Rowan Scarborough

U.S. military commandos fought in Benghazi

EXCLUSIVE: Masked from public view, two of the U.S. military's elite special operations commandos have been awarded medals for bravery for a mission that further undercuts the Obama administration's original story about the Benghazi tragedy.

October 30, 2013

Former judge advocates ask Congress to investigate top Marine officer

More than two dozen former Marine Corps and Navy judge advocates are asking Congress to investigate the Corps' top officer for what they say is unlawful conduct in the Taliban urination cases.

October 23, 2013

Families suspect SEAL Team 6 crash was inside job on worst day in Afghanistan

Questions haunt the families of Extortion 17, the 2011 helicopter mission in Afghanistan that suffered the most U.S. military deaths in a single day in the war on terrorism.

October 20, 2013

Air Force: Sequester, shutdown imperil crews and missions

The Air Force is telling Congress that the double whammy of sequestration budget cuts and the partial government shutdown "endangers the safety of our airmen" and "unnecessarily adds risks" to everyday missions.

October 12, 2013

Congress’ research service says Pentagon can pay death benefits during shutdown

The non-partisan Congressional Research Service said Thursday that a special military play bill signed by President Obama on Sept. 30 can be used to pay the death gratuity to families of fallen heroes.

October 10, 2013

GOP says pay act covers military death benefits

The Obama administration lists the military's death gratuity to the families of fallen heroes as a basic part of its pay and allowances schedule.

October 9, 2013

Army redesigns fusion server of battlefield intel system, but ‘next generation’ draws skeptics

The Army is redesigning a major component of its battlefield intelligence network in Afghanistan that has been criticized by soldiers, weapons testers and lawmakers.

October 6, 2013

Pentagon: Ethics rules now apply to married gays

The Pentagon is alerting same-sex married couples they are now under the same federal ethics rules as heterosexual marriages and must avoid criminal conflicts of interest.

October 5, 2013

Marine Corps: Whistleblower could be potential Navy Yard-like shooter

The Marine Corps' war against an officer who has accused the commandant of wrongdoing intensified this week: Headquarters identified Maj. James Weirick as a potential Washington Navy Yard-type killer.

October 2, 2013

Marine Corps whistleblower faces vengeance from superiors

The Marine Corps officer who filed a complaint against the commandant for intervening in the Taliban urination cases against eight Marines is now the target of reprisals from superiors, his attorney says.

September 29, 2013

Former Marine lawyer takes on top brass to defend supervisor of 8 who defiled Taliban corpses

The "semper fidelis" devotion of John M. Dowd is a major reason he finds himself locked in battle against the highest levels of the Marine Corps, including the commandant, Gen. James F. Amos, whom he accuses of misconduct.

September 25, 2013

U.S. command in Afghanistan gives Army 60 days to fix or replace intel network

The Pentagon's main battlefield intelligence network in Afghanistan is vulnerable to hackers — both the enemy or a leaker — and the U.S. command in Kabul will cut it off from the military's classified data files unless the Army fixes the defects within 60 days, according to an official memo obtained by The Washington Times.

September 24, 2013

No way to keep U.S. arms out of enemy hands in Syria

Some of the U.S. weapons flowing to rebels in Syria are bound to fall into the hands of Islamic extremists, say analysts and a retired Army general just back from touring the country.

September 23, 2013

Former defense secretaries Gates, Panetta fault Obama on Syria

Now, even the president's men don't like his Syria policy.

September 18, 2013

Navy Yard shootings expose a flawed security clearance system

The government system that provided Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis a "secret" security clearance has been beset by problems.

September 17, 2013

A year after Benghazi, where is the justice?

There has been little public testimony from the American personnel in Benghazi, Libya, on exactly what happened as extremists attacked them on Sept. 11, 2012. Did they make calls for help and, if so, what did the U.S. military tell them?

September 10, 2013

Marine Corps drops Taliban urination desecration case; commandant saves face

The Marine Corps has suddenly dropped criminal charges against an officer in the infamous Taliban urination video case, heading off what promised to be an embarrassing pretrial hearing for the Corps’ commandant Wednesday.

September 7, 2013

Proxy war: A U.S. strike on Syria is a haymaker at Iran

In the 22-year history of the U.S. launching precision airstrikes against a list of foes, its anticipated attack on Syria would be its first against a staunch ally of Iran.

September 5, 2013

Bashar Assad loses U.S. friends as Kerry, Hagel and Biden take Bush’s stance on Syria

The Obama national security team that wants to go to war with Syria and demonizes President Bashar Assad is the same group that, as senators, urged reaching out to the dictator.

September 1, 2013

Take your pick: Syria is a target-rich environment for U.S. missiles

The Assad dynasty significantly militarized Syria over the past few decades, thus providing the Obama administration a rich list of targets should it order punitive airstrikes against the regime.

August 29, 2013