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U.S. troops launched a counterterrorism operation on Thursday that resulted in the capture of an experienced Islamic State bomb maker who also was identified as a top leader of the ISIS branch in Syria. Photo: Aleppo, Syria 18 NOV 2017. Logos written by ISIS fighters on the walls. Mohammad Bash via Shutterstock. ** FILE **

U.S. helicopter raid kills two ISIS officials in Syria, Pentagon says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ukrainian military's Grad multiple rocket launcher fires rockets at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Pentagon says new military equipment, ammo heading to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Rep. Chip Roy, Texas Republican, is shown in this undated file photo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

GOP sees wins against ‘woke’ Pentagon policies in giant defense bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen watches soldiers operate equipment during a visit to a naval station on Penghu, an archipelago of several dozen islands off Taiwan's western coast on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Tsai told the self-ruled island's military units Tuesday to keep their cool in the face of daily warplane flights and warship maneuvers by rival China, saying that Taiwan will not allow Beijing to provoke a conflict. visit to the She also inspected a radar squadron, an air defense company, and a navy fleet. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP) **FILE**

Defense bill sharply boosts arms, support for Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ** FILE **

Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract among 4 companies

By Tara Copp and Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

End of the road? Pentagon’s COVID vaccine mandate in danger as opposition mounts

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 9, 2021, photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group hosts the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or putting off the COVID-19 vaccine, as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down internet rumors and find the right pitch that will convince troops to take the shot. Some Army units are seeing as few as a third agree to the vaccine, others are higher. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP) ** FILE **

Democrats join Republicans in move to repeal military’s vaccine mandate

By Joseph Clark and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows a common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launching from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, in Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. The department is working in collaboration with industry and academia to field hypersonic war-fighting capabilities. (Luke Lamborn/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Pentagon urged to build advanced defenses against growing cruise, hypersonic missile threats to U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This photo released by Xinhua News Agency shows an image captured off the screen at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China showing the manned spaceship Shenzhou-15 conducting a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the space station's Tianhe module on Nov. 30, 2022. Three Chinese astronauts docked early Wednesday with their country's space station, where they will overlap for several days with the three-member crew already onboard and expand the facility to its maximum size. (Guo Zhongzheng/Xinhua via AP)

Space race 2.0: China is building weapons to attack U.S. ‘ground, sea, or air targets from orbit’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 9, 2021, photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group hosts the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or putting off the COVID-19 vaccine, as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down internet rumors and find the right pitch that will convince troops to take the shot. Some Army units are seeing as few as a third agree to the vaccine, others are higher. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP) ** FILE **

Pentagon won’t yield on ending COVID vaccine mandate for troops, even if Congress threatens budget

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Marines run to their position during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint war exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for "shoulder-to-shoulder," at Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. U.S. and Filipino marines sprang from amphibious vehicles and transport helicopters to defend an island from potential aggressors during a military exercise and show of American firepower staged on Thursday in the northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) **FILE**

Military’s image suffers amid country’s widening political divide: Poll

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the light trail of the launched manned spaceship Shenzhou-15, atop the Long March-2F Y15 carrier rocket after it blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. China launched the rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the country's permanent orbiting space station. (Ren Junchuan/Xinhua via AP)

China rapidly building space arms to ‘blind and deafen’ U.S. military, Pentagon says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this file photo, China's People's Liberation Army displays DF-26 ballistic missiles in a parade. Over just the past several months, major revelations about the extent of China's hypersonic weapons capabilities, its nuclear arms stockpile, and even the size of its navy have sparked concerns that Washington may not have a full window into exactly what its 21st-century rival has up its sleeve, or what may be under development deep inside the communist nation. (Associated Press/File)

China on pace to match U.S. nuclear stockpile by 2035, Pentagon warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer shells lie on the ground to fire at Russian positions in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region June 18, 2022. The intense firefight over Ukraine has the Pentagon rethinking its weapons stockpiles. If another major war broke out today, would the U.S. have enough ammunition to fight? It’s a question Pentagon planners are grappling with not only as the look to supply Ukraine for a war that could stretch for years, but also as they look to a potential conflict with China. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

U.S. aid to Ukraine puts pressure on Pentagon’s arms stockpile

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, an Israeli Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies in formation with a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer over Israel as part of a deterrence flight Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Members of the Air Force and Space Force will now be able to tell others what pronouns they use in official correspondence under a just-adopted diversity policy change endorsed by the senior brass. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jerreht Harris via AP)

Biden’s DoD pulls F-15 Eagles from Japan amid rising China threat: ‘Sends the wrong signal’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Joint Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, three F-15 warplanes of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, front, and four F-16 fighters of the U.S. Armed Forces fly over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (Joint Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Force via AP) ** FILE **

Plan to pull F-15 fighters from Okinawa sparks alarm in Congress

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. Years after about 1,900 National Guard and Reserve soldiers were swept up in a recruting bonus scandal, U.S. Army investigators have launched a review saying that some individuals may have been wrongly blamed and punished, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Man drives through barrier at Pentagon, faces charges

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Jan 10, 2016. The Australian defense minister on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, played down the significance of a major upgrade of B-52 facilities planned for northern Australia that has raised China’s ire, saying the nuclear-capable U.S. bombers had been visiting since the 1980s. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) **FILE**

U.S. to deploy B-52s in Australia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin talks during the press conference with Minister of Defence of Latvia Artis Pabriks during the press conference in Riga, Latvia, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)

‘Disgusting’: Republicans fume over Pentagon plan to pay for troops’ abortion travel

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. NATO Defence Ministers are meeting in Brussels Thursday as the military alliance presses ahead with plans to hold a nuclear exercise next week as concerns deepen over President Vladimir Putin's insistence that he will use any means necessary to defend Russian territory. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Pentagon to pay travel costs, offer leave for service members who cross state lines to get abortions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times