Rowan Scarborough

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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published September 23, 2013

Former defense secretaries Gates, Panetta fault Obama on Syria

Now, even the president's men don't like his Syria policy. Published 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. Published 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? Published September 10, 2013