Tag: Pentagon
Documents Reveal Flaws in Pentagon Dismissals of Civilian Casualty Claims in Iraq and Syria
The report that came to the attention of the United States military in April 2017 relayed devastating news from Iraq: More than 30 people, among th [...]
Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber, the [...]
Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber, the [...]
Why the Pentagon failed another audit
The Pentagon has failed another audit this year. But with $770 billion expected to be budgeted for 2022, the Department of Defense says it is worki [...]
Pentagon Updates Its Rules on Extremism in the Military
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday issued new guidelines meant to root out extremism in the U.S. military, warning that “liking” white nationalist [...]
Pentagon Updates Its Rules on Extremism in the Military
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday issued new guidelines meant to root out extremism in the U.S. military, warning that “liking” white nationalist [...]
Pentagon Updates Its Rules on Extremism in the Military
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday issued new guidelines meant to root out extremism in the U.S. military, warning that “liking” white nationalist [...]
No U.S. Troops Will Be Punished for Deadly Kabul Strike, Pentagon Chief Decides
[explosion] In one of the final acts of its 20-year war in Afghanistan, the United States fired a missile from a drone at a car in Kabul. It was pa [...]
Pentagon calls for stop to anti-satellite weapons testing
A software rendering shows a recreation of Russia's anti-satellite weapons test and the destruction of satellite Kosmos 1408, with the debris field [...]
Pentagon Chief Orders New Inquiry Into U.S. Airstrike That Killed Dozens in Syria
Mr. Austin, who became defense secretary this year, received a classified briefing earlier this month about the strike and the military’s handling [...]
Pentagon Forms a Group to Examine Unexplained Aerial Sightings
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Tuesday night announced a new group to investigate reports of unidentified aerial phenomena in sensitive areas, work t [...]
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Pentagon Standoff Over Vaccine Intensifies
WASHINGTON — A standoff between the governor of Oklahoma and the Pentagon over a coronavirus vaccine mandate for troops has turned into a stormy te [...]
Oklahoma Governor and Pentagon Standoff Over Vaccines Intensifies
WASHINGTON — A standoff between the governor of Oklahoma and the Pentagon over a coronavirus vaccine mandate for troops has turned into a stormy te [...]
Pentagon Chief Expected to Discuss 2019 Airstrike That Killed Dozens
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III is expected on Wednesday to make his first public comments about a U.S. airstrike in Syria in 20 [...]
Pentagon Chief Orders Briefing on 2019 Syria Airstrike That Killed Dozens
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered the military’s top commander in the Middle East to brief him on details of a U.S. ai [...]