Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is “certainly concerned” about the lack of diversity among the senior ranks of the military, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Wednesday.
Sen. Dan Sullivan blasted a Democrat colleague for suggesting as much as ten percent of the military could be white supremacists or adhere to “extremist ideology.”
The Pentagon is looking into better screening recruits’ and service members’ social media as part of its effort to get rid of “extremism” in the United States military, according to a recent memo from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Miller endorsed fellow Green Beret veteran Joe Kent (R) for Washington’s third congressional district seat on Wednesday.
The Army is allowing soldiers to skip the “leg tuck” from the Army Combat Fitness Test amid statistics showing women struggling with it.
Uniformed members of the Guam National Guard marched on the Capitol office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Monday in response to her having erroneously claimed last month the U.S. territory was a foreign country.
Biden announced the creation of a task force to assess the U.S. military’s policies, programs, and processes on China-related matters.
The Pentagon announced a sweeping review of all of its advisory committees due to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s concern over last minute Trump appointees.
Speier is pushing for federal agencies to include social media posts as part of a government worker or military recruit’s background check.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said on a recent trip to Afghanistan that American special operations forces will likely be the “last out” of Afghanistan.
ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION MILDENHALL, United Kingdom — Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on Monday visited American troops stationed in the United Kingdom, including the U.S. Air Force air wing who took part in the rescue of an American hostage from Nigeria in October.
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s pick for defense secretary is running into opposition from members of his own party who will need to vote on whether to confirm him.
The Pentagon finally issued an on-the-record statement that defended Defense Secretary Chief of Staff Kash Patel against false allegations.
Mattis prompted a backlash from conservatives after he calling to eliminate “America First” from the nation’s national security strategy.
Miller issued a memo on Saturday to the entire Defense Department that hinted of a coming U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday that approximately 11,900 United States troops will leave Germany, reducing the U.S. troop presence from approximately 36,000 to 24,000.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday touted securing the support of half of the Senate Democrats for his amendment to defund the Pentagon by 10 percent and invest in “distressed communities” instead.
Esper issued guidance on Friday that effectively banned the public display of the Confederate flag on Pentagon properties.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Thursday he has ordered an investigation into intelligence leaks to the media.
Department of Defense officials are said to be drafting a policy that would ban the display of the Confederate flag in Pentagon work environments.
Rep. Liz Cheney co-sponsored an amendment with Rep. Jason Crow to restrict Donald Trump’s ability to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
The Pentagon said in a statement late Tuesday evening that it had no corroborating evidence that Russian operatives offered bounties to the Taliban for American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan.
The generals supported Trump when he enabled them to fight and win, now they attack him for upending their status quo of control.
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that Dr. Charles Lieber, formerly chair of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department at Harvard University, has been indicted on two counts of making false statements to federal investigators about his ties to China’s Thousand Talents Program (TTP). TTP has come under heavy scrutiny as a recruiting mechanism for Chinese intellectual property theft and espionage.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday slammed Senate Democrats who penned a public letter on April 27 accusing the Pentagon of slow and disjointed efforts to protect the military from coronavirus.
Pentagon calls on China to allow the international community access to early coronavirus patients, researchers, and scientists.
The Pentagon said an ABC News report that said a military intelligence unit wrote a report on the coronavirus in November is not accurate.
Lawyers working for the Chinese government filed lawsuits in Chinese courts this week charging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Defense Department, and White House for allegedly “covering up” the true origins of the Wuhan coronavirus. The suits are part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) outrageous propaganda campaign to obscure its own responsibility for the pandemic by pretending it might have secretly originated on U.S. soil, possibly as an American-made bio-weapon.
The DOD has halted all domestic travel for troops, civilians, and their families assigned to bases and other facilities within the U.S.
China’s Communist Party uses “corporate America [and] Wall Street” as proxies in its war against America, said retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding
The Pentagon on Monday afternoon updated its numbers on how many U.S. service members suffered from mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) after Iran fired ballistic missiles at an Iraqi base where they were stationed.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that the Trump administration has been “very aggressive” with Russia, contrary to critics’ assertion.
Boeing, the second biggest beneficiary of United States Defense Department government contracts, outsourced American software jobs to foreign graduates for $9 an hour, a new report states.
Pentagon chief Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark E. Milley will brief reporters at 12 p.m. ET.
China will dominate the next generation of telecommunications infrastructure in the absence of U.S. industrial policy to help finance construction of a nationwide 5G network, said retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, in a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Rick Manning.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is attempting to block the construction of an undersea cable linking Los Angeles to Hong Kong due to national security concerns.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper declined to ban MAGA hats during his first exclusive interview with Fox News earlier this week.
The woman accusing the nominee for vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. John Hyten of sex assault has a history of unsubstantiated claims.
The official investigation report showed that an Army crime lab did not identify Hyten’s semen or DNA on the pants she was wearing.
President Donald Trump spoke at the Pentagon on Thursday to welcome new Defense Secretary Mark Esper during a full honors welcome ceremony.
