Former SecDef Weighs in on Syria, Turkey and Mattis' Departure Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is out with a book on the inner workings of the Pentagon.
Ash Carter, Former Defense Secretary Who Allowed Women into Combat Roles, Dies Carter served during the latter years of the Obama administration from 2015 to 2017 and helped lead the department strategy...
Defense Hawks Win Support for War 'Slush Fund' The House of Representatives has voted in favor of a fiscal 2016 budget that includes almost $100 billion in war funding for...
Petraeus Disagrees with Carter, Says Iraqis Have ‘Will To Fight’ Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus disagreed with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's charge that the Iraqis lacked the will to...
Pentagon Awards Deal for Wearable Devices in Silicon Valley Push The Defense Department awarded a contract for wearable electronic devices as part of a push to work more closely with Silicon...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...
![Ash Carter, former U.S. secretary of defense, addresses an audience](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-10/ApNewsroom_People_Maddow_Harvard_31145.jpg?itok=X7ei3aJ6 "Ash Carter, former U.S. secretary of defense, addresses an audience, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at a forum called "Perspectives on National Security," at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)")
