Nation Ready to 'Fight Any Foe' as It Marks 75th Anniversary of WWII's End, Esper Says The lesson from history's bloodiest conflict is to remain ever vigilant and prepared to fight, he said.
Senators to Esper: Reverse Your Decision to Kill Stars and Stripes A group of senators wants to reinstate funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper for service members.
'This Is a Big Deal': The Military's Space Mission Has Reached a New Milestone Army Gen. James Dickinson became the head of U.S. Space Command on Thursday.
Service Chiefs to SecDef: Stop the Handover of Military Hospitals to Defense Health Agency The heads of the U.S. military branches called for the return of all military hospital already transferred to the DHA.
Esper Calls for Honesty from China as Tensions Heat Up Defense Secretary Mark Esper spent an hour and a half on the phone Thursday with China's defense minister.
Esper Says Beirut Explosions Likely Accident, Not Attack Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the massive explosions that devastated Beirut were most likely a tragic accident.
‘They’re Delinquent:’ Trump Says Germany Will Have to Pay More to Stop US Troop Withdrawal "It's very simple. They're delinquent," Trump said at the White House before leaving on a campaign trip to Texas.
Nearly 12,000 US Troops Will Pull Out of Germany at Cost of Billions, SecDef Says The move will cost billions of dollars, according to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
SecDef Wants to Stop Federal Law Enforcement Agents Dressing Like US Troops The personnel are Department of Homeland Security agents dispatched to Portland after weeks of protests.
New DoD Directive Restricts Display of Ball Team Pennants, Pride Flags The authorized list leaves off the Confederate flag, but also many others.
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...