Military Mulls Medical Personnel Cuts Even as Suicide Rates Rise The move would open more slots for troops in combat-arms specialties or other warfighting jobs.
DoD Officials: Irregular Warfare, Information Ops Key to Winning Next War The Pentagon is taking steps to ensure that irregular warfare is not forgotten as a critical tool.
'Battle-Hardened' ISIS Still Capable of New Surge in Syria: Pentagon IG A new report says the Islamic State could regain territory if the U.S. withdraws from Syria.
Trump on Mattis: 'I Didn't Like the Job He Was Doing' Trump said he asked Mattis to hand in his resignation after growing unhappy with the former defense secretary's performance.
Could Air Force Win Big in 2020 Defense Budget? Analysts Weigh In Funding could include the border wall and homeland security, think tank number-crunchers say.
Lawmaker Scolds Pentagon as Thousands More Troops Head to Border Rep. Adam Smith told Shanahan he is "deeply troubled" by the testimony Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood gave.
Active-Duty Military Suicides at Record Highs in 2018 The number of suicides matched the high recorded in 2012.
Cost of Deploying Active-Duty Troops to Border: $132 Million and Counting The costs of maintaining active-duty and National Guard troops on the border have risen to at least $235 million.
'Just Noise:' Shanahan Denies Showing Favoritism Toward Former Employer Boeing Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday downplayed reports that he has shown favoritism toward Boeing Co.
Acting SecDef: Border Mission Likely to Require 'Several Thousand' More Troops The Defense Department has been asked to conduct expanded surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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...