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...
Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs U.S. airmen in England assisted with an archaeological dig aimed at finding the remains of an Army pilot lost there during...
Newly Trained Air Force Pilots Must Consider Jobs Outside Flying Fighters or Bombers Due to Manning Shortfall A new Air Force policy may require recent T-38 Talon pilot training graduates to fly aircraft other than fighters or bombers...
The US Navy Is About to Launch a Submarine Built for a Mixed-Gender Crew, the First of Its Kind The USS New Jersey "is the first Virginia-class submarine designed and built for a full gender integrated crew," according to...
Congress Bestows Highest Honor on Troops Killed in Abbey Gate Bombing, with Politics in Background Surviving family members of the Abbey Gate suicide bombing victims accepted the Congressional Gold Medal as their loved ones'...
Veteran Accused of Shooting 5 on Kentucky Interstate Vowed to 'Kill a Lot of People,' Warrant Says The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to “kill a lot of people” less than 30...