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BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Invisible Front’

By Kenneth Allard - Special to The Washington Times

Leniency sought for suspect in federal bid-rigging scandal

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers investigate the scene of an suicide attack in the Torkham, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on June 19. Afghan officials say three Taliban suicide bombers targeted NATO fuel trucks at the border with Pakistan, setting off a gunbattle with police guards. (Associated Press)

Taliban adopts Islamic State terror tactics as U.S. troops exit Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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. Bergdahl, who had been a prisoner of war in Afghanistan for five years, has been allowed to venture off the Texas military base where he is receiving care as part of his “reintegration process” back into society, a U.S. Army spokeswoman said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

Army’s Bergdahl review complete, but results won’t be released to media

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Army Lt. Daniel McCord (left), Staff Sgt. Marc Krugh (center) and Sgt. Christopher Torrentes of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment pray before heading out on a patrol at Contingency Operating Site Kalsu, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Automatic budget cuts will nearly break the Army, generals warn

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A Ugandan doctor who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone is being brought in a special ambulance, background, to the quarantine ward of the University clinic in Frankfurt, central Germany, early Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Authorities in the German state of Hesse say the doctor, who was not identified, had worked for an Italian aid group in West Africa when he became infected. (AP Photo/dpa, Boris Roessler)

U.S. military building Ebola treatment centers in Liberia, ready to send 4K troops

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sgt. Karl Augustus, on his third tour in Iraq, says he thinks the new Iraq withdrawal timetable means his next deployment will be to Afghanistan, and he looks forward to that. "I'm just ready for whatever," he says.

Army drops murder charges over Iraqi boys’ deaths

Associated Press

AP10ThingsToSee - In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 photo, released by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S Air Force KC-10 Extender refuels an F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft prior to strike operations in Syria. The F-22s, making their combat debut, were part of a strike package that was engaging Islamic State group targets in Syria. Washington and its Arab allies opened the air assault against the extremist group on Sept. 23, striking military facilities, training camps, heavy weapons and oil installations. The campaign expands upon the airstrikes the United States has been conducting against the militants in Iraq since early August. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Russ Scalf )

Inside the Ring: For the first time, Russia has more deployed nuclear warheads than U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Justice Department is seen in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Five Army National Guard officers are charged with contract kickbacks and bribery

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

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Pentagon spokesman moonlighted as provocative photographer

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Grinston (left), the 1st Inf. Div.’s senior noncommissioned officer, and Lt. Col. Joel Potts, division plans officer, render a salute during a wreath-laying ceremony June 4, 2014 at the Carentan Liberation Memorial in Carentan, France. (Facebook, U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division)

Army intel ‘concerned’ about possible Islamic State attack on homeland

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell said U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Ciampa took bribes to help steal millions of dollars' worth of fuel meant to support U.S. military operations in Afghanistan." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Sergeant pleads guilty to selling U.S. Army fuel in Afghanistan

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

An explosive technician in a bomb suit approaches a vehicle near the entrance to White House in Washington, Saturday. The Secret Service says two men were arrested in separate recent incidents for trying to unlawfully enter the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House intruder identified as Army veteran

Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Army Airborne Corps paratrooper Maj. Michael J. Donahue, 41, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Military officials said Wednesday that Donahue, of Columbus, Ohio, and 39-year-old Stephen Byus, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, died on Tuesday in Kabul of wounds suffered from an enemy attack. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Army paratrooper from Mass. killed in Afghanistan car bomb attack

Associated Press

A Kashmiri man sits in the compound of a hospital which resumed its services after the floods hit Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. About 200 people have died in Indian-controlled Kashmir, where floodwaters have receded, enabling people to return to their homes. Medical teams in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-held Kashmir, were stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Militants attack Pakistani post near Afghan border

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

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Fort Stewart soldier pulls woman from submerged vehicle in alligator-infested water

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society shows First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing. President Barack Obama is bestowing the nation’s highest military honor on the Union Army officer who was killed more than 150 years ago in the Battle of Gettysburg. Cushing died in July 1863 while standing his ground against Pickett’s Charge. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Historical Society)

Civil War’s 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing to get Medal of Honor from Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Gen. Ray Odierno, Commanding General, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph McGee, Commander of 2-327 Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, walk through the streets of Samarra to visit the locals, on Oct. 29, 2008. (U.S. Army) ** FILE **

Army is worried too many white men lead combat units

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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Child sex assault inquiries botched by military investigators: watchdog

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times