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Illustration on the war in Ukraine by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

A lesson for America’s military from the Ukrainian war

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., Jan. 9, 2008. In a rare comment about a vessel that’s part of the Navy’s “Silent Service,” the Pentagon on Monday confirmed that an Ohio-class submarine is now operating in the Middle East as part of the Biden administration’s effort to keep the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas from spiraling out of control. Pentagon officials declined to identify the submarine. (Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Navy awards $4.4 billion contract to Johns Hopkins physics lab

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington on March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Pentagon invests in last surviving U.S. black powder factory

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington on March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Pentagon tells staff not to wipe cellphones of text, email records

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian self-propelled artillery shoots toward Russian forces at a frontline in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on July 27, 2022. Even as the Russian war machine crawls across Ukraine’s east, trying to achieve the Kremlin’s goal of securing full control over the country’s industrial heartland of the Donbas, the Ukrainian forces are scaling up attacks to reclaim territory in the south. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Hitting back: Ukraine’s forces poised to take offensive in south against Russia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Some of the soldiers with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team before being deployed to Germany from Hunter Army Airfield, Wednesday March 2, 2022 in Savannah, Ga. The division is sending 3,800 troops as reinforcements for various NATO allies in Eastern Europe. (Stephen B. Morton /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

U.S. bolsters long-term troop presence in Europe as Russia-Ukraine war drags on

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year. That's according to a report released Tuesday by a private cybersecurity firm. The report from Mandiant does not identify the hacked agencies or offer a motive for the intrusions, which began last May and continued through the last month. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Chinese posed as local Texans online to target rare earth producer

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

An abortion-rights activists holds a sign reading "I am not Ovary-Acting," during the protests outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Military will continue some abortions in states that ban practice, Pentagon says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this image made from video provided by Ukrainian State Emergency Service, firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a shopping center burned after a rocket attack in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, Monday, June 27, 2022. (Ukrainian State Emergency Service via AP)

Russia paying a steep price for minimal gains in Ukraine battle, Pentagon officials say

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) **FILE**

Democrats move to expand abortion rights for military women after court ruling

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 18, 2012, photo, female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ** FILE **

Bitter showdown ahead over Democrats’ plans to include women in the draft

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FIM-92 STINGER MAN PORTABLE AIR-DEFENSE SYSTEM - Sgt. Zane Pettibone and Spc. Svenson Albert, a Stinger Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) team with 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct engagement sequences and the 13 critical checks of the Stinger Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS), as part of the multinational live-fire training exercise Shabla 19, June 11, 2019. Shabla 19 is designed to improve readiness and interoperability between the Bulgarian Air Force, Navy and Land Forces, and the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, U.S. Army Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Mort)

Fog of war: U.S. slaps down Russian claims that arms meant for Ukraine went missing in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds first face-to-face talks with Chinese counterpart

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this undated photo released on Dec. 31. 2021, by Xinhua News Agency, a carrier-based J-15 fighter jet takes off from the Chinese Navy's Liaoning aircraft-carrier during open-sea combat training in waters from the Yellow Sea to the East Sea and West Pacific. China's Liaoning aircraft carrier group has embarked on a &quot;realistic combat&quot; training mission in the Western Pacific, the Chinese navy said Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Hu Shanmin/Xinhua via AP)

U.S. eyes new generation military tools for a potential clash with China

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. military's poor leadership putting illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Biden’s poor leadership putting U.S. military on dangerous ground

By Michael R. Pompeo

Fort Bragg shown, Feb. 3, 2022, in Fort Bragg, N.C. An independent commission is recommending new names for nine Army posts that were commemorated Confederate officers. Among their recommendations: Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty and Fort Gordon would become Fort Eisenhower. The recommendations are the latest step in a broader effort by the military to confront racial injustice. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

Naming Commission identifies new names for Army posts named for Confederates

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2015, file photo, U.S. Marines fire the M777-A2 Howitzer down range during a training exercise at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. As Russian forces struggle to gain any traction in their war against Ukraine, the Pentagon has provided Kyiv with 90 top-of-the-line 155mm M777 howitzers to aid in the fight and is running hundreds of Ukrainian troops through special training classes to get them up to speed on the systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson/Released) **FILE**

Artillery leading the fight in Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 11, 2022. After rebuffing U.S. requests for months, Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu spoke with Austin on May 13. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rights group slams Pentagon review of fatal Syria airstrike

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainian sappers carry a Russian military drone backdropped by the Antonov An-225, world's biggest cargo aircraft destroyed by the Russian troops during recent fighting, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

New age of war: Russia-Ukraine conflict reshapes battlefield

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A 155mm round is fired from a 777 Howitzer canon at insurgents during a firing mission by soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321 Field Artillery Regiment out of Fort Bragg, N.C., July 8, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The Biden administration's decision to dramatically ramp up delivery of artillery guns to Ukraine eight weeks into the war signals a deepening American military commitment at a pivotal stage of fighting for the country's industrial heartland. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

U.S. provides artillery, training for Ukrainian troops

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times