AP: Military sends Congress $30B spending hike wish list

Senior Pentagon officials target limits forced by budget “sequestration” and assert nation’s combat readiness has been eroding

• Feb 7, 2017

U.S. acknowledges civilian casualties in Yemen raid that killed Navy SEAL

"This complex situation included small arms fire, hand grenades and close air support fire," CENTCOM said about the raid

• Feb 1, 2017

Sources: Pentagon report finds U.S. did not distort progress against ISIS

The long-awaited Defense Department report is not expected to satisfy intelligence analysts who had complained that officials were improperly reworking intelligence assessments

• Jan 31, 2017

A final salute to Eric Fanning

As he departs the Pentagon, the first openly-gay Secretary of the Army talks about leading the military branch following the end of “Don’t ask, don’t tell”

• Jan 15, 2017

4 Guantanamo prisoners released to Saudi Arabia, Pentagon says

This is the final push to reduce the number of men held at the U.S. base before President Obama leaves office on Jan. 20

• Jan 5, 2017

Putin's role in DNC hack

U.S. investigators believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to damage Hillary Clinton and inject doubt and chaos into the election process by hacking into the Democratic National Committee. The hack began in the summer of 2015, so officials say it was an added bonus to the Russians that Putin admirer Donald Trump became the GOP nominee. Jeff Pegues reports.

• Dec 15, 2016

Pentagon hacked

Russian hackers breached the unclassified email and computer systems of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to Gen. Martin Dempsey, the former chairman. The hack did not compromise any intelligence, but caused damage to the network, forcing the Pentagon to replace hardware and software. David Martin reports.

• Dec 15, 2016

Leon Panetta praises “tough general” James Mattis

Former secretary of defense commends Donald Trump’s pick to head the Pentagon but offers one note of caution

• Dec 1, 2016

Pentagon: Senior al Qaeda leader killed in airstrike

U.S. forces conducted a precision air strike near Sarmada, Syria, that killed Abu Afghan Al-Masri, a senior al Qaeda leader in Syria

• Nov 22, 2016

Al Qaeda leader killed by U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan: Pentagon

Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook called Faruq al-Qatani one of the "senior plotters of attacks against the United States"

• Nov 5, 2016

10 soldiers ask Army for transgender recognition after policy shift

Pentagon started allowing transgender soldiers to serve openly in June, but so far only tiny fraction of the estimated 1000s have come forward

• Oct 24, 2016

Pentagon chief visits Iraq to see commanders, assess Mosul fight

Defense Secretary Ash Carter's visit comes two days after U.S. service member was killed outside ISIS-held city

• Oct 22, 2016

2 Americans killed in Afghanistan attack identified

Soldier from Illinois and Army civilian employee from Oklahoma lost lives in hostilities, Pentagon says

• Oct 21, 2016

North Korea has another missile launch failure, U.S. military says

A Pentagon spokesman said the U.S. "strongly condemns" the attempted launch of Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile

• Oct 19, 2016

U.S. official: Large convoy of ISIS fighters allowed to leave Syrian city

Several hundred vehicles of ISIS fighters were allowed to leave the northern Syrian city of Manbij as U.S.-backed forces seized the town

• Aug 16, 2016

Powerful solar storm triggered 1967 military alert

A new report on the Cold War incident reveals aircraft scrambled after a solar storm "jammed" early warning radars

• Aug 9, 2016

Obama: Donald Trump's rigged election claim is "ridiculous"

The president also warned that "bad decisions" like a religious test could backfire in the fight to defeat ISIS

• Aug 4, 2016

Pentagon revises guidelines on treatment of war correspondents

Defense Department removes wording that could permit U.S. military commanders to treat journalists as "unprivileged belligerents"

• Jul 22, 2016

U.S. to deploy 560 more troops to Iraq

The new cap on U.S. troops in Iraq will be 4,647, the Pentagon announced

• Jul 11, 2016

Big change on tap in Pentagon policy on transgender people

Defense Secretary Carter announcing it despite some reservations on part of top brass

• Jun 30, 2016

Marine Corps to remove word "man" from 19 key job titles

As the military prepares to move women into combat roles, there's even resistance to renaming those roles

• Jun 29, 2016

Is Elon Musk working on an "Iron Man" flying suit?

A tweet from SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk adds to speculation about his secret superpowers

• Jun 9, 2016

Sexual assaults in military "pervasive," congressman reports

Survivors have no hope and "the military justice system is still dysfunctional," Sen. Gillibrand says in report urging better response to problem

• May 23, 2016

Another U.S.-led assassination on its soil angers Pakistan

Pakistan says U.S. attacks on its soil against terrorists violate their sovereignty; the U.S. keeps blaming Pakistan for harboring terrorists

• May 23, 2016

U.S. targets Taliban leader Mullah Mansour in airstrike

Pentagon has yet to confirm whether Mansour was killed, but a U.S. official says he's likely dead

• May 21, 2016

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