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In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP, File)

Ukraine to Biden: Thanks for the tanks, but we want long-range missiles, too

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainian soldiers prepare a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer to fire at Russian positions in Kherson region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2023. A rapidly expanding group of U.S. and allied troops and contractors are using phones and tablets to communicate in encrypted chat rooms to provide real-time maintenance advice to Ukrainian troops on the battlefield. As the U.S. and other allies provide a growing number of increasingly complex and high-tech weapons, the maintenance demands are expanding. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

How to fix a howitzer: U.S. offers help line to Ukraine troops

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Olympus Arms co-inventor of the Vulcan rifle Michael Merino speaks in an interview. (Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

No kickbacks: Army veteran says he has built a better rifle for battlefield

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers giving a salute. File photo credit: Bumble Dee via Shutterstock

Recruitment reinvention for Gen Z: Army has changed since 1980s, but iconic slogan endures

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 18, 2008 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry, sits atop a military vehicle in the Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan. Princess Diana’s little boy the devil-may-care red-haired prince with the charming smile is about to become a father. The arrival of the first child for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will complete the transformation of Harry from troubled teen to family man, from source of concern to source of national pride. (John Stillwell, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Veterans call Prince Harry’s claim that he killed 25 Taliban fighters ‘foolish,’ ‘distasteful’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, March 2, 2017, photo, Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for a photo in a Fox News Channel studio in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Army general retires with clean record after online Carlson spat

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 6, 2019 photo, a U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter flies over the Pacific side of the Panama Canal as it travels to the Darien province to provide a humanitarian assistance in Panama. Last year the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a decision blaming the United States for the 1989 invasion of Panama and called on it to pay compensation. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Defense contractors Sikorsky, Boeing challenge Army’s helicopter contract

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo talks to his players during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Memphis, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Annapolis, Md. Memphis won 37-13. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Niumatalolo says Navy fired him right after Army loss: ‘I thought we stood for something different’

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Army players celebrate after Army defensive back Noah Short (47) blocked a punt return by Navy punter Riley Riethman (90) for a touchdown in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Army tops Navy in first OT game in 123 rivalry games

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Brenden Aaronson of the United States comforts Iran's Saeid Ezatolahi at the end of the World Cup group B soccer match between Iran and the United States at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The United States won 1-0 to the advance in the tournament. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

An arm around a shoulder

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

In this Jan. 21, 2016 file photo, Eric Fanning testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The committee has confirmed Fanning, the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service. By voice vote Thursday, March 10, 2016, committee members approved the nomination of Fanning to be Army secretary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Religious accommodations for Sikhs in Marine Corps backed by Muslim, Jewish groups

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Troops get the second dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Natalia Murillo)

Retiring soldier says Army approved, then denied COVID-19 vaccine exemption request

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee on May 5, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Army’s top leader denies ‘woke’ allegations from critics

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

National Guard members take a staircase toward the U.S. Capitol building before a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Jan. 18, 2021. Soldiers are leaving the Army National Guard at a faster rate than they are enlisting, fueling concerns that in the coming years units around the country may not meet military requirements for overseas and other deployments. Officials say the number of soldiers retiring or leaving the Guard each month in the past year has exceeded those coming in, for a total annual loss of about 7,500 service members. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

National Guard struggles as troops leave at faster pace

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks at an event with President Joe Biden on April 22, 2022, in Auburn, Wash., south of Seattle. Murray is being challenged by Tiffany Smiley, a Republican from Pasco, Wash., in the upcoming election. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Campaign ads spark T-shirt war in competitive U.S. Senate race in Washington

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Students in the new Army prep course stand at attention after physical training exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 27, 2022. The Army fell about 15,000 soldiers — or 25% — short of its recruitment goal this year, officials confirmed Friday, Sept. 30, despite a frantic effort to make up the widely expected gap in a year when all the military services struggled in a tight jobs market to find young people willing and fit to enlist. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

U.S. Army misses recruiting goal; other services squeak by

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A Russian national flag flies over the Mariupol Sea Port which has recently started its work after heavy fighting in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, on June 12, 2022. Even as the Russian war machine crawls across Ukraine’s east, trying to achieve the Kremlin’s goal of securing a full control over the country’s industrial heartland of the Donbas, the Ukrainian forces are scaling up attacks to reclaim territory in the south. (AP Photo) **FILE**

First openly trans army officer accused of trying to pass information to Russia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Military recruiting security crisis illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Military recruiting is a national security crisis

By Tom Jurkowsky

Soldiers and National Park Service personnel offload equipment and supplies from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Kahiltna Glacier on April 27, 2022. The Army says it has grounded its fleet of Chinook cargo helicopters after fuel leaks caused a "small number" of engine fires. (John Pennell/U.S. Army via AP, File)

Army grounds Chinook helicopter fleet; mechanical problems behind fuel leaks that caused fires

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - U.S. Marines direct a chinook helicopter arriving to pick up a container with supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan on June 9, 2011. The Army said Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, that it has grounded its fleet of about 400 Chinook cargo helicopters after fuel leaks caused a small number of engine fires. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Army grounds Chinook helicopter fleet after a ‘small number’ of engine fires

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press