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In this July 21, 2021, file photo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) ** FILE **

Pentagon to require COVID-19 vaccine for all troops by Sept. 15

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo, a TV screen showing the U.S. Navy fleet sail in formation near the models of Liaoning aircraft carrier with navy frigates and submarines on display at the military museum in Beijing. China on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, protested the latest passage by a U.S. Navy ship through the Taiwan Strait, calling it a provocation that undermined peace and stability in the region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Chinese pressure sparks debate on Taiwan’s resilience

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon to hold on to several bases in Europe over rising tensions

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Adm. John C. Aquilino, who is on deck to lead the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, says China is advancing its military capabilities at an alarming rate. (U.S. Navy)

Pentagon’s Pacific commander feels ‘sense of urgency’ to deter China

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pictured in promotional posters outside Fox News studios at News Corporation headquarters in New York on Saturday, July 31, 2021, are hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo, Stuart Varney, Neil Cavuto and Charles Payne. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Liberal veteran group puts Fox News in its crosshairs, wants network banned on military bases

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, right, speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) ** FILE **

Coups, race, White rage: Pentagon dragged deeper into politics, culture wars

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

From Jan. 22 through Feb. 4, students from the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, N.C. will be taking part in the latest “Robin Sage” exercise, the final test of their Special Forces Qualification Course training. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) ** FILE **

Soldier’s sham marriage conviction exposes immigration fraud ring in military

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

Sen. Cotton says critical race theory threatens cohesion in military units

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter patrols Mogadishu in the wake of gun battles between gunmen and U.N. peacekeepers protecting the U.N. military headquarters, June 8, 1993. The city remained on edge after a night of clashes. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Army to upgrade combat awards for ‘Black Hawk Down’ vets

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testify before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Thursday, June 17, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

Top U.S. general ‘shocked’ by report of 1,900 missing military guns

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this April 2, 2015, file photo made available by the U.S. Air Force, a senior airman from the 49th Security Forces Squadron in charge of the armory, returns an M4 carbine to a rack at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The Pentagon used to share annual updates about missing weapons with Congress, but that requirement ended and, with it, public accountability has slipped. The Army and Air Force couldn’t readily tell AP how many weapons they were missing from 2010 through 2019. (Airman 1st Class Aaron Montoya/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Missing military firearms found after violent crimes

By Kristin M. Hall, James Laporta and Justin Pritchard and Justin Myers - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hands out diplomas to United States Military Academy graduating cadets during the ceremony for class 2021 at Michie Stadium on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Lloyd Austin, Pentagon chief, fires back at Ted Cruz, says U.S. military will never be ‘soft’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, speaks at the AARP Presidential Forum at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP) ** FILE **

Sexual assault in military Democrats civil war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghan soldiers patrol outside their military base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. By Sept. 11 2021, at the latest, the remaining U.S.and allied NATO forces will leave Afghanistan, ending nearly 20 years of military engagement. Also leaving is the American air support that the Afghan military has relied on to stave off potentially game-changing Taliban assaults, ever since it took command of the war from the U.S. and NATO in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

As U.S. packs up, concern for allies left behind in Afghanistan grows

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Gen. John W. Raymond, the commander of the U.S. Space Command, speaks Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, during a ceremony to recognize the establishment of the United States Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Christian Murdock)/The Gazette via AP) **FILE**

Air Force Gen. John W. Raymond: Chinese lasers, jammers threaten GPS satellites

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Palau is one of the tiny Pacific players on the front lines of a high-stakes rivalry between the U.S. and China.. (Associated Press)

Deterrent against China: Palau invites U.S. military to build on remote islands

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

An Afghan army soldier stands guard as smoke rises from a burning fuel tanker after a road accident on the Jalalabad-Kabul highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Afghanistan exit creates hurdles for counterterrorism operations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Top general says military in Afghanistan begins closing down

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

The 2,500-plus U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan face a period of maximum uncertainty and vulnerability in the next few months. The Pentagon may have to send more U.S. forces to the country, at least temporarily, to help speed the withdrawal. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. to monitor Afghanistan after troop withdrawal

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times