US Commander: Initial Tests Show ISIS Used Mustard Gas Initial field tests have indicated that Islamic militants may have used mustard gas in an Aug. 11 attack on Kurdish peshmerga...
White House Mum on Rebel Chem Weapons Use While wrestling with the case for a Syria attack, the White House is not commenting on reports that rebels released the gas.
US Military Ordering Troops in Iraq to Dust Off Chemical Weapon Suits The U.S. military has ordered its nearly 3,500 troops stationed in Iraq to reacquaint themselves with their chemical weapons...
Kerry Warns Syria Against 'Delaying Tactic' Russia's plan to avert a U.S.-led military strike on Syria by placing the country's chemical weapons under international...
Scooter Libby Resurfaces on Biodefense Panel I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney convicted of obstructing justice, has taken a new...
Obama Asks Congress to Delay Vote on Syria Strike President Obama made his case for a strike on Syria, but asked Congress to delay a vote so he could pursue diplomacy.
Army Dodged Catastrophe In Anthrax Scandal: Expert The public could face significant risk unless the military tightens safeguards in the handling of anthrax and other deadly...
Securing Syria's Weapons May Require US Troops DoD officials aren't sure whether US military personnel might be required to help secure Syria's chemical weapons.
US Builds New Detention Facility in Iraq for Terror Suspects The U.S. has a new detention facility in Iraq and the first inmate was believed to be a captured ISIS chemical weapons...
DoD Civilians to Destroy Syria's WMD The destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles at sea will be an all-civilian operation by U.S. Defense Department...
He Served His Country. In Return, His Country Sent Him into Exile. The military relies on noncitizens to fill its ranks. No one is sure how many are later banished from the country they fought...
Investigation Finds Navy Supply Ship Ran Aground After Captain Left to Eat Dinner The Alan Shepard was launched in 2006 and has space for a crew of more than 120, all of whom are typically civilian mariners...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing The Air Force special operations wing in Florida where Senior Airman Roger Fortson served before he was shot and killed by...
VA Executives Received $10.8 Million in Improper Bonuses Under PACT Act, Watchdog Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General found that the VA paid $1 million more in bonuses to senior...