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In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. With American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, pressure has been mounting for the Biden administration to plan a military evacuation of Afghans who supported U.S. military operations during two decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

‘Last hurrah’: Biden to meet embattled Afghan leaders amid Taliban gains

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Defense in Washington on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Joint Chiefs chairman spars with GOP lawmakers over ‘woke’ military

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosts an honor cordon welcoming Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, June 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Pentagon IG warns ‘independence’ at risk amid diversity, anti-extremism push in military

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon gets ‘woke’: Whistleblowers reveal segregation for ‘privilege walks,’ critical race theory

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 23, 2020, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech at the commemorating conference on the 70th anniversary of the Chinese army entering North Korea to resist the U.S. Army at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Air Force general says China wants world to bow down

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after a huge explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 1, 2019. Powerful explosion rocks Afghan capital, with smoke seen billowing from downtown area near U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

Painful memories as U.S. ponders safety of Afghan embassy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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

Pentagon makes China top priority with new task force report

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt is sworn into the U.S. Space Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Closely monitoring the event are a pair of Storm Troopers, the ruthless infantry soldiers of the Empire along with a member of the dreaded Red Guard, Emperor Palpatine's personal security detail. (Courtesy of the Department of Defense) **FILE**

‘Galactic Storm Troopers’ monitor U.S. Space Force swearing-in ceremony

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. (Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency via AP) **FILE**

U.S. warship twice fails to intercept ballistic missile in Pacific

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2019, image provided by the U.S. Air Force Academy, Cadet 2nd Class Eric Hembling uses a Ludwieg Tube to measure the pressures, temperatures, and flow field of various basic geometric and hypersonic research vehicles at Mach 6 in The United States Air Force Academy's Department of Aeronautics, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Joshua Armstrong/U.S. Air Force Academy via AP) **FILE**

Pentagon budget pours billions into AI, hypersonics, next-gen weapons: ‘Down payment’ for future war

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens to a question as he speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, in this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

New budget would kill Pentagon contingency ‘slush fund’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Christine Wormuth, nominee to be secretary of the Army, testifies during her Senate Armed Service Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, May 13, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Christine Wormuth confirmed — again — as first woman to head U.S. Army

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

From Jan. 22 through Feb. 4, students from the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, N.C. will be taking part in the latest “Robin Sage” exercise, the final test of their Special Forces Qualification Course training. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) ** FILE **

Push to erase Confederacy from U.S. military history expands dramatically

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier’s abrupt dismissal earlier this month, which is now being investigated by the Air Force’s own inspector general, is providing Exhibit A for those with questions of whether political correctness, “critical race theory” and anti-conservative biases are finding a home at the Pentagon. (U.S. Air Force photograph)

Matthew Lohmeier, dismissed Space Force officer, finds ally in James Inhofe, Mike Rogers

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Space Force firing case proves touchstone for raging debate over conservatives and the military

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This undated handout photo provided by Seth Shostak, SETI Institute, shows the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The world’s largest single antenna, it has a million watt transmitter. Astronomers have their own cosmic version of the single person’s Valentine’s Day dilemma: Do you wait for that interesting person to call you or do you make the call yourself and risk getting shot down. Their version involves E.T. Instead of love, astronomers are looking for life out there in the universe. For decades, astronomers have sat by their telescopes, listened and waited for a call from E.T. only to be left alone. So now some of them want to aim their best radars and lasers out to the sky to say “We’re here, call us” to the closest few thousand worlds. They can bring us all sorts of new technologies and answers to burning questions, some hope. (AP Photo/Seth Shostak, SETI Institute) **FILE**

UFOs go mainstream, suspense builds ahead of major Pentagon report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A Skyborg conceptual design for a low-cost Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), via the Air Force Research Lab. Artwork via AFRL. [https://afresearchlab.com/technology/vanguards/successstories/skyborg]

Military AI advances spark debate over whether the machines may misbehave

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Senators say Pentagon must pass audit or return millions of dollars

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 3, 2009, file photo, Lt. Thomas Goodman, center, of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division meets with villagers in Qatar Kala in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province with his interpreter Ayazudin Hilal, center left with hat. Hilil served as an interpreter alongside U.S. soldiers on hundreds of patrols and dozens of firefights in eastern Afghanistan, earning a glowing letter of recommendation from an American platoon commander and a medal of commendation. Still, Hilal was turned down when he applied for one of the scarce special visas that would allow him to relocate to the U.S with his family. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

Capitol Hill critics warn Biden faces another Vietnam

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Bill Whitaker of CBS News takes "60 Minutes" on a deep dive into unidentified aerial phenomena, May 16, 2021. (Image: YouTube, "60 Minutes" video screenshot)

‘60 Minutes’ UFO report cites military pilots: ‘I feel a responsibility to share what I can’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times