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Disaster aid package includes $2B for military 0 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1236
Two Interceptors to Swat ICBM In Most Ambitious Missile Defense Test Yet 2 soryang Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1474
Navy Unveils $3.2B Unfunded List: 2 F-35s, New Laser & More Precision Strike 1 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 994
Pentagon identifies soldiers killed in Afghanistan 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1168
Shanahan's nomination to head Pentagon on ice 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1181
Pentagon plan to fund Trump's wall could hit Puerto Rico, European allies hard 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1309
Victory over Islamic State to be announced after enclave searched: SDF 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1368
Flooding forces cancellation of air show at Offutt Air Force Base 0 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1242
DPRK- Cheese in the trap 0 soryang Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1270
Trump misunderstands NATO so badly, he thinks Brazil could be part of it 6 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 8 1779
Islamic State fighters pinned on Syrian riverbank, warplanes fly above 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1343
US military, aid group at odds over Somalia civilian deaths 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1220
New Air Force One jets and hangars to cost 33% more than expected, Pentagon says 3 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1403
Key Senate panel split on Trump-Russia collusion: sources 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1614
ISIS Camp In Baghouz Is Captured As U.S. Allies Declare Progress In Syria 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1261
ISIS fighters linked to January attack on Americans detained 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1115
Georgia woman charged over Isis-linked group that posted 'kill lists' 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1190
Boeing's F-15X fighter jet gains at expense of Lockheed F-35 in Air Force's 5-year plan 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1271
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen highlights terror, cyber threats 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1246
US Navy won't alter sail-bys at sea despite China destroyer maneuver 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1272
Officials Now Looking for Evidence of Fraud in Military Housing Scandal 5 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 29 2789
DOD employees could owe IRS thousands of dollars in taxes and interest after PCS moves 2 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 1535
Taliban Capture About 150 Afghan Soldiers After Chase Into Turkmenistan 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1357
Cesar Sayoc, accused of mailing bombs to Trump's critics, is expected to plead guilty 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1230
Russia-Trump troll suspect defends internet job 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1479
US to use more aggressive cyber to strike back at enemies 1 Ghost Dog Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1417
Here's the breakdown of the Pentagon's budget request 1 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 1858
Trump Administration Steps Up Air War in Somalia 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1203
US Navy wants to get rid of an aircraft carrier to buy new weapons needed for a next-level fight wit 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1459
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were repeatedly rejected when they tried to fly on Air Force planes, 3 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 7 1864

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Coast Guard officer accused of making hit list pleads not guilty 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1248
US warns Germany over use of 'untrusted vendors' in 5G network 2 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1337
Rep. Ilhan Omar focus of anti-immigrant conspiracy theories shared and liked on social media by 2 Ho 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1142
Michael D'Antonio: Why Javanka's security clearances were vital to Trump 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 7 1819
The military has a white-power problem 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1382
Watchdog group sues Pentagon for records relating to acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's tie 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1262
Missile base activity in North Korea 1 soryang Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1831
Former US Navy Contract Official Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme in Which He Received more than $1M 0 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1134
Pentagon may tap military pay, pensions for border wall 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1099
Despite What Trump Says, Climate Change Threatens Our National Security 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1090
Elon Musk's security clearance is reportedly under review by the Pentagon after he smoked marijuana 5 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1463
Inside America's biggest facility for migrant teens 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1161
Lawmakers to DoD: You knew about water contamination. Why haven't you done more? 1 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1017
Service secretaries: Tenant bill of rights will 'protect and empower' residents of privatized housin 1 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1277
Trump would be 'very disappointed' in Kim if North Korea rebuilding rocket site 4 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1312
U.S. halts reporting of civilian deaths by drone outside war zones 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1117
Chelsea Manning loses bid to quash subpoena in Virginia 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1204
Two LPD Amphibious Ships Cut From 2020 Budget Plan 0 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1146
U.S. launches national security probe into titanium sponge imports 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1173
John Bolton's humiliation tour 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1277
To Woo a Skeptical Trump, Intelligence Chiefs Talk Economics Instead of Spies 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1266
US set to scale back military exercises with South Korea 1 soryang Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1096
'Dead' Mali jihadist Amadou Koufa reappears in video 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1547
House Seapower chairman: Early aircraft carrier decom is a non-starter 1 nitpicker Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1249
At least nine babies held in Ice detention in Texas 4 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 12 1420
Disclosing Subpoena for Testimony, Chelsea Manning Vows to Fight 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1500
White House drafts guidelines for panel questioning climate threat to security 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1091
President Trump said the Islamic State's caliphate is over. That was news to troops on the ground. 2 Eugene Feb 2019 Mar 2019 3 1102
Trump's cost complaint casts doubt on SKorea military drills 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1073
PLA Navy Operations in the Korea Strait 0 soryang Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1092

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10 0 nitpicker Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1357
U.S. Destroyer, Cargo Ship Pass Through Taiwan Strait in 4th Warship Transit in 5 Months 0 soryang Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1125
Coast Guard officer accused of plotting terrorist attack charged with illegally possessing silencers 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1169
Lockheed expects F-35 flying costs will take time to come down: executive 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 957
Leaders of '9/11 Commission' recommend new U.S. approach to extremism 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 998
Worry about US-South Korea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit 2 nitpicker Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1121
Iraq President Salih says French Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1110
What Big Navy will do to fix its housing problem 1 nitpicker Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1087
Judge rules men-only military draft unconstitutional in court win for San Diego men's group 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1295
Okinawa rejects new US military base but Abe likely to press on 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1083
Trump administration signals ISIS foreign fighters could be sent to Guantanamo Bay 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 971
CIA gave details of 9/11 suspect's secret torture to film-makers, lawyers say 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1273
Alabama woman who joined Islamic State sues to return to US 8 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1766
Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 977
Coast Guard lieutenant used work computers in alleged planning of widespread domestic terrorist atta 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 12 1291
Amid loss of leaders, unknown militant rises in Philippines 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1130
Fabien Clain, French jihadist and 'voice of Paris attacks', reported killed 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1107
U.S. Coast Guard officer accused of terror plot could face more charges 2 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1196
Army landlords agree to expand tenant rights, curb fees in latest reform after Reuters reports 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1008
U.S., Central America launch plan to crack down on people smugglers 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 914
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