Andrew Tilghman

McCain’s critical remarks come after the Government Accountability Office last week released a report accusing the Pentagon of failing to keep track of the money spent on permanent change-of-station, or PCS, moves.

Nearly four months after the fall of Ramadi, the American-backed effort by the Iraqi army to retake the provincial capital from Islamic State militants is moving slowly and fueling concerns that the Iraqis are not up to the task.

Russia is in the midst of a steady military buildup at a Syrian airport, indicating Moscow intends to create an air operations base there, although no fighter jets or helicopters have arrived yet, the Pentagon said Monday.

The cost of moving troops and their families to new duty assignments continues to rise despite policies designed to limit the number of permanent change-of-station moves, according to a government watchdog report.

The Army’s decision to deny a Medal of Honor for a Green Beret soldier is under investigation by the Pentagon’s top watchdog, military documents show.

The Pentagon announced Thursday that it will send 75 more troops to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula amid a rising threat from insurgents linked to the so-called Islamic State.

Investigators believe the data from credit cards used at the Pentagon food court may have been stolen or compromised in some sort of fraud.

For months, the nearly 700 American soldiers deployed on the ground in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula have weathered a crisis all but indistinguishable from their fellow troops in Iraq.

The Navy has decided not to force out a chaplain who allegedly scolded sailors for homosexuality and premarital sex.