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PENTAGON TO ALLOW TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO ENLIST IN MILITARY


David Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, says the enlistment of transgender recruits will start Jan. 1 and go on amid the legal battles... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 16

ADDITIONAL REMAINS OF US SOLDIER JOHNSON FOUND IN NIGER


WASHINGTON AP -- The Pentagon says it has recovered additional remains of Army Sgt... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 0

SECURING NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR SITES WOULD REQUIRE A GROUND INVASION, PENTAGON SAYS


Any operation to pursue North Korean nuclear weapons would likely be spearheaded by U.S. Special Operations troops... READ MORE

5th November, 2017 24

PENTAGON IS TESTING LASERS AND NETS TO COMBAT ISIS DRONES


Since then, the military has repeatedly attacked Islamic State drones in the air and on the ground... READ MORE

24th September, 2017 1836

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RAID IN YEMEN RISKY FROM THE START AND COSTLY IN THE END


Indeed, the Pentagon is drafting such plans to accelerate activities against the Qaeda branch in Yemen... READ MORE

2nd February, 2017 33440

U.S. STRIKE KILLS TOP AL-QAEDA LEADER IN SYRIA


Two U.S. airstrikes in Syria killed 11 al-Qaeda militants, the Pentagon said... READ MORE

9th February, 2017 17081

TRUMP ORDERS PENTAGON TO REVERSE TRANSGENDER POLICY


Trump calls for reversal of Obama administration policy on transgender troops and an end to medical treatment for them... READ MORE

26th August, 2017 4117

VIDEO RELEASED BY PENTAGON TO PROVE DONALD TRUMP'S DEADLY YEMEN RAID WAS SUCCESSFUL IS A DECADE OLD AND AVAILABLE ONLINE


The videos showed a man in a white robe and a black balaclava appearing to give instructions into how develop a bomb... READ MORE

4th February, 2017 3792

TRUMP UNLEASHES THE GENERALS THEY DONT ALWAYS SEE THE BIG PICTURE


White House officials said both men were relying on talking points supplied by the Pentagon... READ MORE

21st April, 2017 2846

SILICON VALLEYS TINY SATELLITES MAY TRACK NORTH KOREA MISSILES


Tiny Satellites From Silicon Valley May Help Track North Korea Missiles... READ MORE

7th July, 2017 2576

PENTAGON'S FAILED SYRIA PROGRAM COST $2 MILLION PER TRAINEE


Separately, in Iraq, the Pentagon has spent nearly 1 billion training and equipping security forces to counter ISIL, according to Mark Wright, a spokesman... READ MORE

6th November, 2015 2128

TRUMP ATTACKS LOCKHEED'S F-35 JET IN BLOW TO DEFENSE STOCKS


The F-35 program and cost is out of control, Trump posted Monday on Twitter... READ MORE

13th December, 2016 1956

RUSSIAN MILITARY JET BUZZES WASHINGTON, SURVEILLING RATHER THAN THREATENING THE CAPITAL


A Russian military jet flew over Washington Wednesday as part of a routine agreement for the countries to monitor each other from the sky... READ MORE

10th August, 2017 1793

US DECLARES SUCCESS IN KEY TEST OF MISSILE DEFENCE


In Tuesday's US test, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency launched an interceptor rocket from an underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California... READ MORE

31st May, 2017 1569

TRUMP'S TRANSGENDER BAN: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW


Donald trump's transgender military ban what you need to know... READ MORE

28th July, 2017 1509

U.S.-BACKED REBELS GIVE ARMS TO AL-QAEDA GROUP


Pentagon officials initially denied media reports this week that the U.S.-backed rebels had turned over arms or equipment to the al-Qaeda affiliate... READ MORE

25th September, 2015 1158

U.S. PULLS PLUG ON SYRIA REBEL TRAINING EFFORT; WILL FOCUS ON WEAPONS SUPPLY


Effort would seek to enable Syrian rebels in much the way the United States had helped Kurdish forces to successfully battle Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE

9th October, 2015 942

A SEMANTIC DOWNGRADE FOR US-RUSSIAN TALKS ABOUT SYRIA


That, the officials said, was the sum of the initial American proposal to the Russians last week... READ MORE

7th October, 2015 926

DRONE STRIKES KILL SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA FIGHTERS IN YEMEN


Raid in southern Abyan province came two days after intensive air strikes by US warplanes in Yemen... READ MORE

5th March, 2017 808

U.S. STUMBLES TRYING TO BUILD SYRIAN GROUND FORCE


Overhaul of U.S. training program spotlights challenge of building ground force in Syria... READ MORE

10th October, 2015 669

HACKERS CAN NOW REPORT BUGS IN DEFENSE DEPT WEBSITES WITHOUT FEAR OF PROSECUTION


The new Pentagon policy, the first in U.S. government, is aimed at boosting network security... READ MORE

22nd November, 2016 603

DEFENSE OFFICIAL: RUSSIANS BUZZED U.S. PLANE IN BALTIC SEA


Earlier this month,A Russian attack planes buzzed the guided missile destroyerA USS Donald CookA during the U.S.'sA joint exercises in theA Baltic Sea... READ MORE

29th April, 2016 595

AL-QAEDA LEADER KILLED IN SYRIAN AIRSTRIKE


Sanafi al-Nasr the highest ranking leader of the network of veteran al-Qaeda operatives sometimes called the Khorasan Group was killed Thursday the Pentagon said... READ MORE

18th October, 2015 585

U.S. OVERHAULS TROUBLED PLAN FOR SYRIAN FORCE


New strategy will shift toward supporting units fighting Islamic State in northern Syria... READ MORE

9th October, 2015 543

CHINESE SHIPS PASS THROUGH U.S. WATERS OFF ALASKA


It was the first time the United States has seen Chinese naval ships in the Bering Sea, said Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman... READ MORE

4th September, 2015 472

CANADIAN AIRSTRIKES LINKED TO 2ND ALLEGATION OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN IRAQ, CBC HAS LEARNED


According to the internal Pentagon document, both concluded there was insufficient information to determine if there were civilian casualties in this case... READ MORE

23rd November, 2015 453

MOSUL NEIGHBORS REFUTE U.S. CLAIM THAT ISIS STORED EXPLOSIVES IN BUILDING LEVELED IN AIRSTRIKE


The two deny, however, that the Islamic State moved any explosives into the building... READ MORE

26th May, 2017 452

RUSSIANS BUZZ U.S. RECONNAISSANCE PLANE OVER BALTIC SEA


On Tuesday, Russian aircraft flew aggressively toward the USS Donald Cook, a destroyer operating in the Baltic Sea... READ MORE

17th April, 2016 377

PENTAGON TO ALLOW TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO SERVE IN THE US MILITARY


One senior official said the goal was to avoid forcing any transgender service members to leave during that time... READ MORE

13th July, 2015 335

CONGRESS AUTHORIZES $577 BILLION IN U.S. DEFENSE SPENDING


The bill approves a Pentagon base budget of 496 billion, in line with Obama's request, plus nearly 64 billion for conflicts abroad including the war in Afghanistan... READ MORE

13th December, 2014 318

FIRST WOMAN NOMINATED TO LEAD US MILITARY FORCES


Lori J. Robinson of the Air Force to lead all military forces in North America, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Friday... READ MORE

19th March, 2016 297

US SENDS 15 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TO UAE IN OBAMA'S BIGGEST RELEASE


The UAE successfully resettled five detainees transferred there last year, according to the Pentagon... READ MORE

16th August, 2016 278

PENTAGON PLANS TO INCREASE DRONE FLIGHTS BY 50% IN NEXT FOUR YEARS


Pentagon plans to increase drone flights by 50 percent in next four years... READ MORE

17th August, 2015 262

'US ONLY CONSIDERS SOURCES CREDIBLE WHEN IT SUITS THEM'


Aleppo mosque airstrike controversy 'US only considers sources credible when it suits them'... READ MORE

18th March, 2017 241


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