Space Force to Cost $13 Billion over 5 Years: Air Force Secretary The DoD will need roughly $12.9 billion over five years to resource the proposed U.S. Space Force
Pentagon Blocks Request to Send Marine Embassy Guards to Taiwan DoD officials have declined a State Department request to send about a dozen Marines to guard a de facto embassy in Taiwan.
'Americans Do Not Scare,' Mattis Says on 9/11 Anniversary Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sent a message of defiance on the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Trump Never Called for Syrian President's Assassination, Pentagon Says The Pentagon echoed the White House charges that Bob Woodward made up quotes attributed to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
No Plans to Replace Mattis as SecDef, Trump Says President Donald Trump said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis would stay on the job indefinitely.
SecDef Mattis Denounces Quotes in New Trump Book as 'Fiction' The secretary of defense is the latest official to issue a broad denial of accounts in a new book on the Trump presidency.
Background Check Change Could Put Troops' Clearances at Risk Troops with clearances who have low credit or overdue bills could be at greater risk of having those clearances revoked.
Trump Canceled Military Parade Before Getting Cost Estimate: Pentagon President Donald Trump ruled the military parade too expensive before getting the Pentagon's cost estimate.
Report: Air Force General May Be Next Head of Joint Chiefs Two U.S. Air Force generals are being considered to become the military's next top general.
Three DoD Contractors Get Highest Civilian Valor Award for Afghan Actions Three contractors were awarded the Medal for Valor on Tuesday.
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...