No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear...
Navy Secretary Nominee, a Trump Donor with No Military Experience, Glides Through Confirmation Hearing Unlike other hearings for Pentagon nominees in the Trump administration, Thursday's hearing was mostly fireworks-free and...
Billionaire Nominee for Deputy Defense Secretary Grilled on Plans to Slash Staff, Budget Billionaire businessman Stephen Feinberg faced sharp questions from Democrats about impending mass firings at the Defense...
'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears Military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
Their Relatives Were Black Heroes. They Fear the Military Won't Celebrate Their Stories Anymore. When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for...
Justice Department Files Complaint Against Judge Weighing Challenge to Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban The Justice Department has filed a complaint accusing a federal judge in Washington of misconduct during hearings over...
More Troops Sent to Guantanamo Bay as Court Testimony Shows One-Third of Detainees Were 'Low Threat' The number of troops being sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of migrant detention operations there continues to swell...
Republicans Advance Massive Defense Budget Boost as Pentagon Eyes 'Offsets' A debate is brewing in Congress over the future of the defense budget as Republicans look to add up to $150 billion more to...
Military's Border Mission Now Includes Coordinated Patrols with Mexican Counterparts The joint effort underscores the Trump administration's push to have an aggressive posture on the border, a part of a key...
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...