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A U.S. military policeman stands in front of a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jet at the Siauliai airbase, some 230 km (144 miles) east of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Two US F-22 fighter, which are part of the Operation Atlantic Resolve, a U.S. commitment to NATO's collective security and regional stability, arrived from their base in Britain as a show of force to help Baltic members protect their borders with Russia. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

U.S. won’t contact Russian defense minister amid tension in Baltic Sea: No ‘particular purpose’

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this undated file photo released online in the summer of 2014 on a militant social media account, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant photo via AP, File)

U.S. mulls expansion of military force in Mideast to battle ISIS

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 8, 2014 file photo, an Iraqi refugee man who left his hometown of Mosul walks towards Irbil as he crosses a berm that separates Kurdish fighters and militants of the Islamic State group outside the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. An Iraqi military spokesman says the long-awaited military operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants &quot;has begun.&quot; The spokesman for the Joint Military Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, says Iraqi forces retook several villages on the outskirts of the town of Makhmour, east of Mosul, on Thursday, March 24, 2016. (AP Photo, File)

Iraqis, Kurds nearly ready for fight to reclaim Mosul from ISIS: Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Defense Secretary Ash Carter gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

U.S. begins cyber war against ISIS

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter addresses the media with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald after a wreath laying ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Ashton Carter says U.S. military too ‘top heavy,’ aims to cut ranks of generals and admirals

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, in this March 25, 2016, file photo. Newly released documents show Carter used his personal email account for government business for nearly a year, until December 2015 when news reports revealed the practice. (AP Photo/Mauel Balce Ceneta, File)

Ashton Carter, Pentagon chief, used personal email account until December

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 25, 2016, where he announced U.S. forces killed a senior Islamic State leader, among several key members of the militant group eliminated this week. (AP Photo/Mauel Balce Ceneta)

Ashton Carter: ‘We are systematically eliminating ISIL’s cabinet’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Gen. Lori Robinson, the commander of the Pacific Air Forces, talks to reporters Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia. She said the U.S. Air Force will continue to fly daily missions over the South China Sea despite a buildup of Chinese surface-to-air missiles and fighter jets in the contested region. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Lori Robinson, Air Force general, nominated to become first woman combatant commander

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

$U.S. Army Pfc. Amy Alexanders dresses in her Marine Standard battle gear before taking part in a physical demands study in Ft. Stewart, Ga. Congress is prodding the armed forces to come up with a special line of women's combat boots, in different styles, as studies show that military women are more susceptible to stress fractures from marching and training. (Associated Press)$

Ashton Carter approves final strategy for women in military combat roles

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

"We're trying to both physically and virtually isolate ISIL, limit their ability to conduct command and control, limit their ability to communicate with each other, limit their ability to conduct operations locally and tactically," said Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, using an acronym for the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

U.S. launches cyber attacks on Islamic State

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Draining Military Morale Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JED BABBIN: The military’s malaise

By Jed Babbin

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The squabble over Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails has hit the Senate. Grassley is using one of the tools of the Senate to try to extract information from the State Department related to Clinton's email practices, prompting complaints from Senate Democrats. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Chuck Grassley asks Ashton Carter to explain how he used personal email as Pentagon chief

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the Saudi announcement could result in "greater involvement in the campaign to combat ISIL by Sunni-Arab countries." (Associated Press)

American commandos are on the ground in Syria in fight against ISIS

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Light duty: Israel Defense Forces restrict female conscripts to support roles in special operations and limit battle service to two light infantry border units. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Marine Corps study finds few women in combat in other nations’ militaries

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Ashton Carter reportedly used his personal email account to conduct official business during his first months as defense secretary. (Associated Press)

House Armed Services Committee to review Ashton Carter email

By Rowan Scarborough and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Service Committee on the Islamic State on Dec. 9, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House unsure why Ash Carter kept using private email account

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ashton Carter reportedly used his personal email account to conduct official business during his first months as defense secretary. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter, Defense secretary, used personal email for official business

By Jay LeBlanc - The Washington Times

Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee (Associated Press) **FILE**

Duncan Hunter presses for probe in handling of whistleblower in Afghan attack

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee that even if President Obama signed on to an invasion of Raqqa, Syria, U.S. allies show little interest in contributing troops. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter scolds European, Gulf allies, demands they do more against ISIS

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

While ordering the U.S. military to open all combat jobs to women, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said there would be no lowering of standards between the genders in active service roles. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter promises same standards for women in combat roles

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times