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This undated image posted on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows a fighter from the Islamic State group, armed with a knife and an automatic weapon, next to captured Syrian army soldiers and officers, following the battle for the Tabqa air base, in Raqqa, Syria. As the U.S. strikes Islamic State militant targets in Iraq, extremists of the same group are unhindered in their growth across the border in Syria, capturing new territory and becoming bolder by the day. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

Sources: US considering new relief mission in Iraq

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Smoke rises from airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. (Associated Press)

U.S. expands campaign against Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Childhood traumas more common in military members

Associated Press

Bergdahl

Bergdahl returned to active duty

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A burned Iraqi army vehicle on a street after clashes between followers of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi and ISIL in Karbala. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: No Iraq invasion unless U.S. homeland is threatened

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pentagon set to exhume U.S. soldiers’ remains in the Philippines

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 19, 2004 file photo USMC Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun prepares himself as he waits to make a statement to a large crowd of media outside the gates to USMC Base Quantico, Va. Nearly 10 years ago Hassoun was declared a deserter after allegedly faking his own kidnapping in Iraq, then reappeared and was to face charges. But he disappeared again in 2005, has now turned himself in to U.S. authorities, and is being flown to the U.S. Sunday, June 29, 2014, from an undisclosed Mideast location. Once at Camp Lejeune, the commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force will determine whether to court-martial him. (AP Photo/Dylan Moore, File)

Marine who disappeared in Iraq in 2004 back in U.S.

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Former Navy SEAL Chris Beck chronicles the transformation to a woman, Kristin Beck, in her new book "Warrior Princess."

SEAL Team 6’s Kristin Beck: Transgender recruiting tool for Pentagon

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 9, 2014, image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, military soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraqi Military via AP video)

Sunni militants overrun Mosul as Iraq’s P.M. calls for state of emergency

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Taliban propaganda video released in 2009 shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl weeks after his capture.

POW Bergdahl’s haggard look could have been terrorist ploy to free Taliban

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Photo illustration with U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and a U.S. military sniper.

Pentagon knew Bergdahl’s whereabouts but didn’t risk rescue for ‘deserter’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a mission over southern Afghanistan. Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the country's coast, a Defense Department official confirmed Wednesday. (USAF via Associated Press)

Obama’s Afghanistan pullout may end domination of drones

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Senior U.S. administration officials say President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year. Nearly all of those forces are to be out by the end of 2016, as Obama finishes his second term. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

APNewsBreak: US to keep 9800 troops in Afghanistan

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

FILE - This May 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Senior U.S. administration officials say President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year. Nearly all of those forces are to be out by the end of 2016, as Obama finishes his second term. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Troop drawdown: Obama says US finishing Afghan job

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Judge will allow force-feeding of Gitmo prisoner

Associated Press

Air Force Master Sgt. Tessa M. Fontaine sits at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial after being honored during a wreath laying ceremony for service women at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

MEMORIAL DAY: Memorial honors roles of women in military service

By Kristen East — The Washington Times

80 US Air Force personnel on ground in Chad

Associated Press

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,181

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

NC Legislature honors military presence in state

Associated Press