pakistani fertilizer producer after U.S. defense officials attested that the company has taken steps to ensure its product will not help Taliban bombmakers in Afghanistan kill Americans.

April 8, 2014

Doubts on military’s sex assault stats as numbers far exceed those for the U.S.

The Pentagon's survey results for the percentage of military women who are sexually assaulted in a year are much higher than the Justice Department's findings for young women in the U.S.

April 6, 2014

Political hunt for sex abusers puts military justice in peril, lawyers say

The push from the commander in chief, generals and politicians to punish sexual offenders has become so relentless that it endangers the fairness of the military justice system, defense lawyers say.

March 30, 2014

Sailors leaving Navy over stress on social issues, Top Gun instructor says

A Navy fighter pilot warns that retention is beginning to suffer from the military's pursuit of social programs.

March 25, 2014

Army delayed Chinook helicopter’s black box until it was too late

The Army never followed through on a plan to install voice and flight data recorders on one of its main war machines, the CH-47D Chinook helicopter — such as the one that was shot down in Afghanistan in 2011, killing 22 members of SEAL Team 6.

March 23, 2014

Families sue Karzai, Afghan security forces for downing of U.S. helicopter in 2011

Three U.S. families filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his security forces, accusing them of betraying their sons in a 2011 helicopter shoot-down that killed 30 Americans.

March 18, 2014

Semper fi? Taliban desecration case ignites battle in top ranks of Marines

The Marine Corps' discipline proceedings in the infamous desecration of Taliban corpses has churned up deep divisions among the top brass.

March 17, 2014

Malaysia Airlines pilots sometimes left cockpit door unlocked: U.S. businessman

An American businessman who has traveled Malaysia Airlines scores of times says the pilots did not always keep their cockpit door locked during flights.

March 15, 2014

USAID: Afghan qualifty of life improves amid U.S. intervention

Afghanistan has made great social and economic progress since U.S. troops, U.S. money and U.S. aid workers invaded a dozen years ago.

March 13, 2014

Special ops forces wearing thin from high demand

America's in-demand global force against terrorists is showing signs of stress and appears to be gliding toward a decline in readiness, says a Pentagon budget overview on special operations forces.

March 11, 2014

Putin has transformed Russian army into a lean, mean fighting machine

President Vladimir Putin has turned a once-moribund Russian military into a lean, quick-strike force that can invade Chechnya, Georgia and now Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.

March 6, 2014