Pentagon

The Pentagon will be required to track military hazing if this legislation passes

Pentagon to create a database tracking incidents of hazing in the military, carry out an annual survey of U.S. troops on the issue and boost training so it is better recognized and handled. The bill is called the Harry Lew Military Hazing Accountability and Prevention Act, said Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), who crafted the legislation […]

Amended ROE Expands Air War Against Daesh

We’ve talked about the ultra-restrictive ROE hampering Operation Inherent Resolve in the past, and how the allowable level of civilian casualties has been “zero.” Since the fall timeframe, the airstrikes have picked up significantly, thanks to fewer restrictions in place and what seems to be a greater willingness to go after Daesh. That is also […]

Military reform effort claims latest casualty

In his year overseeing personnel policy at the Pentagon, Brad Carson helped open all combat jobs to women, expanded maternity leave to 12 weeks and pushed to open the door for transgender troops — and he had grander ambitions to make the military’s culture more “compatible with the ambitions of the millennial generation.” But the […]

Pentagon and CIA Militias Portray a Chaotic U.S. Foreign Policy

If you think the cross-currents of the U.S. presidential election constitute societal madness and national decline, revelations about actual fighting between the CIA and the Pentagon through their proxies in war-torn Syria raise more concern about U.S. foreign policy, enough at least to rate comparison with Donald Trump’s suggestions that the NATO alliance is obsolete […]

The Pentagon doesn’t know who’s in charge for responding to a massive cyber attack

The Pentagon does not have a clear chain of command for responding to a massive cyber attack on domestic targets in the United States, according to the federal government’s principal watchdog. While some Defense Department documents say that U.S. Northern Command would have primary responsibility for supporting civilian agencies in such an event, other documents suggest U.S. […]

Pentagon orders military families out of Turkey due to ISIS threat

The U.S. military has ordered military family members to evacuate southern Turkey, primarily from Incirlik Air Base, due to security concerns, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Family members will also be evacuated from facilities in Izmir and Mugla, according to a Pentagon statement. “The decision to move our families and civilians was made in consultation with […]

CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria

Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, highlighting how little control U.S. intelligence officers and military planners have over the groups they have financed and trained in the bitter 5-year-old civil war. The […]

Pentagon: Boeing Likely To Miss KC-46 Deadline

Not good news coming out of the Pentagon this week, FighterSweep Fans. According to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), it is unlikely Boeing will be able to deliver all 18 of the first batch of Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers to the Air Force by the August 2017 deadline. Considering that is a […]

Pentagon admits to flying spy planes over non-military U.S. territories

The Pentagon has deployed drones to spy over U.S. territory for non-military missions over the past decade, but the flights have been rare and lawful, according to a new report. The report by a Pentagon inspector general, made public under a Freedom of Information Act request, said spy drones on non-military missions have occurred fewer than 20 times […]

U.S. Special Operations forces conduct helicopter raid in Somalia

U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a joint U.S.-Somali helicopter raid against the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia on Tuesday, according to U.S. defense officials. A defense official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the operation because it had not been made public, said that there were no U.S. or Somali casualties. Pentagon […]