Andrew Tilghman

Adm. Bill Gortney, commander of the Colorado-based U.S. Northern Command, raised military installations’ force protection level to “Bravo” after months of maintaining it at “Alpha,” the lowest level of security, a defense official said Friday.

The U.S. Navy has ended its week-old mission to accompany American- and British-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.

The commanders of the reserve components say their forces are losing their operational edge because of budget cuts.

The officials say state laws banning same-sex marriage harm the military because routine changes of duty stations can force same-sex couples to move to states where their marriage is not legally valid.

The military is using an array of tests to determine if recruits are cut out to be part of the cyber force.

Ash Carter said the military will be creating a new unit in Silicon Valley, a first-of-its kind “point-of-partnership.”

The team of 16 people from the U.S. Digital Service, a recently created division of top software engineers, set up an office inside the Defense Department.