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Sgt. Jeremiah Walden, an infantry trainer assigned to A Co., 2nd Bn., 34th Armor Regt., 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, adjusts an Iraqi trainee's weapon to ensure he's covering the correct sector of fire during infantry squad tactical training lanes Jan. 7 at Camp Taji, Iraq. Walden is one of over 150 "Dreadnaughts" of 2-34 who are advising several Iraqi Army battalions, providing new recruits advanced training and assisting Iraqi cadre by teaching small unit tactics and leadership. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Mike Lavigne, 1st Inf. Div. PAO)

Pentagon officials, Syria opposition fighters meet to discuss Islamic State battle plan

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Taliban and al Qaeda detainees sit in a holding at Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in this Jan. 11, 2002 photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

5 Guantanamo detainees released by Pentagon; Yemenis transferred to Oman, Estonia

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2014 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon. The Pentagon took initial steps Friday to set up a new agency that will direct the troubled effort to search for America’s missing war dead, two years after an internal report found the current program was mismanaged and wasteful. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Pentagon to probe breach of retired officers’ personal information in Twitter hack

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 photo, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaking to a small group of reporters after meeting with his French counterpart on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 in Paris, Dempsey said it will take three or four months to begin the $500 million training program, which the House approved on Wednesday and sent to the Senate, where members of both parties predicted easy passage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gen. Martin Dempsey won’t deny White House is micromanaging Pentagon

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

HAZARDOUS: Fort McClellan in Alabama was the site of the only military facility in the U.S. to use live chemical weapons such as sulfur mustard and nerve agents. (Associated Press)

Pentagon puts budget concerns ahead of Fort McClellan troops’ welfare

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2014 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon. The Pentagon took initial steps Friday to set up a new agency that will direct the troubled effort to search for America&#8217;s missing war dead, two years after an internal report found the current program was mismanaged and wasteful. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Chuck Hagel, Pentagon move to establish new POW-MIA office

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to troops stationed at Baghdad International Airport, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Hagel, who flew to Baghdad to get a first-hand report on progress against the Islamic State militants, held a series of meetings with top Iraqi government officials and conferred with American military commanders. Al-Abadi told Hagel on Tuesday that his army is taking the offensive against the Islamic State group but needs more air power and heavy weaponry to prevail. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

Pentagon to seek 20% cut for war budget: source

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to make a visit to Washington sometime this spring. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president to visit U.S. as Taliban tension flares

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The first F-35B fighter jet attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Yuma, Ariz., on Nov. 16, 2012. (Associated Press/The Yuma Sun, Craig Fry) **FILE**

U.S. military to base new stealth jets in U.K.

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

MQ-9 Reaper drone fires a missile. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pentagon’s drone demands push Air Force to ‘breaking point’: internal memo

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A Navy SEAL candidate traverses a Naval Special Warfare obstacle course at Little Creek, Va., on May 11, 2013. (U.S. Navy)

Navy SEAL ‘performance center’ request denied by Congress for second year

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Critics say the Pentagon is spending too much taxpayer money on bombastic displays like sending aircraft to fly over stadiums, such as at last week's college football Military Bowl between Virginia Tech and Cincinnati in Annapolis. (Associated Press)

Pentagon football marketing splurge balances lean budget, recruitment needs

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was released in May after nearly five years as a hostage, and perhaps after a failed ransom payment to an Afghan national. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Bowe Berghdal ransom claims grab attention of Pentagon’s inspector general

By Bill Gertz

A US Army window gunner holds his weapon on a helicopter carrying U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during his visit to American troops in eastern Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

U.S. off war footing at year’s end, but wars go on

By ROBERT BURNS and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

After critics decried Ferguson, Missouri, police using Defense Department-donated heavy artillery against rioting protesters, some law enforcement agencies are returning military-grade weaponry back to the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Military hardware still flowing to local police after Ferguson

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The first commander of U.S. Cyber Command, then-Army Gen. Keith Alexander, gave Congress in 2013 one of its first public overviews of how quickly an offensive cyberwarfare mindset was spreading across the Pentagon. In military parlance, it means "normalizing" cyberoperations into the daily routine. "We have no alternative but to do so because every world event, crisis and trend now has a cyber-aspect to it, and decisions we make in cyberspace will routinely affect our physical or conventional activities and capabilities as well," Gen. Alexander told lawmakers. (Associated Press)

U.S. Cyber Command investment ensures hackers targeting America face retribution

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

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Santa Claus, kids get Pentagon promise: ‘Airspace is safe for sleigh travel’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 2014 file photo provided by Eugene R. Fidell, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl prepares to be interviewed by Army investigators. U.S. officials have finished an investigation into how and why Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG'-dahl) disappeared from his base in Afghanistan. Bergdahl was held captive for five years by the Taliban. (AP Photo/Eugene R. Fidell, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Bowe Bergdahl investigation ends; Chuck Hagel and top leaders briefed

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this June 16, 2014, file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group, slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. ISIS placed eighth on Google's list of 2014's fastest-rising global search requests, the company said Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. (AP Photo, File)

Gen. James L. Terry to call Islamic State ‘Daesh’ moving forward

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) is unloaded from a C-5 Galaxy on Sept. 25, 2008 at an air base in Southwest Asia. (Image: U.S. Air Force)

Pentagon sending 250 MRAPs to Iraq at no charge for Islamic State fight

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times