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In this photo taken Wednesday, July 1, 2015, the New Balance proposed 950v2 sneaker, that has passed military testing, is displayed at one of company's manufacturing facilities in Boston. New Balance is pressing the Pentagon to buy American-made footwear for the troops instead of sneakers from rival Nike that are made in China. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Military recruits still not using American-made sneakers

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

While U.S. forces have conducted over 7,000 sorties over Iraq and Syria in 2015, only 25 percent had at least one "weapons release" upon Islamic State ground positions. (Associated Press)

U.S. general says air war against IS forces has been effective

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

U.S. Marines (Department of Defense) **FILE**

U.S. military granted permanent access to Moron Air Base; Kerry to sign deal in Madrid

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A Rohingya boy sleeps on the floor at a temporary shelter in Langsa, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

U.S. readies air patrols in search for Rohingya boat people

By Jocelyn Gecker and Eileen Ng - Associated Press

President Barack Obama gives the commencement address as he attends the U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: Climate change a threat to homeland security, hurts military readiness

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This May 11, 2015 photo provided by Zachariah Fike of Purple Hearts Reunited shows Pvt. Daniel Quinlan's Purple Heart. The medal, one of the first Purple Heart medals ever awarded to American military personnel is being returned to a relative of Quinlan's, who received it for wounds suffered during World War I. Purple Hearts Reunited said Quinlan’s medal was sent to the Vermont-based group recently with a note saying it was found in the mid-1990s in the attic of a Hudson Valley home near where Quinlan lived before he died in a 1938 car crash. (Zachariah Fike/Purple Hearts Reunited via AP)

WWI hero’s lost Purple Heart is being returned to grandson

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

A sign stands outside of an entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., on Jan. 9, 2014. A culture of bad behavior and disrespect among athletes at U.S. military academies is one part of the continuing problem of sexual assaults at the schools, according to a new Defense Department report that comes in the wake of scandals that rocked teams at all three academies last year. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Retaliation for reporting sexual assaults rampant in military: Report

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry, Texas Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE*

Inside the Ring: House funding bill targets Russian information warfare in Ukraine

By Bill Gertz

Gunpowder and dirt fly as the 1st Cavalry Division horse detachment make their traditional 'cavalry charge' to conclude the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade's color casing ceremony, March 25, 2009, at Cooper Field, Fort Hood, Texas. U.S. Army photo.

White House downplays concerns of military training exercise in Texas

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks during the Iowa Agriculture Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Huckabee suggests military recruits wait until Obama exits office to enlist

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Gunnery Sgt. Michael Soucy honors Korean War veteran Sgt. Douglas B. Michaud during a memorial Mass at the Incarnation Catholic Church on Jan. 7. Sgt. Soucy, 38, from Biddenford, Maine, is the Recruiting Substation Bloomington staff noncommissioned-officer-in-charge. Michaud, one of the "Chosin Few," passed away on Dec. 8, 2010. For more photos of the event, visit the Recruiting Station Twin Cities fan page at www.facebook.com/rstwincities. (Image: Marine Corps Flickr page)

U.S. military ‘hostile’ to Christians under Obama; morale, retention devastated

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama Iran strategy clear failure

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 12 at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China has become one of the world's largest two economies, and is wealthy enough to buy up at least $1.3 trillion of the U.S. debt. But that hasn't stopped Uncle Sam from continuing to send foreign aid to Beijing. (Associated Press)

China invests in cyberwarfare to compete with U.S. military

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite fighters (background) patrol as their comrades attend the funeral procession of victims who were killed from triple suicide bombings that hit a pair of mosques in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Saudi Arabia leads Arab attack on Yemen rebels; Iran proxy war looms

By Guy Taylor and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 23, 2014, file photo, Army Lt. Gen. William Mayville Jr., director of Operations J-3, speaks about the operations in Syria, during a news conference at the Pentagon. The U.S. military has hit as many as 17 separate targets connected to an al Qaeda cell in Syria known as the Khorasan Group, U.S. officials say. It’s part of an ongoing and little-discussed air campaign aimed at disrupting the group’s capacity to plot attacks against Western aviation. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

U.S. unclear on impact of bombing on al Qaeda group in Syria

By Ken Dilanian and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces clashes with Islamic State extremists at the front line in Qadisiyah neighborhood in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) ** FILE **

U.S. soldier gets wounded at Iraqi training site

By Maggie Ybarra - 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

John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, says six telecommunications towers were built in Afghanistan without usage plans. (Associated Press)

Campbell-Sopko feud on public Afghan audits spills to hearing

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times