Dan Lamothe
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China’s military seeks to exploit U.S. troops, veterans, general warns
A Pentagon memo obtained by The Post says Beijing is working to enhance its military capability by targeting Americans with specialized skills and training. → Read More
Marines’ top general ‘ruthlessly’ rides out Tuberville’s military hold
Gen. Eric Smith, handcuffed by Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s promotion blockade, charts a steady, careful path to ready his Marines for America’s next major conflict. → Read More
Army charges military doctor in sprawling sexual abuse case
Maj. Michael Stockin has been suspended from seeing patients for more than a year, Army officials said. → Read More
Army doctor scrutinized in sprawling sex abuse case
Investigators have identified at least 23 alleged sex assault victims, including former patients of Maj. Michael D. Stockin, the Army doctor facing scrutiny. → Read More
See where Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking 301 military promotions
Data shows the sweep of military officers caught up in a dispute between Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville and the Pentagon is spread across the world. → Read More
Air Force maverick who warned of war with China sticks to his guns
Gen. Michael A. Minihan, lauded by hawks in Congress, has disturbed some in the Pentagon with his fiery prognostications of a looming conflict with China. → Read More
The Korean War veterans who never came home
An intractable impasse between the U.S. and North Korea has stymied once-promising efforts to recover the remains of 5,200 troops lost during the Korean War. → Read More
Pace of U.S. tank delivery to Ukraine draws fire in Senate
Sen. Tom Cotton took aim at President Biden, while Sen. Angus King bemoaned what he called "the longest windup for a punch in the history of the world." → Read More
Mastermind of Kabul airport massacre killed by Taliban, U.S. says
An ISIS suicide bomber killed scores of Afghans and 13 U.S. troops during the Biden administration’s evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021. → Read More
Afghanistan has become a terrorism staging ground again, leak reveals
THE DISCORD LEAKS | A classified Pentagon assessment portrays the Islamic State threat arising from Afghanistan as a growing security concern. → Read More
Pentagon chief warns Senate amid abortion-policy showdown
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has put a hold on nearly 160 military promotions, some for very senior positions, citing his objections to its policy post-Roe v. Wade. → Read More
Drone attack kills U.S. contractor in Syria, prompting airstrike response
The Pentagon launched precision airstrikes in response to the attack, which officials attributed to militants affiliated with Iran. → Read More
Pentagon is pressed on worsening recruiting shortfalls
The recruiting problem is particularly acute in the Army, which set a lofty goal of a half-million active-duty soldiers a few years ago. → Read More
U.S. will speed transfer of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Pentagon says
The new plan calls for refurbishing tank hulls already in the U.S. arsenal rather than procuring new vehicles, which had been expected to take up to two years. → Read More
U.S. says video shows Russia ‘flat-out lying’ about drone skirmish
The clip shows the jet zooming in from behind the MQ-9 Reaper, appearing to spray it with fuel before stopping the drone's propeller. → Read More
Pentagon, juggling Russia, China, seeks billions for long-range weapons
A year of war in Ukraine has diminished U.S. stocks and exposed shortcomings in the nation’s military manufacturing might. → Read More
U.S. releases photo of Chinese balloon captured by U-2 spy plane
The imagery, captured by a U-2 spy plane, was released more than two weeks after the U.S. military downed the Chinese balloon off the coast of South Carolina. → Read More
Four U.S. troops and military dog wounded in explosion in Syria
The Americans were injured in an explosion during a raid on an Islamic State senior leader, U.S. military officials said. → Read More
New unidentified ‘high-altitude object’ shot down over Canada
NORAD and military aircraft are tracking a new unidentified airborne object over Canada, as search continues off Alaska for latest shot-down balloon. → Read More
U.S. military launches earthquake relief mission in Turkey
U.S. personnel are helping with search and rescue and medical care, but there has not been a “huge ask” yet for more troops on the ground, officials said. → Read More