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Inside a newly-upgraded operational B-1B Lancer Jan. 21, 2014, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. U.S. Air Force photo.

B-1B fliers blamed in ‘friendly fire’ deaths of 5 U.S. soldiers back on flight duty for Air Force

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A wounded warrior walks along a makeshift sidewalk at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Wednesday, July 27, 2011 during a ceremony to officially "case the colors" as a transition to medical services at Bethesda Naval Medical Center and Ft. Belvoir. The Washington, D.C., facility has served wounded warriors and other military personnel and families for more than 100 years. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Army shutting down wounded warrior transition care units

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Army Spc. Matthew Tattersall of 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, took his fish, "Willy MakeIt," with him on his final paratrooper jump.

Army’s first airborne fish: Paratrooper brings ‘Willy Makeit’ on final jump

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Purple Heart recipient Pfc. James Armstrong, touches the image of Cpt. John Gaffaney, as he looks at pictures of those killed in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting prior to a Purple Heart ceremony held at Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Pool)

Army orders financial benefits for 2009 Fort Hood victims

Associated Press

U.S. Army Pfc. Amy Alexanders carries a 103-pound barrel to a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a physical demands study, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Ft. Stewart, Ga. The Army is conducting a study that will determine how all soldiers, including women, for the first time, will be deemed fit to join its fighting units from infantry platoons to tank crews. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

WESLEY PRUDEN: Women not combat ready for U.S. military

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived last week to distribute weapons and support security forces and Sunni volunteers at a camp in Habaniyah, west of Baghdad. After victory against Islamic State militants in the city of Tikrit, Iraq set sights on western Anbar province for its second major counteroffensive against the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Iraq may follow U.S. Marines’ blueprint to defeat Islamic State in Anbar

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom holds news conference on Friday, April 10, 2015 at the Federal Courthouse in Kansas City, Kan. John T. Booker was charged Friday with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group. Grissom says Booker was arrested Friday near Manhattan, Kan., about 100 miles west of Kansas City. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, John Sleezer)

Kansas man planned to bomb military base, support Islamic State: DOJ

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Victims of the Fort Hood shooting will soon be eligible to receive the Purple Heart, with Congress pushing ahead with a policy change that would officially recognize domestic terrorism as an issue, rather than the "workplace violence" designation the Obama administration had used. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Army awards Fort Hood victims Purple Hearts

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this April 2, 2014, file photo, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, commanding general of III Corps and Fort Hood, speaks with the media outside of an entrance to the Fort Hood military base following a shooting that occurred inside, in Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)

Fort Hood’s mentally wounded veterans don’t qualify for Purple Hearts

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (third from left), accompanied by Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan (second from left) looks at a "Mohajer-4" Iran-made drone while visiting a defense industry display in Tehran. (Associated Press)

Iran creating ‘suicide’ drones that threaten Israel, U.S. Navy: Pentagon

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

$FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2012 file photo, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno speaks at the Pentagon. Only a small fraction of Army women say they’d like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do, say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service’s nearly 170,000 women. The issue is going to be the propensity of women who want to do some of these things,” Odierno said in an interview with The AP. “I don’t think it’s going to be as great as people think.” (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)$

Ray Odierno: Army changes tattoo policy, effective immediately

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Mohammed Emwazi, the British member of the Islamic State group known as Jihadi John, appears in a beheading video released by the terrorist organization. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Army issues troops safety instructions following Islamic State kill list threat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Several legal analysts predicted that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 28, who faces confinement for life if convicted, will receive a more lenient sentence in a plea deal to avoid a drawn-out trial that just provides more bad publicity for the Army after a year of media scrutiny on the conditions around Sgt. Bergdahl's disappearance in 2009. (Associated Press)

Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. A U.S. official says Bergdahl, who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years, will be court martialed on charges of desertion and avoiding military service. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, file)

Bowe Bergdahl describes Taliban captivity for first time after desertion charge

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Chelsea Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. Manning is suing the Defense Department for hormone therapy. Lawyers for the Army private formerly known as Bradley Manning and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

Ashton Carter told of concerns over easing transgender ban in military, officials say

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at the Pentagon on July 11, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sequestration cuts put American lives in danger, military chiefs say

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at the Pentagon on July 11, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sequestration will put American lives in danger, military chiefs warn

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh, flanked by Army Chief of Staff Gen Raymond Odierno, right, and Maj. Gen. William E. Rapp, the Army legislative liaison, arrives to update members of the Senate Armed Services Committee about the deadly shooting rampage by a soldier yesterday at Fort Hood in Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2014. An Iraq War veteran being treated for mental illness was the gunman who opened fire at Fort Hood, killing three people and wounding 16 others before committing suicide, in an attack on the same Texas military base where more than a dozen people were slain in 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Army’s withdrawal of officer’s Silver Star sparks ire of Congress

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This Oct. 1, 2014, courtroom artist rendering shows U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson, left, presiding during Omar J. Gonzalez's , center, case in court in Washington. Gonzalez, the man accused of jumping a White House fence and running into the presidential mansion while carrying a knife now faces a new weapons charge. A federal grand jury returned the charge of possession of illegal ammunition magazines against Gonzalez in an updated indictment Thursday, Oct. 16. Gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds were recovered from Gonzalez’s car after his arrest. Such magazines are illegal under District of Columbia law. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

White House fence jumper pleads guilty to 2 charges

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

A soldier low crawls during basic combat training at Fort Benning, Ga., on March 9, 2012. (Image: Defense.gov)

Ray Odierno: Obama’s 2016 budget offers Army ‘bare minimum’ while at ‘historically low levels’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times