Top Senator Wants New Defense Secretary, But Misses Mattis Sen. James Inhofe said Tuesday that he wished Jim Mattis was still on the job as Defense Secretary.
Trump on Mattis: 'I Didn't Like the Job He Was Doing' Trump said he asked Mattis to hand in his resignation after growing unhappy with the former defense secretary's performance.
Trump Claims to Have Fired Mattis for Failure to End Afghan War At a Cabinet meeting, Trump said he "essentially" fired Mattis by ordering him out of the Pentagon by Jan. 1.
Mattis' Farewell Urges Troops to 'Keep The Faith' Despite Turmoil Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' farewell to the troops was pointed and brief.
Read Mattis' Farewell Message to the Troops In his farewell, Mattis quoted a telegram from President Abraham Lincoln to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Mattis to Officially Hand Off as Defense Secretary to Shanahan at Midnight Monday The handoff will take place during a phone call, a defense official said.
Mattis Out by Jan. 1, Shanahan Named Acting Secretary of Defense President Trump announced Sunday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will be leaving the administration on January 1.
Trump Hits Back at Mattis on Value of US Alliances, Defends Syria Pullout President Donald Trump disputed outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on the worth of U.S. alliances.
Brett McGurk, US Envoy to Anti-ISIS Coalition, Resigns Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition to defeat Islamic State (ISIS), has resigned in the wake of President...
'Distraught' Mattis Had to Resign or Compromise Beliefs: Former SecDef Cohen Close friend Bill Cohen said the defense secretary agonized over his decision.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...