Secretary of the Navy Announces He Has COVID-19 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, the civilian head of both the Navy and Marine Corps, announced that he tested positive...
After Years of Delays, Construction on the $969 Million Landstuhl Hospital Replacement Is Starting Nearly eight years after a ceremonial groundbreaking was held, the Defense Department said the new facility, next to Ramstein...
Pentagon Pumps the Brakes on Civilian COVID Vaccine Mandate The move, however, does not stop the mandate for troops to be inoculated against COVID-19.
Pentagon Quietly Looking into How Nonbinary Troops Could Serve Openly Someone who is nonbinary identifies as neither male nor female, oftening using "they" and "them" as their pronouns.
Cost for Afghan Refugees at Bases Reaches $688 Million, Pentagon Says The cost is certain to rise as about 19,500 Afghans remain on installations awaiting permanent resettlement.
Watchdog to Audit Military's Screening for Extremists at Enlistment The watchdog audit comes only weeks after the Pentagon unveiled its latest report on extremism in the ranks.
Pentagon Advises Booster Shots as COVID Cases Surge over Holidays The Pentagon has not released statistics on booster shots, but signs of the latest pandemic wave within the military have...
Pentagon Plan to Fight Extremism in the Ranks Is a Start, But Experts Say Problems Loom The 21-page report created new guidelines for activities that are banned for service members.
At Least 15 Lawmakers Who Shape US Defense Policy Have Investments in Military Contractors The tally is part of the Conflicted Congress project, in which Insider reviewed nearly 9,000 financial-disclosure reports for...
The Pentagon Doesn't Know How Many Hazing Incidents Happen in the Military, Watchdog Finds The report said that the military may be understating hazing incidents across all branches by tens of thousands.
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...
