Department of Defense (DOD)

The Pentagon’s annual Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China report, released on Wednesday, found that China is making progress toward its goal of military modernization despite persistent corruption problems.

The winners of this year’s Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute “Peace Through Strength Award” are none other than Biden administration Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Mayra Guillén, the younger sister of Army solider Vanessa Guillén — whose death brought attention to and galvanized the military’s handling of sexual assault cases — has come out in support of President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Just one week ago, Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation appeared doomed after a barrage of hit pieces. However, after launching an intense campaign to defend himself, he now appears to be on a path towards confirmation.

The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced another nearly $1 billion in a new “assistance package” for Ukraine, bringing the total military aid provided by the U.S. to more than $62 billion since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.

More than 100 Navy SEAL veterans are set to march in Washington, DC, in support of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation, friend and show host Alec Lace told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.

President-elect Donald Trump and his inner circle closed ranks around Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on Friday, signaling they are behind him 100 percent despite a concerted smear campaign based on anonymous sources.

Incoming National Security Adviser Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump is “absolutely” standing by Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth is “the kind of guy we need leading the Department of Defense,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, contrasting him with President Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, “who thinks the biggest threat to national security is climate change.”

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth on Thursday said before his meetings on Capitol Hill with senators he spoke to President-elect Donald Trump who reiterated his support for him.

Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is shoring up support from Republican senators amid a concerted smear campaign against him based on years-old allegations from anonymous sources funneled through establishment media outlets.

President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth is fighting back against a seemingly coordinated media attack driven by anonymous smears in an attempt to take down his nomination to lead the government’s largest agency.

British media personality Piers Morgan slammed the “relentless onslaught” against Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth as “pathetic.”

A group of Republican senators who will be responsible for confirming Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth expressed confidence in him after meeting with him on Monday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) admitted that Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk was “right” about cutting government spending, referencing the Department of Defense’s budget and how it had “failed its 7th audit.”

Trump Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s mother apologized to her son immediately after sending him an emotional email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating his ex-wife in the midst of their difficult divorce, according to an email viewed Saturday by Breitbart News.

New York Times reporter Sharon LaFraniere on Friday published a hit piece on President-Elect Donald Trump’s Pentagon Chief nominee Pete Hegseth based on an emotional private email his mother sent him that she told him afterwards she did not mean and regretted sending.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) reacted to a report that President-Elect Donald Trump is considering financiers for top positions within the Department of Defense by stating that the

On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that he believes there can be bipartisan support in Congress if the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says “there needs to be more open competition, not the monopolization in defense contractors,

A community of military veterans who fought against initiatives from the Biden administration they deemed unconstitutional have put together a list of 18 names they would like to see appointed to positions in the incoming Trump administration to help President-elect Donald Trump implement reform in the Pentagon or other agencies.

The Trump transition team shot down a report from a British newspaper claiming that President-elect Donald Trump is planning an executive order that would remove all transgender troops from the military and prevent transgender people from joining the military.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) recently sent a stern message to the outgoing Biden-Harris Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin to stop trying to undermine the incoming Trump administration.

A police report from 2017 released this week via a freedom of information request casts major doubt on a sexual assault allegation made against President-Elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth.

Republican senators expressed confidence in Pete Hegseth as the incoming Trump administration’s defense secretary after meeting with him on Thursday.

Two far-left, pro-Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) veterans are behind allegations that Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s tattoos are tied to white supremacy, according to public reports and information.

The Pentagon failed its seventh audit in a row, failing to account for its more than $824 billion budget in 2024, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General announced on Friday.

Tim Parlatore, lawyer for Trump Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth, said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News that sexual assault allegations from seven years ago — in 2017 — were “completely investigated” at the time and that he is “completely and totally innocent.”

The Pentagon is in “absolute disarray” with “generals scrambling” over the incoming Trump administration’s plans to fire woke senior military leaders who prioritized diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) over combat readiness, according to sources.

Former Vice President Pence’s adviser Marc Short said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, should not be underestimated.

CNN contributor and former Obama adviser Van Jones said Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense is “very alarming.”

Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) said Tuesday on CNN’s “OutFront” that he was “shocked” President-elect Donald Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense.

Active-duty U.S. service members are complaining that the Pentagon has not given them enough absentee ballots to vote in time for Election Day, prompting three Republican congressmen to demand answers from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

As the Biden-Harris administration’s term ends, its four-year focus on social reforms over combat readiness has left America’s armed forces woke, weak, and dangerously unprepared — with historically low recruitment numbers, lowered standards, and compromised morale at a time of rising global threats.

The U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DoD OIG) revealed that the Pentagon sent American allies in Taiwan a shipment of “moldy” tactical vests and expired ammunition, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday, among other “unserviceable” items.

Maersk said that disruptions to global shipping that attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen have caused are worsening. 

Tim Walz argued for using algae to power the United States Navy as part of his efforts to fight climate change.