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Five members of the U.S. Army were killed in a training accident late Friday when their helicopter had a “mishap” causing it to crash into the Mediterranean Sea, officials said Sunday.

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced it was deploying an additional 300 troops to the Middle East region, amid an increasing number of attacks against U.S. bases and the beginning of a new war between Israel and Hamas.

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Morning In America,” Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder reacted to Chinese fighter jets buzzing American jets in international airspace over the Pacific Ocean by stating that the incident is part of “a pattern

The Pentagon on Friday evening confirmed there were no casualties resulting from U.S. strikes in Syria in response to nearly two dozen attacks against American troops based in Iraq and Syria.

The Department of Defense on Monday admitted it is now having to send back to Israel some of the weapons it sent from its stocks there to Europe for Ukraine, while insisting it could supply both.

China’s military dramatically increased its harassment of U.S. aircraft after the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

The Department of Defense Spokesperson will address several issues, including the current war between Israel and Hamas, at a press conference on Thursday, October 19.

Only 43 out of more than 8,000 service members who were discharged from the military over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate have sought to rejoin, according to a recent report by CNN.

Rep. Jim Banks sent a letter to the DOD inquiring when it first learned that a top defense official was allegedly involved in a dogfighting ring and if he is still being paid.

White House spokesman John Kirby said it was a “lie” that it was illegal for the Pentagon to fund abortion travel, and called abortion “necessary health care.”

Senior Pentagon official Frederick Moorefield was arrested Thursday and charged with furthering a dogfighting ring.

Eighteen House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in killing an amendment to the 2024 Department of Defense Appropriations Act that would have barred taxpayer dollars from funding Pentagon-sponsored “Pride Month” celebrations.

Republicans in both the House and Senate on Tuesday called for an investigation of the Iran Experts Initiative (IEI), an alleged Tehran-backed influence operation believed to have placed several of its proteges in the Biden administration, including officials close to Iran envoy Robert Malley.

Greene in an exclusive interview after the passing of her amendment to fire Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called it a “huge victory.”

Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) explained to Breitbart News his fight against the Biden administration’s taxpayer-funded abortion policy at the Department of Defense.

Marine Corps Commandant Eric Smith on Monday issued a two-day aviation stand-down for all Marine aviation units inside and outside the United States after an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jet went missing the day before.

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Darin Hoover — whose son, Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover Jr., was killed during the Kabul airport attack during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 — stated that the Pentagon’s announcement on Friday

The Department of Defense has awarded a contract to a tech firm run by Lisa Kaplan, a “disinformation” researcher who praised Twitter’s decision to block the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020.

A Marine Corps veteran and mother of three settled a $337 million lawsuit against her former employer Booz Allen Hamilton, alleging that the defense contractor overcharged American taxpayers to offset losing profits in foreign contracts.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blocking of the confirmation of about 300 generals promoted by Joe Biden is warranted given their woke backgrounds.

During an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, FEMA spokesperson John Mills responded to the Department of Defense punting questions on disaster relief in Hawaii to FEMA by stating that “The state is in charge, and Maui County plays an

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) discussed his hold on military nominations over the Department of Defense’s abortion travel policy and argued that the Pentagon’s position is an extremely extreme one. Tuberville

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) reacted to two Navy sailors being charged for sharing secret information with China by stating that “low-level folks in the military have access to too much classified or protected

An Army three-star general and a West Point associate professor used government resources in an unofficial investigation to hunt down and punish an anonymous active-duty whistleblower who criticized Army leaders and the Biden administration on social media, according to private emails and text messages obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) criticized the Biden administration for accusing Republicans of politicizing the military for pushing back against the administration’s abortion travel policy that gives people more leave to

Republicans in the House and Senate aim to pass a defense policy bill that would not only raise troop pay by 5.2% but would shred wokeness in the military and the entire Department of Defense (DOD) bureaucracy if it becomes law.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks acknowledged that by implementing its abortion travel policy, “The Pentagon made a policy choice. It’s based on a set of philosophies.” But argued that Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) holding promotions

During an interview with CNN aired on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Situation Room,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acknowledged that the Department of Defense’s policy is to pay for travel for DOD employees to travel to other states to obtain abortions,

President Joe Biden on Thursday authorized the Pentagon to call reservists to active duty “for the effective conduct” of U.S. military support to Ukraine.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville told Breitbart News that he rejects white nationalism and racism, after he made controversial remarks in a recent CNN interview that prompted critics to paint him as a racist.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., who will replace Milley, downplayed an August 2022 memo setting applicant pool goals by race.

Republicans are now questioning the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General’s April 2020 finding that a former senior defense official – Sally Donnelly – did not engage in ethical misconduct by allegedly trying to steer a massive government contract to Amazon.

Republicans in the House and Senate Armed Services Committees took a buzzsaw to wokeness in the military this week, advancing defense bills that will cut down Biden administration’s efforts to push race and gender-based training and initiatives throughout the Department of Defense.

Bacon and Turner voted against two Republican amendments to a defense bill that would have significantly gutted DEI from the military.

The U.S. Army’s Protective Services Battalion (PSB), the Department of Defense’s equivalent of the Secret Service, now monitors social media to see if anyone has posted negative comments about the country’s highest-ranking officers.