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...
Regardless of How Messy Things Get in Iraq, We Must End the War and Finally, Fully Withdraw It is time to acknowledge the painful reality and finally, fully withdraw our troops.
Obama Gifted McRaven a Tape Measure for Overseeing Navy SEAL Raid on Bin Laden Both the former president and the retired admiral recounted the inside joke in their respective memoirs.
Troops Split on Obama Re-election Many troops who spoke to Military.com expect the same gridlock they've seen over the past two years in Washington.
Watch President Obama Express an 'Unbelievable Debt of Gratitude' to the Military in 'The Final Year'
Obama Administration Undercut Task Force to Get Iran Nuke Deal: Report The Obama administration gave a free pass to Hezbollah's drug-trafficking and money-laundering operations to secure the deal.
White House Says F-35s Not For Sale to Gulf Arab States President Obama's Camp David summit with the Gulf Arab states on Thursday will seek to boost arms sales to the Gulf neighbors...
Congress: White House Acted In Haste On Bergdahl Swap The White House had to act with extreme urgency to gain the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and had no time to give...
White House Submits $59 Billion War Budget The $58.6 billion request for so-called Overseas Contingency Operations next year is $20.9 billion less than the $79.4...
Surge of Female Enlistments Helped Drive Army Success in Reaching 2024 Recruiting Goal Nearly 10,000 women signed up for active duty in 2024, an 18% jump from the previous year, while male recruitment increased...
The Army's Fitness Standards May Shift in 2025. But How Much Tougher Will They Be? The Army is poised to recalibrate its fitness standards, redefining the physical expectations for combat-arms roles in 2025...
Military Academies Quashed Army-Navy Game Advertisement Featuring Marine Recommended for Medal of Honor The ad, which lauded the life and bravery of retired Marine Maj. James Capers Jr., was sponsored by a group that has backed...
Early Momentum: Army Hits 30,000 Recruits, Half its Goal for the Year The service has 30,000 new enlistments this year -- an increase of 6,000 compared to the same period last year, the data...
2 Military Planes Are Fighting LA's Fires, But Navy Helicopters and Marines Are Still Awaiting Orders The Pentagon said Friday that two military C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a firefighting system are now flying over...
![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)")
