Army Tests Handheld Device for Detecting Liquid Chemical Agents U.S. Army research officials have developed a new, handheld chemical agent detector that can "taste" suspicious liquids.
Pentagon: No Civilians Killed in Syria Attack But officials said Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad still maintains chemical weapons capabilities.
Mattis: US Wants Proof Before Striking Syria for Chemical Attack Defense Secretary Jim Mattis suggested Thursday that a U.S. attack on Syria was not imminent.
Trump Pulls Out of Peru Summit, Signals Imminent Action on Syria The U.S. may launch a military response to the recent chemical attack.
SOCOM Grappling With New Counter-WMD Mission U.S. Strategic Command recently passed the leadership role in counter-proliferation to SOCOM.
Army Offers Medical Help for Veterans Injured in Chem-Bio Agent Tests The U.S. Army is notifying vets that they may be eligible to receive care if they participated in testing from 1942 to 1975.
Sarin Gas: History of a Chemical Weapon The U.S. is accusing President Assad's government of using sarin on civilians in an attack that killed more than 1,400.
Obama Asks Congress to Delay Vote on Syria Strike President Obama made his case for a strike on Syria, but asked Congress to delay a vote so he could pursue diplomacy.
Army Dodged Catastrophe In Anthrax Scandal: Expert The public could face significant risk unless the military tightens safeguards in the handling of anthrax and other deadly...
Securing Syria's Weapons May Require US Troops DoD officials aren't sure whether US military personnel might be required to help secure Syria's chemical weapons.
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...
Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.