Pentagon will not demote retired Gen. David Petraeus

Petraeus had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of mishandling classified information while CIA director

• Jan 30, 2016

Fact check: GOP contenders misstate U.S. defense spending

President Obama has actually encouraged an increase in defense spending to avert cuts

• Jan 25, 2016

Air Force withheld nuclear "mishap" from Pentagon team

Details about damage to nuclear-armed missile caused by three airmen remain a mystery

• Jan 25, 2016

Pentagon lays out plan to take power centers from ISIS

Defense Secretary Ash Carter describes operations to troops who will soon deploy to Iraq

• Jan 13, 2016

​Pentagon: 2 U.S. Navy boats held by Iran

Iranian government assures U.S. that boats and 10 sailors "will be returned promptly," Pentagon says

• Jan 12, 2016

​Dummy Hellfire missile mistakenly shipped to Cuba

Error raises concerns Cuba could share the technology with potential U.S. adversaries like North Korea or Russia

• Jan 7, 2016

U.S. military kids sexually abused hundreds of times a year: AP

But details on the cases scarce; 3 senators call on Pentagon to be more open about extent of the problem

• Jan 4, 2016

Report: Pentagon officials have slowed process to close Gitmo

Current and former administration officials say the Pentagon has thrown up a number of obstacles that have delayed the closure of the prison

• Dec 28, 2015

Pentagon says defense secretary used personal email

"Occasional use of personal email for work-related business ... was a mistake," Ash Carter's press secretary acknowledges

• Dec 17, 2015

Carter tells Iraqis U.S. help subject to their approval

As U.S. ramps-up fight against ISIS, defense chief seeks to reassure Iraqi leaders it is them in the driver's seat

• Dec 16, 2015

Saudi Arabia forms Islamic counterterrorism coalition

Announcement comes as Saudi Arabia leads a military intervention in Yemen against Shiite rebels

• Dec 14, 2015

President Obama: U.S. squeezing the heart of ISIS

The Pentagon update came as the president faces increasing pressure from lawmakers and voters about the current U.S. strategy

• Dec 14, 2015

Pentagon: 3 ISIS leaders killed in recent strikes

"One of the most senior and experienced members" of ISIS' financial network among leaders killed, U.S. military spokesman says

• Dec 10, 2015

Defense Sec. Ash Carter: ISIS is not contained

Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday "The reality is we're at war." In November, the President had said that ISIS was contained

• Dec 9, 2015

Pentagon: Airstrikes kill 2 terrorist leaders in Africa

Senior figures in al-Shabab in Somalia and ISIS in Libya killed by U.S. airstrikes; ISIS leader allegedly killed at same time as Paris attacks

• Dec 7, 2015

Defense chief announces all combat roles will open up to women

Leon Panetta directed the services to open up all positions in the U.S. military to women by January 2016

• Dec 3, 2015

U.S. to deploy additional special ops forces to Iraq, Syria

Defense Secretary Ash Carter told Congress that a "targeting" force would conduct raids, gather intelligence

• Dec 1, 2015

Clinton can't "conceive" any condition for combat troops in Iraq, Syria

The Democratic presidential frontrunner appeared to shut the door further on deploying combat troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria

• Nov 30, 2015

Ex-Defense Sec. Gates: U.S. should reevaluate intel ops on ISIS

Gates told CBS that the NSA director should tell Congress whether he needs more capabilities to track terrorists

• Nov 20, 2015

White House expects President Obama to sign defense bill

One of the bill's provisions clashes with the administration's mission to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility

• Nov 10, 2015

Defense Department assailed for "paid patriotism" in pro sports

Honoring the military is commonplace in sports, but some of these events are little more than marketing gimmicks, two lawmakers say

• Nov 5, 2015

Pentagon spent $43 million on gas station in Afghanistan

A report found the station cost nearly 140 times what comparable stations in the region did, and it still may not work

• Nov 3, 2015

Gunshots help deflate runaway military blimp in Pennsylvania

Unmanned ​Army blimp dragged a chain that shorted out power lines before descending in central Pennsylvania

• Oct 29, 2015

U.S. soldier killed in Iraq rescue operation identified

First American killed in combat in the war against ISIS identified as 39-year-old Joshua Wheeler

• Oct 23, 2015

Obama vetoes defense policy bill in Oval Office

This marks the fifth veto of Obama's presidency and the second time he's done so on camera

• Oct 22, 2015

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