New SecDef Lloyd Austin's First Foreign Leader Call Went to NATO Chief New Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's first overseas phone call after taking charge at the Pentagon went to the head of NATO -...
Military Leaders Given 2 Weeks to Show Their Sexual Assault Prevention Efforts Are Working In one of his first actions as defense secretary, Lloyd Austin is ordering his top generals to report on the measures they're...
National Guard in DC Briefed on 'Use of Force, Self Defense' in Lead-Up to Inauguration Some Guard members have been sworn in as special police and authorized to be armed with M4 carbines.
Pentagon Hits Target of 2,500 Troops in Afghanistan Despite New Law Restricting Drawdown Biden will arrive at the White House with the smallest military presence in Afghanistan in nearly two decades.
Did Michèle Flournoy Face 'Double Standard' Over Defense Industry Ties? "There's really a double standard in terms of expectations for what a qualified candidate looks like, between men and women."
The Introverted General: Meet Lloyd Austin, Biden's Pick for SecDef President-elect Joe Biden's choice of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin rocked the defense community.
Biden's Choice of Another Retired General for SecDef Sends Wrong Message, Experts Warn A source said Biden's decision to pick Austin over other frontrunners is based on their long-standing relationship.
Pentagon Denies Friction, Delays with Biden Transition Team Meetings with the Biden team may have been delayed to make sure that the right DoD officials could attend.
US Only 'Marginally' Ready for Great Power Fight, New Assessment Finds The Heritage Index assessed U.S. military strength across the service branches on a five-tiered scale.
In Shake-Up, Acting SecDef Elevates Special Operations to Be 'On Par' with Service Branches Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said U.S. Special Operations Command will now report directly to him.
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...
![Supporters of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month from NSA Philadelphia and its tenant commands create a "sea of teal" on their awareness walk across April 23, 2019 in Philadelphia. (Defense Logistics Agency/John Dwyer)](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-05/sexual-assault-march-1800.jpg?itok=_3mxgASB "Supporters of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month from NSA Philadelphia and its tenant commands create a "sea of teal" on their awareness walk across April 23, 2019 in Philadelphia. (Defense Logistics Agency/John Dwyer)")
