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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House Oct. 1, 2014. The two leaders have long had a prickly relationship. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Obama admin declassifies Israel nuke secrets in wake of Netanyahu visit

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The Pentagon has dropped 60,000 leaflets over the Syrian town of Ar-Raqqa in an effort to dissuade residents from joining the Islamic State terror group. (Twitter/@JakeTapper)

Pentagon drops 60,000 leaflets on Islamic State

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Rescue workers and security officers guard the makeshift morgue prepared for the 150 victims who died in a Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps, in Seyne-les-Alpes, France Wednesday, March 25, 2015. A cockpit voice recorder badly damaged when the German jetliner smashed into an Alpine mountainside and a crucial two-minute span when the pilot lost contact are vital clues into what caused the plane to go down, killing all 150 people on board, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Virginia woman, daughter among passengers in Germanwings plane crash

By Ted Bridis - Associated Press

Illustration on the value of the U.S. satellite system by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

JED BABBIN: Ensuring American satellite dominance

By Jed Babbin

A halt in U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Tikrit is slowing a potential retaking of the larger city of Mosul from the terrorist army. (Associated Press)

Tikrit assault stalls as Obama withholds U.S. airstrikes to avoid Iran ties, analysts say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Pacific Ocean, March 2, 2011. (U.S. Navy)

Navy to increase ships in Middle East, Asia by 20% within 5 years

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Joint Chief Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, before the Senate Foreign Relation Committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Martin Dempsey: Syrians training to fight Islamic State need protection

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, photograph, Charla Nash sits in her favorite chair at her second-story apartment in Boston. The Department of Defense is following Nash's progress, after funding her full-face transplant surgery in 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Charla Nash, victim of chimp attack, studied by U.S. military

By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

Jordanians chant slogans to show their support for the government's campaign against terror during a rally in Amman, Jordan. (Associated Press)

Jordan expands Islamic State bombing raids into Iraq after pilot burning death

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Gen. Lloyd Austin, who oversees military operations in the Middle East, told Congress on Tuesday that he is worried about how the removal of pertinent State Department and military staff from Yemen has further inflamed concerns about the future of counterterrorism operations in the region. (Associated Press)

U.S. Yemen evacuation weakens relations, terrorist fight: Mideast commander

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, June. 12, 2014 file photo, Iraqi men line up outside of the main army recruiting center to volunteer for military service in Baghdad, Iraq, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Iraq’s military has been deeply shaken by their humiliating collapse in the face of an onslaught by Islamic militants the past two weeks. Officers talk of hardly being able to live with the shame. Commanders are under investigation for abandoning their posts. The impact is hurting efforts to rally the armed forces to fight back, with Shiite militiamen filling the void. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim, File)

Pentagon scraps attack on Mosul: ‘There are gaps and seams that need to be closed’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FIghters from the Free Syrian Army, left, and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), center, join forces to fight Islamic State group militants in Kobane, Syria, Nov. 19, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pentagon: Syrian rebels to begin training to fight Islamic State as soon as March

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, Gen. Philip M. Breedlove attends a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The Obama administration is still struggling with whether to provide lethal, defensive weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that such a move might only escalate Russia's military campaign there, U.S. defense leaders told Congress Wednesday. Breedlove, the top NATO commander, told the House Armed Services Committee that he has laid out military options the administration could consider for Ukraine, ranging from sending small arms to more sophisticated weapons that would take longer to arrive and require extensive training. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Gen. Philip Breedlove says training of Ukrainians not ‘on automatic’

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

"I was ... mind-boggled and didn't understand at all how this could be part of a strategic plan in what they're talking about," Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a captain in the Hawaii Army National Guard and Iraq War veteran, said on CNN. "That you're not only outlining the timeline — which is troubling, but you're also talking about specifically how many troops, how many brigades, where they're coming from, and what they're going to be doing." (Associated Press)

Jordan training camp for Islamic State fight leaked by Pentagon in latest gaffe

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

NUMBER 1. BOEING AH-64 APACHE is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability. An air weapons team of two AH-64D Apaches from the 1st "Attack" Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, come in for a landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, after completing a reconnaissance mission in the skies over Baghdad Nov. 6. Photo by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel McClinton, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div.

Pentagon officials and governors square off over Apache attack helicopter transition plan

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks in the Pentagon auditorium, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, to address staff at an all hands meeting. Carter was sworn in Tuesday, replacing Chuck Hagel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Ashton Carter priorities as defense secretary include Pentagon funds, Obama advice

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 7, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. plans large-scale operation to take Mosul from Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. Mr. Obama penned an op-ed outlining his position on countering "violent extremism" — a buzz phrase being used by the administration as part of politically correct efforts not to focus on the Islamic nature of the current terror threat. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: China tests nuclear missile for submarine launch

By Bill Gertz

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby declined to comment on a review to be released by the Pentagon that cites serious problems of U.S. nuclear capabilities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

John Kirby to step down as chief Pentagon spokesman

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

U.S. army soldiers load equipments onto an aircraft, not seen, as they prepare to make the journey home at al-Asad airbase west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 1 , 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) **FILE**

Islamic State militants in Iraqi uniforms attack U.S. air base

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times