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Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has included in the defense budget an order for the Army to consider ready-made systems for processing battlefield data. (Associated Press)

Congress gives an order to Army on battlefield processor

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A U.S. Special Operations Forces service member along with 3rd Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide or Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) soldiers demonstrate the proper way to pass hallways and intersections during Close Quarter Battle training during Exercise Silent Warrior 2013 in Bamenda, Cameroon Jan. 17, 2013. (Image: Africom.mil, Air Force Master Sgt. Larry W. Carpenter Jr.)

Army sets up response team in East Africa months after Benghazi attack

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

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DAVIS: Coming together to remember and serve

By Lynda C. Davis

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (center) hands diplomas to cadets during graduation and commissioning ceremonies at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex-assault scourge

By Lolita C. Baldor and Michael Hill - Associated Press

Motorcyclists ride across Memorial Bridge into Washington during the Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade Sunday.
(Associated Press)

Rolling Thunder: Thousands of reasons to ride

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Motorcycles participate in the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Hundreds of thousands of bikers rumble into D.C. for Rolling Thunder

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

A U.S. Army recruit negotiates the confidence course during the white phase of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C., on June 14, 2006. The training lasts nine weeks and is divided into red, white and blue phases. Soldiers in the white phase are in their final three weeks. (Department of Defense/Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall, U.S. Air Force)

Adultery charge takes down Fort Jackson general

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, has been charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 attack at Fort Hood, Texas. (Associated Press)

Fort Hood shooting suspect draws $278K in jail while soldier victims struggle for pay

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answers questions on Syria during a joint news conference with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Phillip Hammond, at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers urge Hagel not to slash soldiers’ smart-phone network

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Soldiers assist with communications and security tasks outside the building at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state where the court-martial of U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell was taking place on Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

U.S. soldier found guilty of 5 premeditated killings in Iraq

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U.S. tanks and armed personal carrier transiting in Panama through the Balboa Avenue, Thursday, Dec. 21, 1989 in Panama City, taking places all over the city to stop the looting and the confrontation between the US troops and forces of Gen. Noriega. (AP Photo/Jaime Fernandez)

Lawmakers force Pentagon to buy tanks, keep ships and planes it doesn’t need

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley was publicly condemned for training materials that were deemed "academically irresponsible" and was removed as a commander candidate. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)

Top brass crush career of Army officer who warned of jihadists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention are shown in Nashville, Tenn., in December 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Defense Department blocks Baptist website, calls content ‘hostile’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Gen. Raymond T. Odierno (Associated Press)

Tempers flare over Army computer system at House hearing

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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Defense Department classifies Catholics, evangelicals as extremists

By Lachlan Markay - The Washington Free Beacon

Medal of Honor recipient Army Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the opening day baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Miami Marlins in Washington, on Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FENNO: Clint Romesha’s quiet Opening Day tribute a reminder of true heroism

By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

U.S. Marines walk on tracks of a vehicle to avoid improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as their platoon clears a route to reach another platoon in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province in 2010. Marines airdropped into the region came under intense Taliban fire. (Associated Press)

Rep. Duncan Hunter takes Army to task over requests for IED finder

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Indian Tamil activists and supporters lie on a road and shout slogans during a protest against Sri Lanka's alleged wartime abuses in Chennai, India, on March 21, 2013. A key ethnic Tamil party withdrew from India's coalition government Tuesday, accusing the government of watering down a U.N. resolution criticizing Sri Lanka's war-time conduct against its minority Tamil population. The party has demanded the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution accuse Sri Lanka of genocide and that it leads to the formation of an international inquiry into possible war crimes. (Associated Press)

U.N. panel urges Sri Lanka to probe mass murders

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times