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Retired Marine Corps Gen. James "Hoss" Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a close military adviser to President Obama, was reportedly the target of a Justice Department criminal investigation into leaks to The New York Times. (Associated Press)

Obama protects generals in leak probes while low-level employees go to jail

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Washington National Guard Blackhawk helicopters are lined up at the airport in Omak, Wash. on Thursday, July 24, 2014. The Washington National Guard is helping fight wildfires in Washington state with four Blackhawks and two Chinook helicopters. (AP Photo)

7 Marines, 4 soldiers missing after helicopter crashes in Florida

By Melissa Nelson-Gabriel - Associated Press

Rafting program helps veterans deal with stress, anxiety

By Nicole Chynoweth - Associated Press

John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, says six telecommunications towers were built in Afghanistan without usage plans. (Associated Press)

Campbell-Sopko feud on public Afghan audits spills to hearing

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The School of Excellence in Afghanistan trains and equips Afghan National Army special forces and commando candidates in advanced military skills. Americans have advised the program since its inception. (Valerie Plesch/Special to The Washington Times)

Afghan National Army decimated by dwindling personnel

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa hearing on Examining U.S. Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Watchdog hints at command cover up of shrinking Afghan forces

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

AP10ThingsToSee - President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Capt. William D. Swenson of Seattle, Wash., during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Swenson was being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in a lengthy battle against Taliban insurgents in the Ganjgal valley near the Pakistan border on Sept. 8, 2009, which claimed the lives of five Americans, 10 Afghan army troops and an interpreter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Army spied on Will Swenson, Medal of Honor recipient, over Amazon book review

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines First Division, Eighth regiment, smokes a cigarette in Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. forces punched into the center of the insurgent stronghold, overwhelming bands of guerrillas in the street with heavy barrages of fire and searching house to house in a powerful advance on the second day of a major offensive. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco) ** FILE **

U.S. military decimated under Obama, only ‘marginally able’ to defend nation

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Image: U.S. Army

Army ‘working through’ female packing list for Ranger School

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

The Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade. (Image: Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments, Facebook)

Army’s new grenades can be stacked like Legos for ‘devastating effect’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

NUMBER 1. BOEING AH-64 APACHE is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability. An air weapons team of two AH-64D Apaches from the 1st "Attack" Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, come in for a landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, after completing a reconnaissance mission in the skies over Baghdad Nov. 6. Photo by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel McClinton, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div.

Pentagon officials and governors square off over Apache attack helicopter transition plan

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Robert O'Neill, the retired Navy SEAL who claims to have fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden, poses for a portrait in Washington on Nov. 14, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Robert O’Neill, SEAL who shot bin Laden: Women ‘absolutely’ can make the cut

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Tattooist Eddy Del Rio, right, applies a tattoo to Alexa Barosky at Anchor Ink Tattoo in Salt Lake City. (Associated Press)

Army Reserve candidates’ tattoos, obesity, prescription drugs hinder recruitment effort

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**

EDITORIAL: Congress to honor victims in Fort Hood massacre

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

M107 Semi-Automatic Long Range Sniper Rifle. (Image: U.S. Army)

Army wants $2M budget for Compact Sniper Rifle program

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Male and female Ranger Training Assessment Course students listen to instruction at the Ranger Training Course Assessment at Fort Benning, Georgia, Jan. 24, 2015. (Image: U.S. Army)

Army Ranger prep course passed by 5 out of 26 women

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A U.S. veteran with post-traumatic stress sits in a segregated holding pen at the Cook County Jail on June 26, 2014, after he was arrested on a narcotics charge in Chicago. The Chicago complex, with more than 10,600 inmates, is one of the country's largest single-site jails. From big cities to rural counties, the nation’s 3,300 local jails have turned into treatment centers of last resort for people with serious mental illnesses, most arrested for nonviolent crimes. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Defense Dept.’s $2M staffing-needs calculator doesn’t meet needs

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A senior defense official says Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who spent nearly five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, has been returned to regular Army duty. As of Monday he is assigned to U.S. Army North at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas. That is the same location where he has been decompressing from the effects of his lengthy captivity. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

Obama-released Taliban member swapped for Bowe Bergdahl tried to return to terror

By Maggie Ybarra and Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl was freed in a swap in which the U.S. freed five Taliban detainees, a diplomatic victory for the insurgent group. In a belt from Iraq to Pakistan, militants scored a series of successes the past weeks, a sign of their continued power 13 years into the U.S. "war on terrorism." (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

Army denies final decision on Bowe Bergdahl has been made

By Maggie Ybarra and Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl left his unit in Afghanistan without permission in 2009 and was captured by the Taliban and held prisoner by the group for five years. Following the much-criticized exchange, the Army conducted an investigation into his actions, which concluded three months ago. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bowe Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, retired officer tells Fox

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times