Defense Secretary Austin Says Alliance with Philippines Will Transcend Administrations U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin condemned China's dangerous actions against the Philippines and renewed a warning that...
US and Philippines Sign a Pact to Secure Shared Military Intelligence and Weapons Technology The United States and the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday to secure the exchange of highly confidential military...
US Will Appeal Judge's Ruling That 9/11 Defendants Can Plead Guilty and Avoid the Death Penalty Rear Adm. Aaron Rugh, the chief prosecutor, sent a letter Friday to the families of 9/11 victims informing them of the...
Defense Secretary Calls for Calm Transition, Apolitical Military Ahead of Trump Transition The memo comes as the Trump campaign begins planning its transition and staffing for the Pentagon and other federal agencies...
Increase DoD Child Care Staff Pay 'as Quickly as Possible,' Senators Tell Austin Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Rick Scott, who lead oversight of Pentagon personnel policies, are pushing the department to...
Amid Latest Quality-of-Life Tweaks for Troops, Defense Secretary Says He Wishes He Could Move Faster SecDef Austin, along with first lady Dr. Jill Biden, traveled to Maxwell Air Force base in order to highlight the latest...
Pentagon's New Quality-of-Life Tweaks Aim for Temporary Housing, Uniform Allowances, Wi-Fi The Pentagon said it is working on another tranche of changes and programs -- including Wi-Fi in barracks rooms, new health...
Austin's Revocation of 9/11 Plea Deal Faces New Legal Blowback When the Pentagon announced last month that military prosecutors had entered into a plea deal with three accused Sept. 11...
Defense Secretary Austin Says Kamala Harris Was Always Part of Major National Security Decisions Austin, a retired four-star Army general and now a civilian Cabinet member and Biden appointee, painted Harris as prepared...
Pentagon Reviewing 20 Medal of Honor Awards Given to Soldiers at the Wounded Knee Massacre Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed a five-person panel to review the 20 Medals of Honor that the Army awarded to...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
