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Apr 29, 2020

Pentagon won’t pay for female troops’ infertility

An Army retiree says she was just 21 years old when exposure to a chemical used to strip paint from aircraft parts caused her to become infertile. Hers is just one of the stories compiled in an alarming report by the Service Women’s Action Ne…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

In first DoD-wide audit, every military branch failed

The first-ever audit of the of the $2.7 trillion enterprise that is the Defense Department identified widespread problems in cybersecurity, but found little in the way of savings that could offset potential budget cuts in 2019, according to Pentagon…

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

BYEric Milzarski

Apr 29, 2020

This is what we know about the dirtbag arrested for allegedly trying to poison Mattis

Earlier this week, two letters arrived at the Pentagon. One was addressed to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and the other to Chief of Naval Oper…

BYEric Milzarski

Apr 29, 2020

BYVoice of America News

Apr 29, 2020

Someone just tried to send poison to Mattis in the mail

Two letters sent to the Pentagon, including one addressed to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, have tested positive for ricin, a defense official told VOA on Oct. 2, 2018. The envelopes containing a suspicious substance were taken by the FBI on…

BYVoice of America News

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 12, 2019

Navy veteran reportedly arrested for ricin poisoning

The suspect behind several suspicious letters that were sent to the White House and the Pentagon in early October 2018 has reportedly been taken into custody. Authorities took the suspect, previously

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 12, 2019

BYMilitary.com

Sep 12, 2019

The Pentagon hasn’t gotten the money for the Space Force yet

The Pentagon has yet to figure out how to create, organize, and fund the new Space Force that President Donald Trump ordered as a new service branch, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat…

BYMilitary.com

Sep 12, 2019

BYUS Department of Defense

Sep 12, 2019

How the vice president and Pentagon commemorated 9/11

“The terrorists who attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, sought not just to take the lives of U.S. citizens and crumble buildings; they hoped to break America’s spirit,” Vice President Mike Pence said at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial observ…

BYUS Department of Defense

Sep 12, 2019

BYWarrior Maven

Sep 12, 2019

The Pentagon will focus on these small precision kill weapons

The Pentagon is substantially revving up its arsenal of air-launched, laser-guided rockets able to attack and hit moving targets from the air at ranges more than three kilometers, service officials said. Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System a…

BYWarrior Maven

Sep 12, 2019

BYWarrior Maven

Nov 1, 2018

The Army will fire artillery and missiles from Navy ships

The Army and Navy are operating together in the Pacific to fire Army artillery from Navy ships, send targeting data to land weapons from Navy sensors, and use coastal land rockets to destroy enemy ships at sea, service leaders said. “The Army…

BYWarrior Maven

Nov 1, 2018

BYUnited States Army

May 25, 2018

Mattis: For the first time in 70 years, Pentagon will audit defense spending

The funding process for the U.S. military is back in a healthy place, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said on May 23, 2018, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The secretary spoke at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation, and on May 24, 2018…

BYUnited States Army

May 25, 2018

BYProPublica

May 11, 2018

Congress will force the military to stop burning old munitions

The next round of Department of Defense funding will come with an important requirement: Congress wants the Pentagon’s outmoded and highly toxic practice of burning old munitions and other explosives in the open air to finally come to a stop. <p…

BYProPublica

May 11, 2018

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 16, 2018

Strikes on Syria were a public spanking of the Assad regime

President Donald Trump pulled off a large-scale attack on sites thought to contribute to Syria’s chemical weapons program — but even the Pentagon acknowledges the attack’s limitations. The Pentagon says the strikes, made by the US, France,…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 16, 2018

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 11, 2018

What the Guard will be doing while deployed on the Mexico border

President Donald Trump’s deployed National Guard troops have already begun arriving at the US-Mexico border — and they’ll mostly be providing aerial support and helping with surveillance and infrastructure projects, the Pentagon said April 9, 20…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 11, 2018