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Peter Cook named by Pentagon as new press secretary

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FIghters from the Free Syrian Army, left, and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), center, join forces to fight Islamic State group militants in Kobane, Syria, Nov. 19, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pentagon: Syrian rebels to begin training to fight Islamic State as soon as March

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby declined to comment on a review to be released by the Pentagon that cites serious problems of U.S. nuclear capabilities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

John Kirby to step down as chief Pentagon spokesman

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

U.S. army soldiers load equipments onto an aircraft, not seen, as they prepare to make the journey home at al-Asad airbase west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 1 , 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) **FILE**

Islamic State militants in Iraqi uniforms attack U.S. air base

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama gestures during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. The leaders were expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and arming Ukrainian fighters to wage a more effective battle against Russian-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama to declare end of Ebola mission

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Participants into a course to learn how to transport and handle contagious patients use an 'Aircraft Transit Isolator' (ATI) to carry a colleague during a simulation at the military airport of Pratica di Mare, 30 kilometers south of Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Italy's defense ministry staged the simulated medical evacuation of an Ebola patient Wednesday as part of a three-day training course for Italian military, Red Cross and health care workers. Some of them are on the front lines of Italy's Mare Nostrum rescue operation for thousands of African migrants who are arriving here every day in smugglers' boats. Officials and medical experts insist that the risk that Ebola might spread from Africa to Europe is small. They say Italy's first case of Ebola will most likely be from an Italian doctor or missionary who contracts it while caring for patients in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea _ the three hardest-hit countries _ and is airlifted home. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Obama to end anti-Ebola military mission in Africa

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby declined to comment on a review to be released by the Pentagon that cites serious problems of U.S. nuclear capabilities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Muath al-Kaseasbeh’s death, burned alive, isn’t ‘the act of a winner,’ says Pentagon

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

From the Islamic State's circulation on social media of photos depicting a so-called "cyclops baby" to its fixation on a Syrian town where the prophecies say the final battle will occur, analysts say the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is tapping mythology to convince his followers that the apocalypse has already begun. (Associated Press)

Islamic State ‘in a defensive posture,’ Pentagon says

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia. A Somali intelligence official says Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab who has a $3 million bounty on his head, has surrendered to police in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

U.S. military bombs senior leader of al-Shabab terrorist group in Somalia

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

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Santa Claus, kids get Pentagon promise: ‘Airspace is safe for sleigh travel’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Oct. 24, 2014, file photo, members of the Department of Defense's Ebola Military Medical Support Team go through special training at San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio. Even small clusters of Ebola cases could overwhelm parts of US medical care system, according to an Associated Press review of readiness at hospitals and other components of the emergency medical network (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Troops returning from Ebola mission heading for quarantine in Virginia

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the sixth annual &quot;Washington Ideas Forum&quot; in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. Hagel has approved a recommendation by military leaders that all U.S. troops returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa be kept in supervised isolation for 21 days. The move goes beyond precautions recommended by the Obama administration for civilians, although President Barack Obama has made clear he feels the military's situation is different from that of civilians, in part because troops are not in West Africa by choice. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Hagel OKs three-week quarantine for troops in Ebola fight

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Pentagon: Ebola response team to be in place for ‘potential support’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the military to prepare a medical support team to provide short-term help to civilian health professionals if there are more Ebola cases in the U.S. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

New military medical team to help with Ebola in U.S.

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Militants with the Islamic State with a machine gun-fitted pickup truck hold positions in Kobani, Syria, during intensified fighting with Syrian Kurds. The Pentagon predicted that more towns in Syria and Iraq will fall to the terrorist group in the coming weeks. (Associated Press)

Pentagon sees Baghdad at risk of Islamic State takeover, expects Kobani to fall

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Pentagon press secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

U.S. underestimated speed, development of Islamic State, Pentagon says

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE- In this file image provided by the U.S. Navy on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. Arab countries&#8217; prominent role in initial airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria shatters the notion of what a typical American-led military operation looks like and won the Mideast allies praise from U.S. President Barack Obama for their willingness to stand &#8220;shoulder-to-shoulder" with the United States. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Garst, File)

U.S.’s newest airstrikes target Syrian oil fields

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pentagon press secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Pentagon: ‘We believe we hit what we were aiming at’ against Islamic State in Syria

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

U.S. military starts bombing ISIS targets in Syria with aid of partner nations

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pentagon press secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby arrives for a briefing at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. The Pentagon says the leader of the Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group was the target of U.S. military airstrikes that struck an encampment and a vehicle Monday night. Kirby said the results of the strike are being assessed and he can't confirm if Somali Ahmed Abdi Godane, the rebel leader, was hit. He says the strike against Godane was conducted by special operations forces with manned and unmanned aircraft firing hellfire missiles and precision-guided munitions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. to train 5,000 Syrian rebels to fight militants

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times