Military's Bloody Battle for Raqqa Seen as ‘Cautionary Tale’ as Pentagon Promises to Limit Civilian Deaths The U.S. military could have done more to protect civilians trapped in Raqqa, Syria, the Rand Corp. found in a Pentagon...
Plans for Hospital Closures as Part of Military Health System Reform Forging Ahead After Pause Planned facilities realignment and closures, along with staff cuts, have been on pause since the start of the pandemic.
Pentagon Asks for Another $1 Billion for Red Hill Facility that Tainted Water in Hawaii The money would go toward a fund that would let the department "quickly and flexibly address the health, environmental, and...
Troops Slated for Largest Pay Raise in 20 Years Under Pentagon Budget but Inflation Looms Troops and civilian workers would get a 4.6% pay raise under a Pentagon budget request, a sharp boost from the 2.7% increase...
A Sign of the Times? DoD Skips Publishing Weekly COVID-19 Numbers Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that no decision had been made on how often the numbers will now be published.
Classified US Intelligence Chat Rooms a 'Dumpster Fire' of Hate Speech, Says Ex-NSA Contractor An internal U.S. intelligence messaging system became a "dumpster fire" of hate speech during the Trump administration, an...
Pentagon Shuttering Hawaii Fuel Storage Facility that Leaked and Sickened Military Families Prior to the announcement, the Pentagon had resisted Hawaiian demands to close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
How Believers in the Paranormal Birthed the Pentagon’s New Hunt for UFOs The Pentagon's new office for what has been rebranded as unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, has deep roots in the...
Ukraine War Sparks Call for Billions More in Pentagon Funding The White House has asked Congress for $10 billion to respond to the war in Ukraine, including $4.8 billion for the Pentagon.
DoD Appealing Order to Drain 100 Million Gallons of Fuel from Honolulu Tank Above Drinking Water Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said the Navy will follow portions of a state order, but will appeal the defueling...
Marine Sergeant Sentenced to Confinement, Dishonorable Discharge and Reduction in Rank for Lejeune Killing Dakota Honstein pleaded not guilty and was acquitted of the most severe charge -- murder, also known as Article 118 in...
Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army The service's aim is to streamline the force while investing in emerging technologies that Army officials say are critical to...
Problems with Privatized Household Goods Shipments Prompt Hegseth to Order Immediate Changes The directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth follows a rash of issues with a contract meant to privatize the Defense...
A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud. The Navy has been in a yearslong struggle to modernize its critically important human resources computer systems that...
Cots, MREs, Per Diem: Army Offers New Details for Soldiers Sent to Massive D.C. Military Parade Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and...