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A U.S. sailor was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay a $5,500 fine for passing U.S. military secrets to China in exchange for bribes, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s office is investigating itself for breakdowns in notifying Joe Biden and others about his hospitalization.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Brett Bruen, who served as Director of Global Engagement under President Barack Obama, stated that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin should resign and that should be one of “several resignations here, including his chief of

Rep. Matt Gaetz called for a hearing on Austin’s failure to communicate his hospitalization to Biden and other top national security officials.

Stefanik called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to resign following revelations he was admitted to the intensive care unit on January 1 but did not tell the president until January 4.

Washington remained in collective shock on Sunday, as more information trickled out about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to disclose that he was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit for days without telling the president, the national security adviser, members of Congress, and the public.

Republican officials are expressing outrage over the Biden administration’s Department of Defense “lack of transparency” after the revelation it hid the fact Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for days, raising serious queries about the maintenance of security during that period.

The Pentagon on Friday evening revealed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to the hospital four days earlier, on New Year’s Day, January 1.

A recently released independent study showed that there was no extremism problem in the United States military, despite the Biden Pentagon making it a top priority to root out alleged extremists.

A lawsuit was filed Thursday by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project to compel the Biden administration and the Department of Defense (DOD) to produce all records concerning screenings of the hit movie Sound of Freedom after U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) abruptly canceled screenings without explanation earlier this year.

Mara Macie — whose husband is being investigated by the Navy for questioning the COVID-19 vaccine’s effect on troop health — is running as a Republican candidate for a U.S. House seat in 2024 in Florida’s 5th district, in part because her husband is being silenced.

Fighting the DOD’s vaccine mandate galvanized Nick Kupper to run for office in Arizona’s 25th legislative district for an open seat in 2024.

Young members of the U.S. Army are throwing a TikTok “mutiny” to complain about “sh*tty food,” being pushed to stay in shape, their freedoms being “suppressed,” and more.

Iran-proxy group attacks on American troops stationed in Iraq and Syria have reached nearly 100 since the Israel-Hamas War began, according to a U.S. military official on Friday.

U.S. defense leaders fawned over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday during his visit to the Pentagon’s National Defense University, as he pitched for more U.S. taxpayer aid to Ukraine.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Congress on Tuesday during a private briefing that if they do not pass more aid to Ukraine, it would “very likely” lead to U.S. troops fighting a war in Europe.

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced it has delivered more than 54,000 pounds of United Nations aid to Egypt for delivery into Gaza.

Republican lawmakers this week slammed President Joe Biden’s request to spend $114 million on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Pentagon — which just recently failed its sixth audit — for the 2024 fiscal year.

Austin visited Ukraine for the third time on Monday, to reassure its leaders that the United States “will continue to support Ukraine,” despite waning American public support for doing so.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) reacted to a Washington Post report about frustration within the Pentagon over President Joe Biden’s response to Iranian proxy attacks on American soldiers, with one official saying that

Former troops are suing the U.S. government for lost pay and benefits due to the Biden administration’s military vaccine mandate.

Xi Jinping reportedly agreed to allow talks between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the non-existent Defense Minister of China.

The office at the Pentagon tasked with overseeing its artificial intelligence strategy is so plagued with incompetence and mismanagement that it has hired an outside consulting firm to help figure out how to fix it.

The Pentagon on Tuesday said there were nearly 60 American troops injured by attacks conducted by Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria in the last month.

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.

Tuberville said it would be “devastating” to the Republican Party if Republican senators crossed the fence and sided with Democrats to take away Republican’s ability to put a hold on Biden nominees.

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 Pentagon is concerned about an escalation of attacks against U.S. troops in the Middle East in the days ahead, officials said, as Israel prepares a ground invasion into the Gaza Strip in response to the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas.

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.

The Pentagon on Monday did not deny a report that said roughly 2,000 U.S. troops were told to be “prepared to deploy” if needed to assist Israel in its war against Hamas.

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.