Travis Tritten

Travis Tritten is the deputy managing editor and Pentagon bureau chief for Military.com. He has 20 years of experience reporting on the military, government and politics in the U.S. and abroad. Since 2014, Tritten has reported from Washington, D.C., spending most of his time at the Pentagon and Capitol Hill. Previously, he was a senior defense reporter for Bloomberg Government, a defense and national security reporter at the Washington Examiner, and a reporter with Stars and Stripes, including seven years as a Japan correspondent.

Email: Travis.Tritten@Military.com.

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A volunteer loads food into a car at an Armed Services YMCA food distribution.

More Housing Money Coming as Pentagon Ponders Fix for Military Family Hunger

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants a new strategy within three months to help hungry service members and their...

The District of Columbia National Guard stand outside the Capitol.

Pentagon Didn't Delay Aid to the Besieged Capitol on Jan. 6, Watchdog Says

The Pentagon did not delay urgent requests for National Guard troops after pro-Trump rioters broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6...

A major in the Hawaii National Guard receives the COVID-19 vaccine.

Pentagon Says It Can Overrule Oklahoma Guard on Vaccinations

It remained unclear how the dispute might play out -- and whether the Pentagon has the clear legal authority that it claims...

A Marine carries an Afghan evacuee's luggage as they prepare to board an airplane in Qatar.

US Troops ID'd Family Members Trapped in Afghanistan, but None Qualified for Evacuation

Soldier say a prayer during a Suicide Prevention Month event

The Pentagon Is Failing to Screen Most Transitioning Troops for Suicide Risk, Watchdog Says

The Pentagon was supposed to screen 100% by the end of 2018, according to a joint plan with the Veterans Affairs Department.

Marines walk along the streets to raise awareness about sexual assault

Military Failing to Provide Required Help for Victims of Sexual Assault and Abuse, Watchdog Finds

The Air Force in particular did not assign prosecutors specially trained to handle those crimes in 94% of sample cases from...

Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks

Electric Military Vehicles Are Part of Biden Climate Agenda, Pentagon Says

The military's non-tactical vehicle fleet alone is the second largest in the federal government next to the U.S. Postal...

People wait at a money distribution organized by the World Food Program in Kabul

Troops with Family Trapped in Afghanistan Get Extraction Help Offer from Pentagon

Getting relatives out became dramatically more difficult after the last U.S. service member left Kabul on Aug. 30.

U.S. Army soldier supervises the delivery and unpacking of her household items

No Relief in Sight for Military Family Moves Snarled by Pandemic

The pandemic delays and worker shortages, which have ratcheted up the misery of military family moves, likely won't be going...

Clinical nurse discusses the COVID-19 vaccine with a basic trainee

Thousands of Airmen and Guardians Defy Services' Vaccine Order

While nearly 97% of the Air Force and Space Force had received at least one dose, 8,500 remain unvaccinated and 800 have...

Gen. John Hyten testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Vice Chairman’s Retirement Leaves Hole on Joint Chiefs as Biden Delays Nominee Pick

The office of the second-highest ranking military officer in the U.S. is set to be vacant within weeks because no replacement...

Graduates of the Civilian Education System represent the Army’s investment in its civilian workforce.

Too Many Civilians? Pentagon Officials and House Lawmaker Disagree

The number of civilian workers compared to military service members is at an all-time high, and that's unsustainable, Rep...

Movers unload household goods during delivery

Military Families Can See Moving Company Red Flags on New Website

The service is part of an effort by Transportation Command to modernize its approach to dealing with troops, treating them as...

A gate is closed at an ICBM facility in the countryside outside Minot, N.D.

Air Force Veterans Who Are UFO True Believers Return to Newly Attentive Washington

Through the years, the government remained indifferent to decades-old reports of saucer craft toying with the world's most...

U.S. Navy sailor gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay

Navy Prepares for Discharges of Sailors Who Refuse COVID Vaccine

Sailors who refuse the shot can be reassigned while their cases are heard, and will not be promoted or given any other orders...

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