SecDef Pick Lloyd Austin Pledges to Rid the Ranks of Extremists It's an issue Austin said he personally experienced during his 41-year career as an Army officer.
Military Will Have Reduced Role in Scaled-Back DC Inauguration Events Instead of a parade, small contingents from each branch will pass in review below the West Front of the Capitol.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to Leave Post on Inauguration Day John Whitley, assistant secretary of the Army for financial management and comptroller, will serve as the acting secretary.
Trump's Acting Defense Secretary Says He 'Cannot Wait' to Leave the Job Inauguration Day, it appears, can't come soon enough for Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller.
Senators Raise Concerns Over Pending Ouster of Military Medical University President According to a source with knowledge of the proposed dismissal, a meeting has been delayed until February.
Extremist Groups Are Actively Trying to Recruit Military Members, Defense Officials Say The Pentagon is reviewing how best to crack down on extremist views in the ranks.
Active-Duty Troops Who Participated in the Capitol Siege Could Face These Penalties As DoD officials look into reports of military participants, legal experts weigh in on what charges they might face.
DoD Cancels Plans to Let Thousands of Civilian Employees Shop at Exchange The proposal to expand military exchange shopping privileges had been expected to be finalized in late 2020.
More Democrats Say They'll Vote 'No' on Waiver for Biden's SecDef Pick Lloyd Austin Lawmakers heard from two experts who warned that granting another waiver to a recently retired general.
Pentagon Authorizes as Many as 15,000 Guardsmen to Support Inauguration Some active-duty units will participate in the inauguration activities, but those units will be ceremonial in nature.
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...