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Kellan Howell

Kellan Howell

Kellan Howell is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering defense and national security. Originally from Williamsburg, Virginia, Kellan graduated from James Madison University where she received bachelor's degrees in media arts and design and international affairs with a concentration in western European politics.

During her time at JMU, she interned for British technology and business news website "ITPro" in London and worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Guardian. She was also an executive editor of 22807, a new student magazine covering arts and culture in the JMU community.

Kellan can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Kellan Howell

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Audrey Griffith, left, and Spc. Heidi Gerke, both with the 92nd Engineer Battalion, stand guard during a force protection exercise at Forward Operating Base Hadrian in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2013. (DoD courtesy photo by U.S. Army/Released)

Army approves first 22 female officers for ground combat jobs

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Citadel mulls allowing Muslim cadet to wear hijab, first religious uniform exception

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
President Barack Obama speaks at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Va.,Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. Obama renewed his call for Congress to pass cybersecurity legislation, including a proposal that encourages companies to share threat information with the government and protects them from potential lawsuits if they do. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. government ranks worst among major industries on cybersecurity: Report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
In this image released by the U.S. Navy, a Russian SU-24 jet makes a close-range and low altitude pass near the USS Donald Cook on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in the Baltic Sea. The Russian attack planes buzzed the U.S. Navy destroyer multiple times on Monday and Tuesday, at one point coming so close, an estimated 30 feet, that they created wakes in the water around the ship, a U.S. official said Wednesday, April 13. (U.S. Navy via AP)

China op-ed: Russia ‘humiliated’ U.S. with fly-by of warship

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
In this April 12, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Rome, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Michael Cohen, top Trump surrogate, can’t vote for him because he’s a registered Democrat

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
President Obama, right, pauses during a joint news conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Sept. 25, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

China cites U.S. gun violence in response to human rights criticism: ‘Hold up a mirror’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
In this image released by the U.S. Navy, a Russian SU-24 jet makes a close-range and low altitude pass near the USS Donald Cook on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in the Baltic Sea. The Russian attack planes buzzed the U.S. Navy destroyer multiple times on Monday and Tuesday, at one point coming so close, an estimated 30 feet, that they created wakes in the water around the ship, a U.S. official said Wednesday, April 13. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Russia rejects criticism of close fly-by over U.S. ship

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
Huma Abedin, who has been at Hillary Rodham Clinton's side as her personal assistant or "body woman" since the 2008 presidential race, faced criticism for standing by her husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner, after sexting scandals that damaged his political career. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Huma Abedin targeted in latest ISIS hit list; terror group identifies Brussels attackers

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
A new ad from gun control group, The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, features Alice in Wonderland wandering through a corridor where she finds a gun inside a cabinet, and accidentally shoots herself. (Image: Screenshot YouTube).

Brady Campaign anti-gun ad features Alice in Wonderland shooting herself in the face

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
German Bundeswehr soldiers seen during a training in Seedorf, northern Germany on Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File) ** FILE **

29 German soldiers left to join ISIS; army may have dozens more jihadist sympathizers

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 19, 2016, file photo, Ethan Couch is led by sheriff deputies after a juvenile court for a hearing in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Ethan Couch gets 2-year sentence, ‘affluenza’ teen’s rehab costs paid by taxpayers

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Ohio University Greek Week events cancelled over pro-Trump graffiti on free speech wall

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
A man watches a TV news program showing file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 11, 2016. A colonel from North Korea's military spy agency fled to South Korea last year in a rare senior-level defection, Seoul officials said Monday. The letters read "True, A colonel from North Korean military's General Reconnaissance Bureau Asylum." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea scolds Obama on sanctions in the voice of Abraham Lincoln

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
Andrew Tahmooressi, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was imprisoned for over a year in Mexico, was arrested in Indiana for drug possession. (Image: Dearborn County Sheriff's Office).

Andrew Tahmooressi, Marine held prisoner in Mexico, now arrested on drug charges

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Hundreds of ‘Democracy Spring’ protesters arrested at massive Capitol Hill sit-in

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
In this Monday, April 11, 2016, file, photo, Afghan women walk past a damaged bus after a roadside bomb explosion on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, The Afghan Taliban have announced the start of their warm-weather fighting season, an annual declaration that marks the launch of a summer of violence. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban militants announce start of ‘spring offensive’ in Afghanistan

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

The Griswolds from Australia rock at Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
Former first lady Laura Bush speaks during George W. Bush Institute's fellowship program on International Women's Day at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, March 7, 2014, in Dallas. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sarah Hoffman) ** FILE **

Laura Bush hints she would rather vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
Fans watch a race before the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 2, 2015, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ** FILE **

Dartmouth Sorority cancels Kentucky Derby party over ‘racial connotations’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Saturday, April 9, 2016. The U.S. Air Force says it has deployed the bombers to take part in the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group. It is the first time the Cold War-era heavy bombers will be based in the region since the 1991 Gulf War, when they operated from neighboring Saudi Arabia. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP)

U.S. deploys B-52 bombers to Middle East for the first time in 25 years

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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