As Pentagon's Top Health Nominee Prepares for Confirmation Hearing, One Senator Has a Lot of Questions Keith Bass, a retired Navy commander who previously led the White House Medical Unit and the CIA's medical service office...
The Pentagon's Diversity Purge: Officials Describe a Scramble to Remove and Then Restore Online Content Every day over the past few weeks, the Pentagon has faced questions from angry lawmakers, local leaders and citizens over the...
Military Veterans Are Becoming the Face of Trump's Government Cuts and Democrats' Resistance As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is...
Hegseth Beefs Up Warship Presence in the Middle East and Will Have 2 Aircraft Carriers in the Region Hegseth has ordered the USS Carl Vinson, which has been operating in the Pacific, to begin steaming toward the Middle East...
Pentagon is the Latest Agency to Announce a Leak Investigation That Could Include Polygraphs A memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff referred to “recent unauthorized disclosures” of such information...
Lawmakers Demand Trump Administration Restore Removed Webpages Celebrating Troops A group of Senate Democrats will be sending a letter demanding that President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete...
Pentagon Restores Histories of Navajo Code Talkers, Other Native Veterans After Public Outcry The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native...
Pentagon Reviews Plans to Cut Troops Handling Migrants at Guantanamo by as Much as Half The Associated Press has learned that military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops...
Defense Department Webpage on Jackie Robinson Goes Down, Then Returns amid Diversity Purge The page on Robinson includes biographical information about his Army service during World War II, which occurred prior to...
Pentagon Pushes Ahead on Cutting 60,000 Civilian Workers Using Firings, Resignations and Hiring Freeze The Pentagon said it will cut between 5% to 8% of a workforce that includes thousands of veterans -- through firings...
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.
![Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/ApNewsroom_Hegseth_Mississippi_61363.jpg?itok=2kSBLn7n "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, walks with Scott Burns, left, as they enter "A Southern Salute to the Troops" fund raiser put on by the non-profit 7 Days for the Troops Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Tupelo Miss. (Thomas Wells /The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)")
![President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_Obama.JPEG.jpg?itok=UKIqEhsJ "President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Thursday, June 19, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")