Maggie Ybarra

Vomiting woman in Pentagon parking lot doesn’t have Ebola: officials

A woman suspected of having Ebola after falling ill Friday morning in a Pentagon parking lot did not test positive for the disease, according to a joint statement from Arlington Public Health and Fairfax Public Health officials.

October 17, 2014

Pentagon deploys Electronic Armor to prevent enemies from hacking and crashing

The Pentagon has begun putting an anti-hacking system known as Electronic Armor onto high-tech drones to prevent adversaries from digitally penetrating and potentially crashing the unmanned aircraft from anywhere around the world, military officials said.

October 15, 2014

Military officials from 22 countries meet to plot war strategy against Islamic State

Defense chiefs from 22 nations are at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington discussing strategy in the battle against the Islamic State.

October 14, 2014

Turkey denies U.S. base deal in place for Islamic State battle

Turkish officials on Monday denied the existence of a deal to allow U.S.-led forces battling the Islamic State to conduct operations from bases inside Turkey — an awkward blow for the Obama administration after National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice announced the cooperation ahead of an international strategy session in the fight against the extremists.

October 13, 2014

Islamic State shifts from northern Iraq to Anbar province in west

The Islamic State has made some notable gains throughout Anbar province in western Iraq, while the U.S. military and its allies have focused airstrikes on northern Iraq, Pentagon officials say.

October 7, 2014

U.S. military building Ebola treatment centers in Liberia, ready to send 4K troops

The Pentagon is slowly expanding its plan to establish a command center in Monrovia, Liberia, to limit the spread of the Ebola virus.

October 3, 2014

Marine crew member declared lost at sea

A U.S. Marine who jumped into the North Arabian Gulf after his aircraft appeared poised to crash into the ocean "is presumed lost at sea," a Navy spokesman said Thursday.

October 2, 2014

Navy, Marines search for crew member missing in Persian Gulf

The Navy and U.S. Marine Corps are conducting a search and rescue operation for a member of an air crew who jumped into the North Arabian Gulf after an aircraft lost power during takeoff.

October 1, 2014

Pentagon: Most of ISIS’ oil refineries in Syria have been destroyed

The Pentagon says that it has crushed most of the oil refineries the Islamic State has been using to fund its terrorist activities.

September 30, 2014

Algeria, Oklahoma beheadings suggest Islamic State reach extends beyond Mideast

The Islamic State has become a de facto nation without borders, able to direct people in foreign countries to do its bidding even as the United States is leading a global coalition to combat its army in Iraq and Syria.

September 29, 2014

Army intel ‘concerned’ about possible Islamic State attack on homeland

A recently declassified Army intelligence assessment warns military personnel about the possibility of an Islamic State attack against them on U.S. soil.

September 29, 2014

Ukraine gets U.S. counterinsurgency experts after saying it can’t ‘win the war with blankets’

The Pentagon has dispatched more than a dozen military personnel to Kiev this week to provide tips to Ukrainian security forces on counterinsurgency and military planning tactics.

September 27, 2014

JCS chief meets Colombia counterpart for first time since late-90s

The commanding officer of Colombia's military forces made a quiet appearance at the Pentagon on Thursday for talks with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey -- a rare face-to-face between the highest-level uniformed commanders from the two nations, military officials said.

September 25, 2014

State evacuates some from Yemen embassy

The State Department has begun slowly pulling embassy personnel out of Yemen to protect them from deteriorating security conditions as a Shiite militia has taken control of parts of the country's capital.

September 25, 2014

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

The U.S. military began dropping missiles on Islamic State-owned oil fields in eastern Syria Wednesday, part of an overarching strategic plan to dismantle the terrorist network's ability to finance its violent Jihadi war.

September 24, 2014

U.S. believes Khorasan terror leader Mohsin al-Fadhli killed in airstrikes

The leader of a group of senior al Qaeda terrorists who took refuge in Syria is believed to have died in U.S. airstrikes conducted Tuesday.

September 24, 2014

Sunni Muslims remain wary of military cooperation with U.S.

The coalition of Arab nations that joined the U.S.-led air campaign in Syria signaled a new war on terror phase in which the Sunni Muslim-led states of the region are showing unprecedented willingness to take on Sunni Muslim extremists in their midst.

September 23, 2014

Qatar pilots kept watch as U.S. Syrian mission unfolded

Qatari pilots were assigned to patrol Syrian airspace in search of potential airborne threats while other Arab nations were dropping bombs on Islamic State targets Monday, according to senior Pentagon officials.

September 23, 2014

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

The Pentagon began dropping bombs on Islamic State targets in Syria on Monday night — a critical development in a sprawling air campaign designed to thwart the violent Islamist militants.

September 22, 2014

Officials locate 3 Afghan soldiers missing after trip to Cape Cod mall

Law enforcement agencies have found three soldiers from the Afghanistan National Army who vanished from a Massachusetts mall while in the country for an international peace-keeping exercise, according to a senior Pentagon official.

September 22, 2014