Mark Milley's Portrait Disappears from Pentagon on Trump's Inauguration Day The portrait of Milley hung in an ornate hallway that is dedicated to the history of the Joint Chiefs and displays 19 other...
Trump Lays Groundwork for Transgender Military Ban During First Day in Office President Trump has rescinded the previous administration's order allowing transgender troops to serve openly and issued his...
It's Not Clear who Will Lead the Pentagon When Trump Takes Office. What Happens Then? As is customary, all current political appointees will step down as of noon EST on Inauguration Day, leaving hundreds of key...
Trump Names Former KC-135 Navigator, Spy Agency Official to Be Next Air Force Secretary Trump said on social media that Troy Meink, currently the principal director of the National Reconnaissance Office, was his...
Austin, the First Black Defense Secretary, Ends His Term Marred by Afghanistan But Buoyed by Ukraine Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had...
In Her Final Days in Office, Army Secretary Formally Establishes Service's Command Review Program The service's Command Assessment Program was established to remove bias from the selection process for command billets.
Service Members Are No Longer Banned from Displaying the American Flag Horizontally at Major Events It might come as a surprise, but U.S. service members weren't technically allowed to unfurl giant U.S. flags at major events...
Combat Veteran, Sexual Assault Survivor Senator Backs Hegseth for Defense Secretary In an interview with a radio station in her home state, followed by a written statement, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, announced...
Troop Pay Is Competitive with Civilian Workers, Pentagon Finds in Quadrennial Review The Quadrenial Review of Military Compensation was unveiled and reported that "the department's compensation package is...
Hegseth Grilled About Women in Combat, Officer Purge in Confirmation Hearing Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, dismissed allegations that he committed sexual...
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...
Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.