Tag: Pentagon

A new report has confirmed what SOFREP reported last month about there being more troops in Iraq and Syria than were initially reported by the Pentagon.

Picture this: A Chinese fighter jet accidentally crashes into a Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane while attempting to buzz it over the South China Sea, killing all on board both aircraft. Fearing U.S. retaliation, China goes a relatively unexpected route: It uses surface-to-air missiles to shoot numerous U.S. satellites out of the heavens in quick […]

Hopefully this will be a sign of things to come from the new commander. In the meantime, many in the special operations community will breathe a sigh of relief.

The exact message from the Pentagon to ISIS‘ tanker drivers just before U.S. warplanes decimated the terrorist army’s oil convoys last November has been revealed. Text of leaflets dropped before bombing began, warning truck drivers to run for their lives, was released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the blog War […]

Until recently, the Pentagon has kept quiet on the amount of Air Force drone crashes. In the past year alone, at least $2 million in damaged drones occurred. More importantly, the drone losses are impacting the resources that field commanders have to work with in many of the countries where counter terrorism efforts are taking […]

Recent Pentagon reports have cited safety issues involving the management of anthrax at an Army facility in Utah. Active anthrax pathogen shipments that were mislabeled as being ‘inactive’ have found their way to every state in America, along with nine foreign countries.

At the protest of the Army, Pentagon officials have announced their consideration of demoting retired General David Petraeus. This comes as a result of his sharing sensitive information with a former mistress. The Army is cooperating with defense officials so that that the Secretary of Defense can make his final decision. If rank is reduced, […]

The results of the Pentagon’s review of military awards to be announced Thursday could see large numbers of decorated Iraq and Afghanistan vets upgraded to Medals of Honor, according to defense officials. The military is examining over 1,000 medals given since the attacks of September 11, 2001, as part of its review to determine whether […]

A Republican congressman who previously served as a Navy SEAL commander said Thursday that bureaucratic red tape might have delayed a rescue force and prevented close air support from adequately helping an Army Special Forces team during a firefight in southern Afghanistan this week in which one American was killed. Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), questioned if […]

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has announced that all combat roles in the US military will now be opened to women.  How this will be implemented, despite widespread objections by the Marine Corps and Special Operations, remains to be seen.  Waving a magic wand and announcing that women will now be able to join the […]

While the coalition fight against ISIS in Iraq & Syria has garnered a huge amount of media attention, a large-scale offensive underway against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen is well underway on the Arabian peninsula. The massive Saudi-led campaign named Operation Decisive Storm has garnered an incredible amount of regional support with Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco, […]

Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer recently reported on Fox News that Bowe Bergdahl would be charged with desertion by the U.S. military.  The saga of America’s only POW held in Afghanistan is a long and complicated one and recent revelations about his legal status under the military’s Uniform Code of Military Justice is something which has been […]