Nominee for Joint Chiefs Chairman Pledges to Stay Apolitical, Denies Wearing MAGA Hat Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine was nominated by Trump to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs after the president fired the previous...
Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. It's a move that underscores Hegseth's broader push for higher standards in the military, but also one that reflects the long...
The Medal of Honor Recipient Erased in the Pentagon's DEI Purge Private 1st Class Harold Gonsalves received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions during the Battle of...
Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed in Pentagon DEI Sweep Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's...
Pentagon Ruling Eases One Employment Barrier for Military Spouses Overseas Rules that had prevented some military spouses from holding jobs while stationed overseas have been relaxed, a parting gift...
Hegseth’s Younger Brother Is Serving in a Key Role as Liaison and Senior Adviser Inside the Pentagon Phil Hegseth's official title is senior adviser to the secretary for the Department of Homeland Security and liaison officer...
Hegseth Tells Philippines the Trump Administration Will Ramp Up Deterrence Against China Threat The Philippines was the first stop in U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's first trip to Asia. He is due to travel next to...
Another Federal Judge Blocks Trump Policy Banning Transgender Troops in the Military In his 65-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle -- an appointee of former President George W. Bush and a...
Signal Scandal Overshadows Confirmation Hearing for Air Force Secretary, Other Top Pentagon Nominees Four nominees, including President Donald Trump's pick to be Air Force secretary, appeared before the Senate Armed Services...
Judge Says He Will Order Government to Preserve Signal Messages About Houthi Military Strike U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said during a hearing that he’ll issue a temporary restraining order barring...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
