Gulf Tensions Rise With Dueling Mining Exercises Iran’s fast boats practice placing mines while the U.S. Navy practices sweeping them up in a show of brinksmanship.
US, Israel Deny Defense Exercise Aimed at Iran U.S. and Israel outlined exercises to begin later this month that both sides insisted were not aimed at Iran.
Pentagon Still Sees Iran as Threat No. 1 Iran will pose the greatest national security threat in President Obama's second term despite his push to shift military...
US Navy Not Worried by Iran Threats to Carriers Iranian boasts of being able to sink a U.S warship in 50 seconds were just that – boasts, according to the Pentagon.
Pentagon Rejects Military Cooperation with Iran The Pentagon denied having plans to coordinate with the Iranian military in battling Islamic extremists in Iraq.
Assessment Says Iraqi Units Infiltrated by ISIS A Pentagon assessment of Iraq's security forces has concluded that many units have been infiltrated by either Sunni insurgent...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...