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An Afghan security forces member stands guard at the Spanish Embassy after an attack in Kabul on Dec. 12. Explosions and gunfire rocked a diplomatic area of central Kabul overnight as security forces tried to flush out Taliban attackers who claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb Friday. (Associated Press)

Taliban outlast 14 years of U.S. combat in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms Third Class Danielle Hinchliff, left, and Master-at-Arms Third Class Anna Schnatzmeyer, center, participate in a U.S. Navy Riverine Crewman Course under instructor Boatswain's Mate Second Class Christopher Johnson, right, on a Riverine Assault Boat at Camp Lejeune, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

R. EMMETT TYRRELL JR: Women warriors and the bottle

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

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

James R. Clapper (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Ring: Russia cyberspace intelligence targets critical U.S. infrastructure

By Bill Gertz

This still image made from video released by the U.S. Central Command on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, shows a structure in Tall Al Qitar, Syria moments after a U.S. airstrike. In three waves of nighttime attacks launched over four hours early on Tuesday, the U.S. and its Arab partners made more than 200 airstrikes against roughly a dozen militant targets in Syria. (AP Photo/US Central Command)

U.S. has mapped ISIS propaganda centers but won’t launch military strikes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

John F. Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, said in a letter released Thursday that the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations was unable to show a return on the $150 million it spent on villas in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif and Jalalabad. (Associated Press)

Pentagon spent millions for luxurious private villas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"We have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world," President Obama said. (Associated Press)

Obama calls women in combat roles ‘historic’ step

By Dave Boyer - 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

Two F-15E Strike Eagles wait to receive fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker Jan. 23, 2015, on their way to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in support of Red Flag 15-1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aaron J. Jenne/Released) **FILE**

Pentagon: Abu Nabil, Islamic State chief in Libya, killed in U.S. airstrike during Paris attacks

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

The senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has reportedly been fired for "allegations of misconduct." (Associated Press)

Ron Lewis, senior assistant to Ashton Carter, fired for ‘allegations of misconduct’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

American soldiers examine the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that was hit by a U.S. AC-130 gunship last month. (Associated Press)

Doctors Without Borders refuses Pentagon money to rebuild hospital damaged in airstrike

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Tech Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II, an award-winning combat photographer, stands accused of trying to pick up women in the public affairs office at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. For that, prosecutors wanted to put him in prison for 130 years. (Associated Press)

Aaron Allmon case makes Minot Air Force Base ground zero in military’s new gender wars

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Carter said that Russian airstrikes may have been in areas with no Islamic State forces. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Gay’ rape in military underreported by Pentagon

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

John F. Sopko, the inspector general who overseas U.S. spending on Afghanistan reconstruction, called the cost for the green energy project exorbitant and deemed the project ill-conceived. (Associated Press)

Pentagon offers no answers on $43 million price tag for Afghanistan gas station

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, A Russian transport plane lands at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria. Nearly a quarter of a century after the Soviet collapse, the air campaign in Syria has proven that the resurgent Russian military machine could again operate far away from the nation's borders. (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov)

New Russian military might on full display in Syria

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Robert Downey Jr. stars as billionaire industrialist Tony Stark in the "Iron Man" Marvel movie franchise. (Associated Press)

‘Iron Man’ suit slated for Pentagon debut in 2018

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

The Doctors Without Borders trauma center is seen in flames, after explosions near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. (Doctors Without Borders via Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan airstrike details secret

By Bill Gertz

Kurdish peshmerga troops are taking back territory in northern Iraq in a survivalist fight against Islamic State invaders who have commandeered hundreds of American vehicles. The Kurdish forces say they are outgunned and need armor-piercing projectiles. (Associated Press photographs)

Islamic State stalemates provoke Kurds to ask for more weapons

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan near Idlib, Syria, on Dec. 17, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pentagon puts Syrian rebel training program on hold

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A new security report found that eliminating the Islamic State's leaders wouldn't weaken the organization as it has operatives in countries beyond Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press)

Islamic State has trained operators to replace targeted leaders

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times