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A crew member of a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington looks at the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan near the coastal town of Tanawan in the central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 17. 2013. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Aid missions boost U.S. troops’ image, readiness

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (July 02, 2012) Rear Adm. Ted Branch, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, addresses the public regarding the results of its Judge Advocate General Manual (JAGMAN) investigation of the F/A-18D Hornet that crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach on April 6. The aircraft, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 and based at Naval Air Station Oceana, was conducting a scheduled training exercise when it suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure shortly after takeoff and crashed into the Mayfair Mews Apartment Complex. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernest R. Scott/Released)

Two Navy admirals suspended as military cracks down on misconduct

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

U.S. Army training photo by Spc. Cody A. Thompson, 40th Public Affairs Detachment.

U.S. military commandos fought in Benghazi

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 4, 2009 photo, Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud sits with fellows in Sararogha in south Waziristan in Pakistan. U.S. troops are holding the senior Pakistani Taliban commander they captured in Afghanistan a week ago, an Afghan provincial official said Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Senior Taliban commander tied to failed NYC Times Square bomb plot captured

Associated Press

Two Marine Corps generals fired for failure to secure base in Afghanistan

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

President Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The president blended the threat of military action with the hope of a diplomatic solution as he works to strip Syria of its chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

PREBLE: Obama bombs in Syria speech

By Christopher Preble

The most egregious examples of government waste, fraud or abuse.

Golden Hammer: Army wing office buy doesn’t fly for waste watchers

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

MOONEY: Declaring war on warmth

By Kevin Mooney

Zaka volunteers and rescue personnel carry the plastic-wrapped body of a victim from an apartment in a building in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, that was hit on Nov. 15, 2012, by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed three Israelis in a rocket attack liable to deepen a bruising Israeli air, naval and artillery offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. The casualties were the first in Israel since it launched its operation the previous day with the assassination of Hamas' top military commander. (Associated Press)

Attack on Syria likely to trigger terrorists acts against U.S., Israel

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Several bodies are buried during a funeral in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. A senior Obama administration official said on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, there is “very little doubt” that a chemical weapon was used by the Syrian regime against civilians in an incident that killed at least a hundred people last week, but added that President Obama had not yet decided how to respond. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)

U.S. official: Chemical weapons likely used in Syria

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clashes with security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district. (Associated Press)

Obama’s foreign policy fails to gain footing in renewed Middle East

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: Who betrayed Navy SEAL Team 6?

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

Nancy Ohanian

GORDON: Egypt’s missing marker: Economic freedom

By J.D. Gordon

**FILE** Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 12, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the looming cuts to the defense budget. (Associated Press)

U.S. military gearing up for cyber wars

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Illustration Benghazi by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ECKERT: Unanswered questions about Benghazi

By Fred J. Eckert

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel “looks forward to participating in this year’s DOD Pride event at the Pentagon on Tuesday, June 25 … to celebrate LGBT Pride Month,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said. Mr. Hagel will attend a symposium. (Associated Press)

Military gives a salute to Gay Pride Month; messages sent to commands

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Obama urged to ‘punch’ China

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

China set to stage technological warfare exercises

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

SEIP: Wielding ‘smart power’ abroad

By Norman Seip

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, a man looks at documents at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. The graffiti reads, "no God but God," " God is great," and "Muhammad is the Prophet." (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

U.S. upgrades Benghazi mission to ‘capture or kill’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times