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A U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during an annual exercises in Ilan County, 49 miles west of Taipei, Taiwan, on July 20, 2006. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine (AP Photo/File)

Pentagon: Ukraine used U.S.-made Patriot to down Russian hypersonic missile

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Military Vehicles Going Green Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden’s latest botch: Electric military vehicles

By Deroy Murdock

Migrants walk along the Mexico-U.S. border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, a day after dozens of migrants died in a fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Biden to send active-duty Marines, soldiers to U.S.-Mexico border

By Stephen Dinan and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This image from a video released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marines at Abbey Gate before a suicide bomber struck outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan. The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 service members and about 170 Afghans. That is according to the father of a Marine killed in the attack who was briefed on April 25, 2023, by military officials. (Department of Defense via AP, File)

Pentagon: Taliban kills ISIS-K leader who plotted Afghan airport bombing where U.S. troops died

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Smoke rises over the horizon as a fire burns after a strike in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 16, 2023. Washington's top diplomat said Tuesday, April 18, 2023, that a U.S. Embassy convoy came under fire in Sudan and denounced "indiscriminate military operations" as the country's armed forces and a powerful rival unleashed heavy weapons in urban areas for a fourth day. (AP Photo/Abdullah Moneim)

Pentagon: No military airlift planned for Americans in war-torn Sudan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is pictured during the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Friday, April 21, 2023. The U.S. will begin training Ukrainian forces how to use and maintain Abrams tanks in the coming weeks, as the U.S. continues to speed up its effort to get them onto the battlefield as quickly as possible, U.S. officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) **FILE**

Military aid for abortions fuels political, legal wars; Congress urged to step in for clarification

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-17 ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, on Oct. 1, 2019. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, that China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons “increases tensions in the region” and vowed the U.S. would maintain its capability to deter potential threats posed by China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Documents leaked by airman reveal China’s advanced hypersonic arms

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Sweden's Defense Minister Pal Jonson, unseen, speak at the Muskö Naval Base, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

U.S. sending $325 million in more military aid to Ukraine

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on, April 9, 2023. China’s local maritime authorities have issued a warning for possible rocket debris in waters northeast of Taiwan, saying ships would be banned from entering the area on April 16. The announcement comes after China held large-scale military drills that formally ended Monday in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's transit visit last week to the United States. (An Ni/Xinhua via AP, File)

U.S. admiral: Risk of war with China is growing

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

People waiting for the subway train at a Metro station, Jan. 6, 2022, in Washington. An armed man shot three people, killing one, in a Wednesday morning rampage in the nation’s capital that started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after passengers attacked and disarmed him. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Man struck, killed after walking onto tracks and into rail tunnel at Pentagon City Metro station

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Jack Teixeira’s family members leave the Moakley Federal Courthouse, Friday, April 14, 2023, after Teixeira’s court appearance in Boston. Billing records of an Internet social media platform and interviews with another user helped the FBI identify Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, as a suspect in the leak of highly classified military documents, according to court records unsealed Friday. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via AP)

Suspected Pentagon leaker arraigned in federal court in Boston

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. military personnel attend a transfer of authority ceremony from the 101st Airborne Division to the 10th Mountain Division in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. U.S. troops are deployed to Romania along with forces from other NATO member states as the alliance looks to boost security on its southeastern flank amid Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

U.S. sends Green Berets to Ukraine, says leaked Pentagon documents

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is traveling the United Kingdom and Ireland in part to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden administration in full-blown damage control mode as leak scandal grows

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Syrian army soldiers fire their weapons during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lawmakers slam Biden’s response to surging strikes by Iran-backed militias

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An Iranian domestically built drone is displayed during the annual rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, with Azadi (Freedom) monument tower seen in the background, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

U.S. swiftly returns fire after deadly drone attack, carries out retaliatory airstrikes in Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, right, accompanied by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Pentagon pressed on Ukraine endgame as skepticism takes root with some lawmakers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., right, speaks as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listens during a news conference on the House Jan. 6 Committee, on June 9, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Pentagon officials defend diversity initiatives amid Republican scrutiny

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Students in the new Army prep course run around a track during physical training exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 27, 2022. The new program prepares recruits for the demands of basic training. The Army is trying to recover from its worst recruiting year in decades, and officials say those recruiting woes are based on traditional hurdles. The Army is offering new programs, advertising and enticements to try to change those views and reverse the decline. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

Military services face questioning over recruitment shortfalls

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This image provided by Betty Seaman shows Navy A-6 Intruder pilot Jim Seaman. Navy Capt. Jim Seaman died of lung cancer at the age of 61. His widow Betty Seaman has been part of a large group of aviators and their surviving spouses who have lobbied Congress and the Pentagon for years to look into the number of cancers aviators and ground crew face. In a new study the Pentagon has found alarmingly higher rates of cancer among aviators than in the U.S. general population, and has further reviews planned. (Betty Seaman via AP)

Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. (US Department of Defense via AP)

Declassified video shows Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on, colliding with U.S. drone

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times