Dozens More Military Bases Have Suspected 'Forever Chemical' Contamination The number of military installations with known contamination or suspected discharges of PFAS continues to rise.
Defense Department Readies 100,000 Body Bags as Virus Death Toll Rises The Defense Department is preparing to send them to states overwhelmed by the rising pandemic death toll.
Trump Authorizes DoD to Bring Reservists and Some Former Troops on Active Duty for COVID-19 Response A spokesperson said the executive order authorized the action, but "it is not an order to do so."
Pentagon Launches 'Rumor Control' Site to Combat False Virus Info Dubbed "Coronavirus: Rumor Control," the DoD will provide its response to myths about how the U.S. has responded.
The Pentagon Says Troops Are Social Distancing. Why Do These Photos Say Otherwise? Photos taken last week show troops training side by side or participating in large gatherings amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
SecDef Orders 60-Day Halt to Overseas Travel for All Troops and Families: Report Troops and their families will be ordered to stop all travel overseas as the DoD takes bold steps to stop coronavirus.
More Virus Test Kits Will Soon Be on Their Way to Deployed Troops, General Says The Pentagon has 16 laboratories certified to process thousands of test kits per day.
SecDef to Troops: Speak Up If You See Unsafe Procedures During Outbreak SecDef Esper is calling on rank-and-file troops to speak up if their units are doing something potentially unsafe.
SecDef Offers Sparse Details on American Woman Recovered in Secretive Military Op Esper did not say how the woman was brought out safely from Honduras, which has closed its borders during the pandemic.
Bringing Back the Draft: 5 Possibilities for the Future of Military Conscription Here are five ways the draft could change to meet the challenges of modern warfare.
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...