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In this 2014 photo provided by Pacific Wrecks, Justin Taylan, founder and director of Pacific Wrecks poses at a World War II airplane wreck site in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Taylan founded Pacific Wrecks 20 years ago after visiting crash sites and battlefields with his grandfather, a WWII veteran. Since then, the 37-year-old Hyde Park, N.Y., native has visited PNG dozens of times to search its dense jungles for wreck sites and is wrapping up a two-year contract with the Pentagon to help find the remains of Americans still listed as missing in action there. (Marcus Browning/Pacific Wrecks via AP)

Pentagon enlisting outsiders to help search for US WWII MIAs

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad on June 16, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Doctored intel reports: ‘Bad news on ISIS wasn’t welcome,’ military sources say

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

The Golden Hammer

Golden Hammer: Pentagon overspends to move service members

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

The Islamic State is building up infrastructure across territory its militants have captured in Iraq and Syria. Analysts say the group will become more entrenched among local populations if its governance goes unchallenged. (jihadology.net) **FILE**

Only ‘four or five’ U.S.-trained fighters in Syria

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing to become the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 9, 2015. Dunford said Russia poses the greatest national security threat to the United States and that it would be "reasonable" to supply lethal arms to Ukrainians fighting against rebels backed by Moscow. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Iran deal: Iran’s toll on America: 500 soldiers killed in Iraq

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, during Senate confirmation hearings in July, appears to be the first military official to use the 500 fatality figure, attributing it to Iranian "activities." (Associated Press)

Iran responsible for deaths of 500 U.S. service members in Iraq, military officials say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

An inert Minuteman 3 missile sits in a training launch tube at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. President Obama's decision to reduce the role of nuclear weapons is being challenged by Russia's buildup of nuclear forces. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Russia’s nuclear weapons buildup challenges Obama’s policy directive

By Bill Gertz

Army Special Forces operating in Afghanistan have been disciplined, admonished and even fired for actions that the U.S. soldiers firmly believe are part of their duty to "free the oppressed," as the Green Beret motto says. (Associated Press)

Green Berets have growing doubts of duties with skittish political leadership

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Ashton Carter: Pentagon funding new high-tech venture

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

President Obama points to the audience as he departs after speaking at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University in Washington on May 12, 2015. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Obama, Congress head for showdown over defense bill curbs on Gitmo

By Bill Gertz

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Air Force makes plea for better online OPSEC: ‘Loose tweets sink fleets’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A female Army Ranger student crosses the Yellow River on a rope bridge on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Associated Press)

First women soldiers complete Army Ranger school

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Department of Defense U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range shows a NASA Terrier-Black Brant research rocket launching off of a test site located at White Sands Missile Range, in N.M. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The purpose of the launch was to study the ionization in space and is designed to reach an altitude of just over 100 miles. (AP Photo/ Department of Defense U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, Drew Hamilton)

Pentagon investing millions on ‘Multi-Object Kill Vehicle’ anti-missile program

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

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

Pentagon scoffs at Islamic State list of private info of U.S. government, military personnel

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ferguson police Humvees needed year after Michael Brown violence

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on Iranian military projection into Iraq by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ERNIE AUDINO: Pentagon ignores Iran’s military strength in Iraq, Kurdish peshmerga needs

By Ernie Audino

FILE - This Aug. 18, 2014 file photo shows members of the Missouri National Guard standing watch outside a command post near a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting has sparked more than a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. Eric Holder, who is leading the federal response to the racial turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, talks about the nation's civil rights struggles in a way none of the 81 previous U.S. attorneys general could _ by telling his own family story. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Pentagon orders Ferguson to return Humvees

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Inside the Ring: NSA pinpoints China’s cyberattacks

By Bill Gertz

Army Lt. Col. Jason Amerine testified to Congress last week about retaliation against whistleblowers. (Associated Press)

Whistleblower on failed Obama rescue missions cleared of leaking classified information

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times