Pentagon Getting First Senate-Confirmed Watchdog in 7 Years The Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Robert Storch, the current inspector general at the National Security Agency, to become the...
Pentagon Scrubbing All Policies of Language That Stigmatizes Mental Health Conditions Editing is underway on all DoD "issuances" to eliminate outdated language regarding mental health care and treatment.
Less 'Nog, More Turkeys: DoD's Thanksgiving Meal Market Proves Volatile The Defense Logistics Agency is dispatching the lightest shipment of several traditional Thanksgiving menu items the military...
Ukraine Has the Edge Against Russia as Winter Descends, US Defense Secretary Says As winter comes to eastern Europe, Ukrainian forces backed by the U.S. and its allies have the upper hand on Russia and its...
US Inspectors in Ukraine Won't Be Near the Front, Pentagon Says U.S. defense personnel inspecting foreign weapons shipments inside Ukraine won't be close to the front-line fighting...
The Pentagon and the VA Need to Do More to Battle Veteran Extremism, Congressional Report Finds The congressional committee says that "empirical evidence suggests that individuals with military backgrounds have become...
Ash Carter, Former Defense Secretary Who Allowed Women into Combat Roles, Dies Carter served during the latter years of the Obama administration from 2015 to 2017 and helped lead the department strategy...
Military Approving 2% of Medical Malpractice Claims Filed by Service Members Of the more than 440 claims filed, the services have settled 11 cases and denied 181.
DoD Schools Get Better Marks Than Civilian Schools on 'Nation's Report Card' Following Pandemic Closures Fourth and eighth grade students in Defense Department schools scored better in a national assessment of math and reading...
Troops Needing Abortions Will Get Travel Allowances and Leave, Pentagon Says Service members will also be able to request an "administrative absence" from their duty stations if they need time off for...
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...