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A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines First Division, Eighth regiment, smokes a cigarette in Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. forces punched into the center of the insurgent stronghold, overwhelming bands of guerrillas in the street with heavy barrages of fire and searching house to house in a powerful advance on the second day of a major offensive. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco) ** FILE **

Pentagon to raise tobacco prices on military bases to curb smoking, dipping

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 10, 2014, file photo, an aircraft lands after missions targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq from the deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin named as naval officer accused of espionage: report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

AP FACT CHECK: Bruised realities in GOP debate

By Calvin Woodward - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, file photo, an employee of Doctors Without Borders walks inside the charred remains of the organization's hospital after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The U.S. military is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to wounded survivors and relatives of the 42 Afghans killed when an American AC-130 gunship attacked the hospital; Doctors Without Borders says the “sorry money” doesn’t compensate for the loss of life. (AP Photo/Najim Rahim, File)

MSF: U.S. payments to victims of Kunduz hospital bombing inadequate ‘sorry money’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A dilapidated Philippine Navy ship LT 57 (Sierra Madre) with Philippine troops deployed on board is anchored off Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, Sunday, March 30, 2014 off South China Sea. On Saturday, China Coast Guard attempted to block the Philippine government vessel AM700 carrying fresh troops and supplies, but the latter successfully managed to docked beside the ship to replace troops who were deployed for five months. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: U.S. mulls pledge on disputed Philippines outpost

By Bill Gertz

President Obama was criticized for standing behind a podium instead of being seated behind the Resolute desk while addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. struggling to build anti-Islamic State strategy in Libya

By ROBERT BURNS and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. military’s millennials at greatest risk for suicide

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

New House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. calls for a bold pro-growth agenda as he delivers his first major policy speech since talking over the gavel just over a month ago, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan promises conservative agenda, confronts Obama in big speech

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

US President Barack Obama delivers his speech at the 'Mission Innovation: Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution' meeting at the COP2, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Monday, Nov. 30 2015. (Ian Langsdon, Pool photo via AP)

ED FEULNER: Making America more secure

By Ed Feulner

Rct. Wilde Lariveaux, Platoon 1066, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, provides security as his team rushes through a combat training course Aug. 26, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits sprinted, crawled and climbed through the course in teams, reinforcing the saying no one left behind. The course is part of Basic Warrior Training, held during the ninth week of boot camp, which focuses on basic field-related skills all Marines must know. The basic combat training recruits receive while on Parris Island will be broadened after boot camp during follow-on training at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Lariveaux, 19, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is scheduled to graduate Sept. 19, 2014. Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink/Released) ** FILE **

ED FEULNER: The declining state of the U.S. military

By Ed Feulner

President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Vice President Joe Biden, speaks about Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Obama announced that he will keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s team preps for more U.S. boots on the ground in fight against Islamic State

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

General John F. Campbell, commander of international forces in Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) ** FILE **

U.S. re-evaluating troop drawdown in Afghanistan

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A Marine carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Lance Cpl. Gregory T. Buckley, 21, of Oceanside, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (Associated Press)

U.S. military indifference to Afghan sex abuse led boy to kill three Marines

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration on DOJ policy protection of child abuse by Afghan "allies" by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

PENNY NANCE, MARIO DIAZ: Fighting sexual abuse in Afghanistan

By Penny Nance and Mario Diaz

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

This screen grab made Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, show the front page of the U.S. Central Command Twitter account after is was hacked. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Pro-Islamic State group issues threat: ‘Soon we’ll behead U.S. military in their homes’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

An US F16 fighter jet takes off from a Romanian air base in Campia Turzii, Romania, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Some 450 U.S. and Romanian troops are taking part in the Dacian Viper 2014 joint military exercise in Transylvania, northwestern Romania flying U.S. F-16 fighter jets of the U.S. 31st Fighter Wing alongside Romanian Mig-21 Lancers.The weeklong exercise, the fourth of its kind, was planned before Russia&#8217;s recent annexation of Crimea, according to officials.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

6 US F-16 jets arrive in Turkey to fight IS

Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

Report: U.S.-led strikes in Iraq, Syria killed 459 civilians

By VIVIAN SALAMA and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" is displayed at the Munch Museum in Oslo, May 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Scanpix Norway, Stian Lysberg Solum, File) ** FILE **

Pentagon will test sonic weapon that manipulates plasma to create ear-piercing noise

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times