President Barack Obama’s new choice to lead US operations in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, suspected that former football star Pat Tillman had been killed by friendly fire but approved a Silver Star regardless.
McChrystal’s activities as head of Special Operations are shrouded in secrecy. The unit as a whole is so clandestine that the Pentagon won’t disclose the number of troops involved, the names of commanders, its bases or specific missions.
Navy Adm. Frank Bradley, the commander who oversaw the Sept. 2 strikes on an alleged drug...
Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal...
The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at...
