New Chief Management Officer to Lead Pentagon Bureaucracy Overhaul John H. Gibson II began work last week as the Pentagon's chief management officer in the latest attempt to shake up DoD.
Trump May Be Out of Town for His Big Military Parade French President Emmanuel Macron has invited Trump to a security summit in Paris on Nov. 11 with 78 other world leaders.
Pentagon Official: Recruiting Problems Could Alter Special Ops Mission To help offset the challenge, Mitchell said SOCOM need to "ruthlessly prioritize where we are investing our resources."
Raj Shah Is Leaving. No, Not That One The Shah who is now leaving his post had been the head of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit Experimental.
Some Troops in Wounded Warrior Units Face Separation Under New Policy Those whose conditions are not directly related to combat have no automatic protection from the deploy-or-out mandate.
DoD Medical Record Transfers to VA Improving, But Long Way to Go: IG The military services are getting better at transferring medical records to the VA.
No Guidance Yet on Trump's Idea for Personal Weapons on Base: Pentagon Trump maintains that schools and military bases currently are "gun-free zones" that are easy targets for deranged shooters.
First Transgender Service Member Joins Military Following Trump Ban A transgender service member has joined the military for the first time since President Trump announced a ban last July.
Mattis Recommends Keeping Transgender Troops in Military: Report The Washington Post, citing two U.S. officials, reported that Mattis has recommended continuing to take in transgender...
Pentagon Dodges on Gun Control Debate after Florida School Shootings The Pentagon sought to keep Defense Secretary Mattis and the military out of the roiling debate on gun control.
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...
