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Critics maintain that President Obama seems to care more about leaving behind his social agenda imprint — including climate change — on the U.S. military at the expense of combat readiness. (Associated press)

Obama leaving liberal blueprint on armed forces

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Vice Adm. James Syring told a House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces hearing that he lacks the funding to counter hypersonic missile threats but that money has been requested in the current defense authorization bill to deal with the threat. (Department of Defense)

Inside the Ring: James Syring, missile defense chief, seeks laser funding to counter China, Russia

By Bill Gertz

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 1, 2015, Loyd Johnson inspects a newly formed pair of midsoles for the New Balance proposed 950v2 sneaker, that has passed military testing, before placing them in their sizing box at one of company's manufacturing facilities in Boston. New Balance is pressing the Pentagon to buy American-made footwear for the troops instead of sneakers from rival Nike that are made in China. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

New Balance says administration failed to deliver on sneaker deal after dropping TPP criticism

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - This image made from a militant video posted on a social media site on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a militant standing next to another man who identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, kneeling down as he reads a message at an unknown location. An online image purports to show the Croatian hostage being held by an Islamic State affiliate in Egypt has been beheaded. (Militant video via AP, File)

ISIS threat prompts Pentagon to weigh U.S. troop withdrawal from Sinai Peninsula

By Carlo Munoz - Special to The Washington Times

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

‘Hack the Pentagon’ registration opens for some, but background checks could exclude others

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

The F-35 program will spend $1.13 trillion to buy and service more than 2,400 aircraft until 2070. Each F-35 costs about $100 million. The jet is needed to replace older, less-capable warplanes. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside the Ring: F-35 software problems

By Bill Gertz

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter honors Vietnam Veteran Thomas Snee, who served in the Navy, with a commemorative pin to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

U.S. to beef up military presence in Eastern Europe

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency, taken Jan. 28, 2016, shows a long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. As North Korea rattles its nuclear saber and threatens to bomb the U.S. at “any moment,” a nerve-jangling question hangs in the air: If North Korea did launch a nuclear-armed missile at an American city, could the Pentagon’s missile defenses shoot it down beyond U.S. shores? (Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency via AP)

North Korean nuclear threats spotlight U.S. missile defense

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Dec. 6, 2006, file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, a shackled detainee is transported away from his annual Administrative Review Board hearing with U.S. officials, in Camp Delta detention center at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Llinsley, File)

Many at Guantanamo apparently not ‘too dangerous’ after all

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File)

Pentagon admits operating military drone flights over U.S.

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Addressing the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been on President Obama's agenda since 2008. Now in the final year of his term, he is facing an increasingly resistant Congress. (Associated Press)

Obama weighs executive action on Guantanamo after Republicans reject closure plan

By Dave Boyer and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Inside the Ring: China plans cyberwarfare force to counter U.S.

By Bill Gertz

A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines First Division, Eighth regiment, smokes a cigarette in Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. forces punched into the center of the insurgent stronghold, overwhelming bands of guerrillas in the street with heavy barrages of fire and searching house to house in a powerful advance on the second day of a major offensive. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco) ** FILE **

Pentagon tells White House: More troops in Iraq, Syria needed to fight Islamic State

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Image credit: U.S. Air Force

Air Force’s cyber ‘weapon system’ reaches full operational capability

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, shows a photograph of an island that China is building on the Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Ring: Report faults Pentagon’s Asia rebalance

By Bill Gertz

Vehicles are stopped by security personal as they enter a gate Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, to Camp Edwards, Mass., on Cape Cod. Police and military officials were searching Monday for three soldiers from the Afghanistan National Army who went missing Saturday during a training exercise at the base. The Afghan soldiers had been participating in a U.S. Central Command Regional Cooperation training exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod, at Camp Edwards, U.S. military officials said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Military bases ratchet up REAL ID restrictions, refuse non-compliant driver’s licenses

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Associated Press)

Guantanamo Bay detainees dwindle to 103 with fourth transfer since start of the year

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Russian troops on the eastern front continue low-intensity military operations against Ukraine. The White House is adamantly opposed to shipping lethal defensive aid with which Kiev could blunt the next Russian assault. (Associated Press)

Ukraine desperate for U.S. surveillance equipment in standoff with Russia

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Dept of Defense official, a shackled detainee is transported by a female guard, front, and male guard, behind, away from his annual Administrative Review Board hearing with U.S. officials, at Camp Delta detention center, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. A U.S. Army officer told a court on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015 that she started to use women to transport prisoners in 2014 due to a shortage of guards. A judge has issued a temporary ban the military is seeking to lift. Muslim prisoners say contact with unrelated females violates their religion. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Pentagon transfers bin Laden adviser from Gitmo to Kuwait

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Pentagon mulling Medal of Honor upgrades for thousands of troops

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times