Andrew Tilghman

Andrew Tilghman is the executive editor for Military Times. He is a former Military Times Pentagon reporter and served as a Middle East correspondent for the Stars and Stripes. Before covering the military, he worked as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle in Texas, the Albany Times Union in New York and The Associated Press in Milwaukee.


  • Russian fighter intercepts U.S. intel aircraft
    Russian fighter intercepts U.S. intel aircraft

    An American RC-135 was conducting operations in international airspace over the Black Sea not far from the unrest in Ukraine on May 30 when it was intercepted twice by different Russian Su-27 Flankers.

  • Pentagon looks at changes for ‘up-or-out’ rules
    Pentagon looks at changes for ‘up-or-out’ rules

    The rules, also known as high-year tenure, affect both officers and enlisted service members by requiring them to leave military service if they fail to obtain promotions within a specified time.

  • New military retirement system gets Pentagon OK
    New military retirement system gets Pentagon OK

    The Pentagon is officially backing a “blended” system that would shrink the size of the current pension by about 20 percent yet supplement that benefit by offering government contributions to individual retirement investment accounts.

  • Online petition targets proposal to cut BAH
    Online petition targets proposal to cut BAH

    The petition targets the proposal floated by the Republican-controlled Senate that would limit dual-military couples to one BAH payment, specifically one equal to the rate due to the couple’s higher-ranking or senior-most service member.

  • Commander defends ISIS air war’s effectiveness
    Commander defends ISIS air war’s effectiveness

    Lt. Gen. John Hesterman was pushing back on a growing sentiment in Washington and elsewhere that the American-led coalition’s air war against the Islamic State is ineffective.

  • Obama opposes cuts to BAH for dual-military families
    Obama opposes cuts to BAH for dual-military families

    The policy floated by the Republican-controlled Senate would limit dual-military couples to one BAH payment, specifically the rate due to the couple’s higher-ranking or senior-most service member.

  • Military retirement reform gets Pentagon support
    Military retirement reform gets Pentagon support

    The members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff support the current proposal in general to overhaul the retirement system but have some concerns.

  • Ash Carter launches Facebook page
    Ash Carter launches Facebook page

    The defense secretary first post on the social media site refers to his trip to Singapore.

  • No U.S.-trained troops in Iraq’s new fight for Ramadi
    No U.S.-trained troops in Iraq’s new fight for Ramadi

    Instead, the Iraqi campaign will involve several thousand fighters from the Iraqi army as well as some Shiite militias and Sunni tribal forces now under command and control of the Iraqi government in Baghdad.

  • Pacific ‘pivot’ grows confrontational as Carter visits Asia
    Pacific ‘pivot’ grows confrontational as Carter visits Asia

    Defense Secretary Ash Carter suggested that the U.S. will not recognize any new definitions of Chinese territory based on artificially created islands and facilities built on submerged reef structures in the South China Sea.