Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Army tells officers to battle Duncan Hunter over battlefield intelligence system
An internal Army memo is calling on officers to fight legislation from a Marine veteran in Congress who wants to mandate fixes to a complex intelligence computing network panned by soldiers at war. Published April 3, 2016
Putin is not pulling Russian forces out of Syria, despite his pledge: U.S. military
Russia is not pulling its military forces out of Syria as announced by President Vladimir Putin with much fanfare last month. Published April 1, 2016
Pentagon taunts al-Baghdadi: Hellfire missile headed your way
The Pentagon on Friday put the Islamic State's top leader on notice that the allies are tracking him, saying it is only a matter of time before he is captured or killed by a drone-fired Hellfire missile. Published April 1, 2016
White House faults decorated U.S. general’s handling of ISIS as he departs
Army Gen. Lloyd Austin relinquished command in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday of the U.S. forces fighting the Islamic State terror group -- as a bit of a sour note hung in the air back in Washington. Published March 30, 2016
Putin’s Russian air force bombing Islamic State effectively, Pentagon concedes
After months of condemning Russia's military incursion into Syria as merely propping up a brutal regime, the Pentagon conceded on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin's air force has begun to strike the Islamic State terrorist army. Published March 29, 2016
ISIS social media warning: More attacks will target U.S., Europe
Islamic State terrorists have taken to social media to tell the West that the March 22 attacks in Brussels are just the beginning of waves of violence that will strike more targets in Europe and the United States. Published March 29, 2016
U.S. military’s ability to fight major overseas war in doubt
Beneath the positive press the military receives for preparing to mold women into the nation's first female ground warriors this year, there is another story far more basic to war fighting. Published March 27, 2016
Ashton Carter: ‘We are systematically eliminating ISIL’s cabinet’
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Friday that forces have killed the Islamic State's finance chief as part of an improving campaign to identify the terror army's chieftains "so we can kill them." Published March 25, 2016
Marines to undergo sensitivity training in preparation for integration of women
The Marine Corps commandant has laid out a campaign to impose "cultural change" in macho ground combat units to make sure warriors display no resistance to accepting and mentoring women. Published March 23, 2016
Aaron Allmon, military photographer, cleared ‘gender wars’ felonies
An Air Force general has thrown out the lone felony conviction in the sexual harassment prosecution of an award-winning combat photographer who at one time faced 130 years in prison for making sexual advances on four women at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Published March 22, 2016
Michael Flynn says Army must ditch war data network DCGS
An Army general who reached the pinnacle of military intelligence says his service's war-deployed data analytical network is a flop and needs to be stopped, rebuilt and renamed. Published March 20, 2016
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford: Trump proposals to waterboard, bomb terrorists are illegal
The nation's highest-ranking military officer on Thursday rejected proposals from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to resume waterboarding and bomb civilians. Published March 17, 2016
John McCain: America’s military force deteriorating
Only one-third of Army brigade combat teams are ready to deploy and 50 percent of Air Force squadrons are not mission-ready. The dire military readiness report card was issued Thursday by Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, Arizona Republican, as he chastised President Obama for not requesting higher 2017 defense spending. Published March 17, 2016
Iran says Iraq, Syria gateway to world revolution
The chief of the hard-line Iranian military force that sees its mission as protecting the regime said Tuesday that Iran's insertion into regional conflicts is helping Tehran spread its Islamic revolution around the world. Published March 15, 2016
Army top brass skirt punishment in fraud probe as lower ranks take blame
With the exception of only one general, the Army's top brass have escaped punishment in one of the service's largest criminal investigations into contract fraud. Published March 13, 2016
Osama bin Laden, Iran shared logistical alliance, intense hatred of U.S.
Osama bin Laden relied on Iran as a conduit to replenish his terrorist army with money and fighters as he worked to keep al Qaeda in the killing business during his decade in hiding. Published March 9, 2016
Bill Clinton neglect left NSA ‘brain dead’ as al Qaeda plotted 9/11, Michael Hayden says
President Clinton left the National Security Agency, the nation's electronic eavesdropper, in shambles at the very moment al Qaeda was in the final planning stages of carrying out the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York City and the Pentagon. Published March 6, 2016
Air Force Thunderbirds prioritize diversity in cockpit amid puzzling decline in applicants
The Air Force's vaunted Thunderbirds jet fighter aerobatics team is not diverse enough inside the cockpit. Published March 3, 2016
Sgt. Martland case spurs bill to outlaw child rape on U.S. military bases
In a response to the case of a Green Beret whom the Army wants to boot for confronting an accused child abuser in Afghanistan, a House war veteran lawmaker is introducing a bill that would make such rape illegal on a military base. Published March 2, 2016
Russia trying to make Syrians weapons against Europe, top U.S. general warns
The top U.S. commander in Europe testified on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir's forces are deliberately bombing civilians in Syria to uproot them from their homes and turn them into weapons against Europe. Published March 1, 2016
