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Women loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad were captured and paraded in cages by the Army of Islam rebel group. (Image: screen grab YouTube)

Syrian rebels parade caged men and women as human shields against Russian airstrikes

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Army Lt. Col. Jason Amerine testified to Congress last week about retaliation against whistleblowers. (Associated Press)

Green Beret war hero cleared of wrongdoing in whistleblower case

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 4, 2003, file photo, American soldiers aim toward a stone-throwing mob of ex-Iraqi soldiers near a former military airport in central Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

U.S. Army dismissed thousands of soldiers with mental health problems for ‘misconduct’: report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A member of the 139th Military Police Company kneels with his holstered 9mm Beretta M9 during a qualifying exercise at a small arms range, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, in Fort Stewart, Ga. The Army wants to replace its M9, a 9mm semi-automatic handgun adopted during the Cold War. The new gun also will replace the smaller M11. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Army misfires on pistol upgrade effort, confuses gun makers with complex requirements

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 16, 2015 photo, Donald Hamilton holds his son, Micah, as he meets with employees at his security guard business, in his downtown Colorado Springs, Colo., office. Hamilton tries to hire soldiers with general discharges to give them a second chance. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Military backs dismissals based on misconduct

Associated Press

The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Charles Martland, Green Beret discharged for confronting child rapist, gaining support

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

James Vernon, 75-year-old veteran, saves 16 children from knife attack at public library

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, right, stands in formation during an Army Ranger school graduation ceremony Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. Haver and Capt. Kristen Griest became the first female soldiers to complete the Army's rigorous school, putting a spotlight on the debate over women in combat. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Third female soldier earns Army Ranger tab

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. An Army officer is recommending that Bergdahl face a lower-level court martial and be spared the possibility of jail time for leaving his post in Afghanistan, his lawyer said Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (U.S. Army via AP, file)

Ex-soldier upset by no jail time recommendation for Bergdahl

By JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Donald Trump: Bowe Bergdahl a ‘no-good traitor,’ should have been executed for desertion

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Army Gen. John F. Campbell, the top commander in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that “much has changed” on the battlefield since President Obama announced the withdrawal timetable in 2014, including the rise of the Islamic State and al Qaeda, and a reinvigorated Taliban. (Associated Press)

Gen. John Campbell: U.S. troops must remain in Afghanistan past 2016, new strategy needed

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Chris Mintz, ‘heroic’ Army veteran, was shot 7 times as he charged Chris Harper Mercer in Oregon

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Pakistani commandos arrive at an air force base in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Militants in northwestern Pakistan attacked an air force base on the outskirts of Peshawar early Friday, triggering a shootout that left at least 20 wounded and six of the attackers dead, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Taliban attack on Pakistan base kills 20; 16 die in mosque

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Migrants wait on the Serbian side of the border between Hungary and Serbia near Roszke, 180 kms southeast from Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. (Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP)

Hungary to deploy army to stop migrants at border

By Vanessa Gera and Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

A photo of Army Lt. Col. Jason Amerine and his team with Afghan freedom fighters in 2001. Col. Amerine is in the first row, second from the right. The turbaned man standing in the second row is Hamid Karzai, who later became Afghanistan's first democratically elected president.

Probe of Jason Amerine focusing on presentation he made to Bowe Berghdahl

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan. Observers wondered for months if Bergdahl would be charged with desertion. But military prosecutors have reached into a seldom used section of military law to charge Bergdahl with misbehavior before the enemy. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, file)

Military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, right, stands in formation during an Army Ranger school graduation ceremony Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. Haver and Capt. Kristen Griest became the first female soldiers to complete the Army's rigorous school, putting a spotlight on the debate over women in combat. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Army: Ranger School now permanently open to female soldiers

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Army Special Forces operating in Afghanistan have been disciplined, admonished and even fired for actions that the U.S. soldiers firmly believe are part of their duty to "free the oppressed," as the Green Beret motto says. (Associated Press)

Green Berets have growing doubts of duties with skittish political leadership

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said that had the U.S. military stayed in Iraq longer, the Islamic State situation might be under more control. (Associated Press)

Army women injured twice as often as men in combat training

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms Third Class Danielle Hinchliff, left, and Master-at-Arms Third Class Anna Schnatzmeyer, center, participate in a U.S. Navy Riverine Crewman Course under instructor Boatswain's Mate Second Class Christopher Johnson, right, on a Riverine Assault Boat at Camp Lejeune, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Army stats show that women are injured twice as often as men in combat training

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times