Carter: Opening Combat Jobs to Women 'Makes Sense' Trump faces calls from some conservatives to undo the women-in-combat provisions, which affects a large portion of the...
Carter Blasts GOP Plan to Use War Funds for Base Defense Budget The top civilian at DoD slammed Republican lawmakers' plan to use emergency war funding to get around spending caps.
Carter Says US Wants Deal With Russia on Syria, Ukraine Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the U.S. is looking for compromise with Russia on Syria and Ukraine.
Deadline Approaches for Services to Submit Women-in-Combat Plans The Navy has already submitted its plan to integrate women into its Special Warfare community to Defense Secretary Ashton...
Cyber Command Gets 'First Wartime Assignment' in Fight against ISIS The DoD's relatively new Cyber Command has received its "first wartime assignment" in the fight against the Islamic State.
Pentagon Lifts Ban on Transgender Troops Serving Openly in Military Defense Secretary Ashton Carter ended Thursday the ban on transgender persons serving openly in the ranks.
Marines Train for Near-Peer Threats Amid Resurgent Russia To prepare for war with a near-peer rival, Marines will no longer be subjected to 'fix-as-you-go' training, a general said.
US Begins Training of 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS The U.S. has begun the effort to train and equip Syrian opposition rebels to fight ISIS, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter...
Carter to Decide in January on Whether to Open Combat Jobs to Women Defense Secretary Ashton Carter didn’t say whether any of the services asked for exceptions to the order to open up all...
Pentagon to Review 1,100 Awards for Possible Upgrade to Medal of Honor The Defense Department will review some 1,100 Silver Stars and Service Crosses to determine if they warrant a higher award...
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...
