To counter the growing threat from North Korea, the U.S. military will bolster the defense system, adding interceptor missiles designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles aimed at the continental U.S. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (TODAY)
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's decision to lift the 20-year ban on women serving in combat will open some 237,000 combat-related positions to women. Initially, women will be assigned to combat communications, logistics and drivers. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
The Pentagon is investigating whether or not Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers, the man believed in line to replace general David Petraeus as the next CIA chief, provided classified information about the Osama bin Laden raid to the makers of the movie "Zero Dark Thirty." TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. (TODAY)
In the latest turn in the scandal involving two top US generals, the FBI said they have uncovered "flirtatious" emails between General John Allen and socialite Jill Kelley but have found no wrongdoing. Meanwhile, the general strongly denies any misconduct. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (TODAY)
NBC's Ron Allen reports from New York City, Jim Miklaszewski reports from the Pentagon and Atia Abawi reports from Kabul. (Mitchell Reports)
A former Navy SEAL, who has authored a book detailing the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, is fighting back against the Pentagon over whether he leaked classified information. (msnbc)
Pentagon's top lawyers reminded the ex-Navy SEAL who authored the tell-all on the bin Laden raid that they are considering legal action against him for publishing "classified" information. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (TODAY)
The U.S. military is in damage-control mode after a video surfaced of Marines urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (TODAY)
Miscommunication and bad maps contributed to the deaths of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike last month, a military investigation concluded Thursday. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
A Pentagon investigation found no major mistakes were made in the August operation in Afghanistan that ended with a Chinook helicopter being shot down. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)