Marine Commandant's Health Crisis Spurs Senate to Set Up Votes on 3 Top Officers The Senate will vote on the nominees for the No. 2 general in the Marine Corps and the chiefs of the Air Force and Navy...
Marine Corps Commandant Hospitalized Due to Medical Emergency, Service Says Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl -- a three-star officer who also holds two jobs -- will serve as acting commandant of the Marine Corps...
Gen. Mark Milley Says He Has Taken 'Measures' to Protect Family After Trump Suggests He Should be Executed Trump, who is running in the 2024 presidential race, claimed Milley would have faced death "in times gone by" for...
Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs Confirmed by Senate Amid Monthslong Blockade by Tuberville A Senate procedural maneuver by Tuberville this week forced Democrats to retreat from their earlier position -- that...
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs While acting chiefs can keep the military running day-to-day, defense officials have argued they are not as effective as...
Joint Chiefs Prepare for Vacancy at the Top as Senate Bickers over Confirmations Blockade The blockade on promotions is the work of a single senator -- Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. -- who is forcing the chamber to hold...
Army, Navy Will Be Latest Services Without Chiefs as Senator Maintains Block on Confirmations Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville is set to retire next week, while Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday will...
'Families Get a Huge Vote': Joint Chiefs Nominee Warns Officers Will Leave Military Due to Confirmation Delay Charles "C.Q." Brown, who has been nominated to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned senators that an...
650 Military Promotions Threatened as Senator Shows No Signs of Relenting About 650 general and flag officer promotions could be delayed this year by a legislative hold on Capitol Hill imposed by Sen...
Air Force Gen. 'CQ' Brown Is Nominated as the Next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs If Brown is confirmed by the Senate, the post will be handed over from an Army general to an Air Force general with...
Trump Says Space Command Is Moving to Alabama, Reversing a Biden-Era Decision While the move had been anticipated, it’s not clear why the expected announcement took so long to make. White House officials...
Pentagon to Begin Screening for 'Magic Mushroom' Use The Defense Department announced that service members suspected of using the hallucinogenic fungi will now be tested, while...
Trump Says US Military Destroyed Drug Boat from Venezuela: ‘A Lot of Drugs on That Boat’ Trump credited the military operation to the leadership of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whom he praised for...
What to Know About Russia's GPS Jamming Operation in Europe This year, Nordic and Baltic nations — including Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — have repeatedly warned about...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...